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4,200 Joshua trees are scheduled to be removed are replaced by solar panels for the Aratina Solar Project near Boron, CA in June of this year. They will not be salvaged but funds based on the size of the tree will be placed in a mitigation bank.

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Lake Manly, Death Valley has about 595 to go to reach historic levels, but still pretty big. Biggest we have seen in 33 years.

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We are happy that President Biden established the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Nevada today with no apparent carve out for wind or solar development. It is over 500,000 acres. Also happy that our work stopping 2 wind projects on this land helped make this monument possible.

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Soon to be bulldozed: Aratina Solar, CA 2,400 acres - 4,200 Joshua trees Oberon Solar, CA, 2,700 acres - ancient desert ironwoods destroyed Gemini Solar, NV, 7,100 acres - over 1,000 desert tortoises Yellow Pine Solar, Nevada, 3,000 acres - over 90,000 Mojave yuccas

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These are particularly painful before/after pics of the Oberon Solar Project near Joshua Tree National Park, CA. Ironwood trees over 1,000 years old were blocking the sun, so they got rid of TREES IN THE DESERT! Second photo by Bloomberg Law

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Super bloom of desert gold (Geraea canescens) at Lake Hill, Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park

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Boundary Peak Trail, White Mountains, NV

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Lake created by recent rain in Death Valley National Park, California

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More of the superbloom in Amargosa Valley, Nevada

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Sunset and snow on the Sheep Range, Mojave Desert, Nevada

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Johnson’s devil claw cactus (Sclerocactus johnsonii) blooming in dolomite hills of eastern Inyo County #CaliforniaDesert #rareplant

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Green energy started mowing down desert Joshua trees about 13 years ago. This the Alta East Wind Project in 2010.

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2 years

More Death Valley wildflowers

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4 months

It is the ultimate oxymoron to believe that ecocide is the only way to save the environment.

Sammy Roth

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Opening up 22 millions acres of public lands in the American West to possible solar energy development may sound scary. But it’s a hell of a lot better than climate change. My column in today’s @latimes :

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@AlanBoyce47 yes - the big ones tend to shatter apart when they try to move them.

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Winter snow, Specter Range, Mojave Desert, Nevada

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Sunset in the Indian Springs Valley Nevada. Site of the proposed 4 to 8 square mile Bonanza Solar Project. This area is determined to be the most critical desert tortoise connectivity corridor in Nevada. Support our conservation alternative:

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Some good news today

Las Vegas Locally 🌴

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President Biden has officially designated Avi Kwa Ame in Southern Nevada as a national monument via proclaimation. This designation protects nearly 514,000 acres of Mojave Desert from development.

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Desert tortoise fence surrounds the 3,000 acre Yellow Pine Solar project, South Pahrump Valley, in the fragile Mojave Desert. Everything inside the fence will be bulldozed. These were your public lands.

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These photos say all. Photo one by Teresa Pierce of thousand year old desert ironwood trees killed in minutes for the Oberon Solar Project near Desert Center, CA. Second photo by BRW is the before. This does not save the planet. This is insanity masked as green.

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Amargosa Valley from Death Valley National Park. The Interior Department is drooling over these public lands and wants them covered with transmission and endless solar panels. But still beautiful right now.

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Large bloom of Woolly desert marigold (Baileya pleniradiata) on Sarcobatus Flat, NV

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Our ancient, timeless Mojave Desert gone in seconds for the Yellow Pine Solar Project. Four and a half square miles of living desert now being bulldozed for solar panels. Solar Shit Show. Video by Lisa Ortega

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Photo of the raging Amargosa River 3 days after remains of Hurricane Hillary hit the Mojave Desert.

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Providence Mts from just off the Kelbaker Road, Mojave National Preserve

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Death Valley!

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Basin & Range Watch cofounder Kevin Emmerich: Solar energy should be developed on rooftops, over parking lots and on previously disturbed sites, not on intact habitat.

