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Multi-disciplinary
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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
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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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
How a Struggling Desert Town Turned to Pot Cultivation to Pull Itself Out of Poverty
Post date:Branded in the past for having “more prisons than supermarkets,” Adelanto’s city leaders have turned to commercial cannabis cultivation to pull the city out of insolvency.
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
Still Searching for the Mojave’s Lost River of Gold
Post date:The Kokoweef legend peddling E.P. Dorr’s Lost River of Gold has mesmerized Mojave Desert treasure seekers for over 80 years now, but is it geologically possible?
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Multi-disciplinary
Artbound
How the Timbisha Shoshone Got Their Land Back
Post date:It is no secret that many Native Americans were displaced from ancestral lands during the founding of some of America’s national parks. Death Valley National Park is no exception.
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Multi-disciplinary
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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
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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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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.