A new glamping development featuring Airstream trailers broke ground up the road from Joshua Tree National Park's main entrance in late January. Renderings from the company behind the project ...

Conservationists have been pushing the California Fish and Wildlife Commission since 2019 to list the western Joshua tree as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act, arguing that it ...

However, in a big win for the trees, new legislation was just passed that will allow for protection of the trees and some development. The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act would create a ...

If the Joshua tree is not listed as threatened, it will be up to local jurisdictions to set limits on development of commercial, residential and solar and wind projects across thousands of acres ...

Because the western Joshua tree is widespread on both public and private lands in urban and rural communities, the permitting process for the iconic species “is more complex than for any species ...

A Joshua tree is seen at sunset in Joshua Tree National Park. State regulators are developing a new plan to help protect Western Joshua trees, which face growing threats from climate change, fire ...

Development also poses a threat, according to environmentalists, because around 40% of the plants grow on private land. The Joshua trees could be razed to make way for homes and infrastructure.

RIVERSIDE, Calif.― Community groups and environmental organizations applauded the Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ unanimous vote Tuesday to quash plans for a new city of 20,000 residents near ...

Joshua Tree, CA – This week, Riverside County’s Planning Commission released its final Environmental Impact Report for the highly controversial Paradise Valley project, a long-proposed large housing ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California won’t be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species for now after the four-member Fish and Game Commission couldn’t reach agreement on how ...

Saving the Joshua Tree. With their twisted stalks and otherworldly outlines, Joshua trees look straight out of an alien ... In 2022 — after a judge rejected development interests’ attempt to overturn ...