BLM plan aims to dramatically expand Western solar

The Bureau of Land Management proposes to add 5.4 million acres in five states that would be eligible for streamlined permitting of utility-scale solar

www.eenews.net

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10 months

We’re camping in the Heart of the Great Basin along The Loneliest Highway. Greater nighthawks swoop, sagebrush is green. Stay tuned tomorrow for live-tweeting about Solar applications waiting for Greenlink North Transmission Project #publiclands #Nevada

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Desert tortoise surveys happening now on proposed 4,300-acre Kawich #Solar Project on top of crucial connectivity corridor in S Nevada for federally threatened tortoise. Pristine undisturbed ecosystem. Yet CPUC guts rooftop solar policies. This has got to stop!

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Three new solar projects now being reviewed west of Tonopah, Nevada and would cover part of the ecologically sensitive Columbus Salt Marsh. Rare plants, pronghorn, cultural sites on about 24,000 acres total. Meetings announced.

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This is the Mojave Desert on Death Row. The Bureau of Land Management has been working overtime to approve the Bonanza Solar Project west of Indian Springs, Nevada in spite of opposition. The fact that it is on a crucial desert tortoise area seems to mean nothing to them.

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The Death Valley Lake Manly story with our friend Patrick on the cover pic!

‘A special time’: Hundreds flood Death Valley to kayak in reborn Lake Manly

Lake Manly at Death Valley National Park has formed and is deep enough to kayak.

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BLM is so proud of their solar failures, they are calling this crap the "Heart of the Mojave".

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4 months

We think the Mojave Desert is gonna bloom big time again!

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8 years

Crazy good wildflowers now in Death Valley south. Sand verbena, desert gold, evening primrose

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Joshua trees in the North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness, California

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2 years

About 50 percent of the Joshua trees in the East Mojave Desert in California are flowering.

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Ibex Dunes, Death Valley National Park

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Broad-flowered gilia (Gilia latiflora), Bare Mtns, NV #Mojave #Desert wonders

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Claret cup cactus, also called #Mojave mound cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus), eastern Mojave Desert CA

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Moonrise over Devil's Hole, Mojave Desert, Nevada

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1 year

Watching the mainstream environmental movement go insane like this can be somewhat disturbing...

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11 months

The Bureau of Land Management will auction off 37 square miles of public land in Amargosa Valley, Nevada to solar developers on Tuesday.

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Lava Dune, Amargosa Valley, NV

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Lilac sunbonnet (Langloisia setosissima), Funeral Range, Death Valley National Park CA

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About 4 inches of rain along the Amargosa River, Nevada so far. Be careful - water is moving fast all over the Mojave Desert. On a positive note - the desert got a record amount of rain in the last year and is very green.

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Desert bloom (Geraea canescens) and the Spring Mountains, Nevada

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3 years

Last summer's 43,000 acre Dome Fire in Mojave National Pererve was heartbreaking and burned over one million Joshua trees. But it was nice to see a number of Joshua trees recovering from the burn last week at the low elevations!

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Beautiful Eastern Sierra landscape and Mono Lake today, California

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Stunning show of mariposa lilies (Calochortus kennedyi) now at 5,000 ft in Mojave Nat Preserve CA

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Big bloom of Desert gold (Geraea canescens) at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, NV

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Large bloom of desert gold (Geraea canescens) happening now (in December!) in Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park, CA. Cold temps may be the end of these soon.

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The BLM and Forest Service need to stop clearing pinyon-juniper forests.

US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests

U.S. wildlife managers will be taking a closer look at a bird that is inextricably linked to the piñon and juniper forests that span the Western United States.

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Moon over Sarcobatus Flat, Nevada

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The BLM just made this map showing the cluster-fuck of large-scale solar applications in Amargosa Valley, Nevada many surrounding Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. No concern at all for impacts. Over 100 square miles. Insane mis-management of your public lands.

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Sad to see this "green" energy rush threaten the groundwater and landscape of Death Valley.

