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California's 'City With Unlimited Possibilities' Is A Desert Gem With Trails, OHV Riding, And Hot Springs

This lesser-known city in California serves as the perfect base to explore some trails, go off-roading, and have outdoor ...

Not far from I-40, a Calif. desert hike 18 million years in the making

While many parts of the preserve require four-wheel drive, the aptly named Rings Trail is accessible along paved roads, and ...
Courthouse News Service

Federal agencies failed to properly address threatened species in Mojave Desert off-roading route dispute, judge rules

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN ...
LAist

This iconic tortoise in the Mojave Desert is dying out. It could affect the whole ecosystem

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...