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Mojave Desert
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Making Astronauts in Mojave
Post date:Mojave, CA (pop. 4,238) has been the center of civilian-led, commercial space travel since 2004. Astronautics companies are now reaching into space in their effort to provide commercial spaceflight to those who can afford it.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The Joshua Tree: Myth, Mutualism and Survival
Post date:Author/activist Chris Clarke outlines the cultural and ecological history of the iconic Joshua Tree—while highlighting the profound symbiotic relationships that sustains this unusual plant species now threatened by climate change.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
How the Extraterrestrial Inspired Some of the Mojave's Great Landmarks
Post date:Alien sightings and contacts have inspired the continuing allure of the Mojave Desert's great landmarks: Giant Rock and Integratron.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
A 'Chinatown'-Worthy Water Conspiracy Unfolds in the Mojave
Post date:Cadiz Inc.’s 34,000-acre property is located just south of the old Santa Fe railroad line between one of the last undeveloped stretches of historic Route 66 in the middle of a contentious public-private water grab. This is how it's all playing out.
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environment
Earth Focus
Opinion: Reject AB 1000 to Protect California’s Water Future
Post date:It would be a disservice to the people of California to allow the bill through during the final moments of the legislative session.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Landscape of Belonging: A History of Joshua Tree’s Climbing Community
Post date:About a decade after it was established as a National Monument in 1936, Joshua Tree began drawing the attention of another kind of prospector, seeking a different kind of relationship with the landscape: the Climber.
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water
Earth Focus
The Unique Mojave Desert Oasis at the Center of the Cadiz Controversy
Post date:Cadiz, Inc. says its plan to sell Mojave Desert groundwater won't hurt Bonanza Spring. Others aren't so sure.
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National Parks
Redefine
Getting Young People To Our Desert National Parks
Post date:If we're counting on future generations to protect our desert treasures, they need to get to know them now.
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Redefine
Conservation and Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Desert is Worthy of Support
Post date:The company behind a plan to ship water from a desert aquifer to thirsty California cities responds to its critics.
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endangered species
Redefine
4 Reasons Joshua Trees Aren't Saved Yet
Post date:Ignore the headlines: this iconic Mojave Desert tree is a long way from being protected.
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endangered species
Redefine
Unlikely Partnership May Save Unlikely Desert Snail
Post date:Gold miners and radical environmentalists rarely make friends. But strange things always happen in the Mojave Desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Darwin Dreamin’
Post date:Established in 1877 near Death Valley, the tiny desert mining outpost of Darwin is home to a group of eclectic artists.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Borax: The Magic Crystal
Post date:Gold and silver lured many a prospector out to the Mojave Desert, but the mineral compound that surprisingly proved most financially lucrative for a handful of them is common borax.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
That High Desert Sound
Post date:The Mojave Project traces the musical heritage of Pioneertown and other adjacent communities of the High Desert.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Mojave Project: Needles and the Damage Done
Post date:While urban California flourishes, small towns in its arid interior are stripped for parts.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Amargosa Opera House: Marta Becket's Death Valley Arts Oasis
Post date:Marta Becket transformed Death Valley Junction's decaying community meeting hall into a vibrant muraled theater.
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![Still of 1995 crime film "Casino," directed by Martin Scorsese.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/Casino_film.jpg?itok=tuT3APoF "Still of 1995 crime film "Casino," directed by Martin Scorsese.")
Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Holes in the Desert: A Mojave Crime Compendium
Post date:From makeshift meth labs to the Manson Family, view a history of criminal activities in the Mojave Desert.
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!["Vulcanizing," Butte St., Randsburg, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.](https://www.linktv.org/sites/kl/files/styles/kl_image_medium/public/atoms/article_atoms/www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/images/vulcanizing-butte%2520st-randsburgca-2014.jpg?itok=0ILt-XLk ""Vulcanizing," Butte St., Randsburg, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.")
Visual Arts
Artbound
'Abandonment Chic' and the Modern Desert
Post date:Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry step into Randsburg, CA: a town straddling the worlds of tourist destination, motorcycle Valhalla and diminished landscape where civilized specters remain.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Zzyzx: Revisiting Doc Springer's Boulevard of Dreams
Post date:Open for 30 years, The Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Resort was the vision of radio evangelist and business man Curtis Howe Springer.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
The Mojave Project: John C. Van Dyke and the Desert Wasteland
Post date:Although collective attitudes towards arid landscapes have changed drastically over time, the concept of desert as wasteland continues to persist.