Hundreds of New Mining Claims Threaten Death Valley National Park, Tribal Water Resources

Center for Biological Diversity: AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev.— Hundreds of new mining claims have been staked within the community of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, on thousands of acres directly adjacent to...

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Finally, some good news. The Stagecoach Wind Project has been "suspended indefinitely" over sage grouse 'impacts and would have built over 100 wind turbines nearly 700 feet tall in Nevada's Great Basin along Highway 50.

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There are flowers in Death Valley National Park. The good areas are about 5 miles or so north of Furnace Creek. The flowers are late this spring due to cool overnight temps that delayed the bloom.

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Desert tortoises are out in the East Mojave Desert. Drive carefully.

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1 year

Here is your Green New Hell, exclusively brought to you by the Interior Department. This is the Yellow Pine Solar Project, Pahrump Valley, Nevada - 3,000 acres of once functioning Mojave Desert, now a dust bowl with solar panels exporting power to Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay.

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The area south of Joshua Tree National Park is getting engulfed by large-scale solar. Photos by Teresa Pierce. The third photo show the pile of killed desert microphyll trees - this time for the 2,000 acre Victory Pass Solar Project. Desert trees are an obstical for developers.

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It is hard to forgive the Interior Department under the Biden Admistraion for all of the major industrialization and habitat removal they are enabling on public lands in the Sonoran Desert.

Secretary Deb Haaland

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I have never been more confident in our clean energy future. I joined @BLMNational & local leaders to celebrate clean energy going into the grid from the Ten West Link. With historic resources from @POTUS , collaboration and consultation, we will achieve great things.

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Missed this article by 3 weeks. Does destroying the habitat and growing the plant in a greenhouse 200 miles away really protect this species?

Lithium mining company hopes to plow ahead by growing endangered plant in greenhouse • Nevada...

This week in Gardnerville, the mining company held a grand opening for Ioneer’s Tiehm’s Buckwheat Conservation Center, a greenhouse dedicated exclusively to research and conservation of the buckwheat.

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Pronghorn on the path of the Greenlink West Transmission Project north of Walker Lake, NV

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We attended the BLM Rhyolite Ridge Lithium/Boron Mine meeting last night in Tonopah, NV. It was not a real meeting - just a 2 minute intro by BLM - no comments or questions taken. BLM people were not even identified with name tags.

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We visited the famous and endangered Tiehm’s buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii) Silver Peak Range, NV recently. If BLM gets their way, a large lithium strip-mine will be development in this area by this time next year.

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Cloudburst in the Mojave Preserve, Marl Mountains

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The 22 million acres they want to give away is an utter insult for public lands advocates everywhere. Just an industry fire sale of public lands. Creating a few BLM managed national monuments will never make up for this.

Biden plan will earmark millions of acres of public land for solar development - High Country News

Proposed updates to the Western Solar Plan would also close sensitive areas to utility-scale solar projects.

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Moonrise, Bare Mountain, Mojave Desert

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Truly an evening primrose, Yellow evening primrose (Oenothera primaveris) opens at sunset. Amargosa Valley NV

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Panamint Valley, California Desert

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Bat Mountain, Funeral Range, Amargosa Valley winter storm

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Yes, this is wishful thinking, but we are hoping the frequent rains and mild temperatures we are seeing will create a decent wildflower year in the Mojave Desert.

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South Toquima Range, Great Basin, Nevada

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We decided not to share the recent LA Times article we were featured in. We feel it is so biased against distributed energy and desert conservation, that it is doing far more harm than good. The article talks up doomsday with no credible solutions.

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Looking east towards the Great Basin from Trail Canyon, White Mountains, NV

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Off roading is not allowed on public lands in Clark County, NV over a Habitat Conservation Plan - unless you are a sleazy solar developer. Geotechnical investigation just permitted on the proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project on tortoise habitat.

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Soaking rain in the Mojave Desert this week. Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Sheep Range yesterday.

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1 year

The Biden Administration fast-tracks a mine for electric vehicle batteries in important habitat for the jaguar, ocelot and Pima pineapple cactus. You want to destroy something, just label it "green".

Biden admin expedites 'first-ever' critical minerals project

A manganese and zinc mine in southern Arizona is the first critical minerals mining project to go through the FAST-41 permitting process.

www.eenews.net

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This is desert tortoise Critical Habitat🙁

Bureau of Land Management California

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Today, the Bureau of Land Management issued approval to Gold Discovery Group to proceed with exploratory drilling for gold on their existing mining claims on BLM-managed public lands north of Johannesburg in Kern & San Bernardino counties. To learn more:

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Happy Christmas from Basin and Range Watch!

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Full moonrise on a playa in the middle of nowhere, #Nevada Desert. Can’t get much better than this

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Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos)

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BLM saying that desert tortoises "enjoy" getting dragged out of their burrows, poked and prodded by researchers and possibly killed by predators and drought - because destroying their habitat for "green" energy is better for them than leaving old growth desert alone.

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Nestled in burrows and hidden beneath the leathery leaves of a jojoba bush, desert tortoises that were translocated in 2023 from an area slated for a renewable energy project, are adapting nicely to their new home. 🐢🌵 Read more about this success:

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BRW quoted "“These tortoise would have to be dug out of their burrows and translocated, resulting in a certain percentage of mortality,” they say. “We find this unacceptable when solar panels can go on disturbed lands, on rooftops and over parking lots.”

How you can sound off on the Bonanza Solar project near the Nye-Clark line

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Bonanza Solar Project, in Clark and Nye counties.

pvtimes.com

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Ibex Dunes, Death Valley National Park

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The 2 large-scale solar projects planned by BLM in the Pahrump Valley, NV that have the most desert tortoises are called Rough Hat Clark Solar and Copper Rays Solar - at nearly 10,000 acres and will remove 251 adults and likely kill 3 times as many juveniles.

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Happy New Year, Water in Death Valley, CA!

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Death Valley from 2,000 feet up. A lot of green vegetation coming up at this elevation.

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Moonrise over Bare Mountain, Nevada

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No shortage of idiots visiting national park lands. They almost killed themselves, but sadly, we all get stuck with their damage.

Men caught on camera destroying ancient rock formations at national park

Two men visiting a popular hiking site in Lake Mead, Nevada, are coming under fire for destroying it.

www.wtok.com

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Moonrise, Amargosa Valley, Nevada

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Very sad news, this will be built over riparian areas like the San Pedro River. Not enough vocal green groups.

Largest renewable energy infrastructure project in U.S. breaks ground in New Mexico

The SunZia transmission line will stretch about 550 miles from central New Mexico, funneling electricity from massive wind farms to metro areas in Arizona and California. Siting and permitting have...

www.knau.org

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Work beginning on the Bonanza Solar Project near Indian Springs, NV before the actual environmental review begins. Dudek is doing geotechnical studies, driving off road during an active tortoise season and BLM tells us they have no desert tortoise monitor.

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This desert wash has been dry for over a year but with huge monsoon rains it sprung to life this morning with flowing water. #MojaveDesert #DeathValley region California/Nevada #weather

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Happy Winter Solstice from Basin and Range Watch

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BLM tells us they are moving forward on 4 large-scale solar applications west of Indian Springs, Nevada. They were once very concerned about the high value region for desert tortoise, cactus diversity and hydrology, but now are pushing nearly 17,000 acres of development.

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The creosote and saltbush are covered with snow in the Mojave #Desert !

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Calico cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii), Kingston Range CA #Desert blooming now

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Solar industry pushes for extinction of the desert tortoise. "Exclusions for desert tortoises alone would eliminate roughly 40 proposed solar projects, said Peter Weiner, a partner with Cox Castle who represents solar developers."

Biden Solar Plan Thwarts Clean Energy Projects, Industry Warns

Environmental restrictions in the Biden administration’s draft plan to open up public lands for solar development could make many proposed projects impossible to build, developers and some environm...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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