High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. Birds can only fly so far http://www.hcn.org/wotr/birds-can-only-fly-so-far The birds in California’s Joshua Tree National Park will need human help to survive climate change. No publisher Seth Shteir climate change Joshua Tree National Park endangered birds desert ecosystems bird watching 2010-02-05T09:58:28Z News Article High Noon http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.8/high-noon Environmentalists are arguing passionately over large-scale solar development on California's Mojave Desert. No publisher Judith Lewis energy transmission lines solar energy Jim Harvey BrightSource Energy BLM Mojave Desert Sierra Club Ivanpah Valley desert ecosystems 2010-02-05T08:37:47Z News Article Stalking the boojum in the Sonoran Desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16127 Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas is a revised and expanded edition of a classic botanical guide No publisher Renee Guillory Endangered Sonaran Desert field guides cacti succulents endangered plants desert ecosystems threatened plants boojum Raymond M. Turner Rod Hastings Janice E. Bowers Tony L. Burgess 2010-02-05T08:57:01Z News Article Developer under fire for destroying desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15402 Developer George Johnson is being sued by the state of Arizona for major violations of environmental laws, committed in the early stages of his planned La Osa Ranch development No publisher Tony Davis Desert Land Use, Planning La Osa Ranch Pinal County Arizona Ironwood National Monument George Johnson Lee Stein Terry Goddard Andrea Esquer bighorn sheep desert ecosystems growth and development subdivisions Santa Cruz River Arizona environmental laws Deserts 2010-02-05T09:24:07Z News Article Getting under the desert’s skin: Biologist Jayne Belnap http://www.hcn.org/issues/266/14498 No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Ecosystems Jayne Belnap biological crusts cryptogamic soils soil crusts cryptobiotic soils desert ecosystems scientists biologists Utah National Park Service Deserts 2010-02-05T09:55:56Z News Article Scientists and the city http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17172 Scientists working in the relatively new field of urban ecology study cities like Phoenix, seeking to gain knowledge that will help all cities as the West gets warmer No publisher Petra Spiess LTER CAP Science scientists Charles Redman cities Urban ecology desert ecosystems 2010-12-13T21:53:13Z News Article Bonfire of the Superweeds http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17167 In Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, good intentions are responsible for the introduction of exotic buffelgrass – but all the good intentions in the world may not be enough to save the desert now that this invasive and fire-prone plant is spreading No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Sonoran wildfires Buffelgrass Deserts invasive plants desert ecosystems Desert exotic plants 2010-12-13T21:27:03Z News Article The allure of the gnarled http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15525 It took a while, but the writer eventually came to see the strange, harsh beauty of the gnarled old pinon and juniper trees in Canyon Country No publisher Joshua Zaffos Plants Ecosystems Canyon country desert ecosystems pinon pines junipers Dinosaur National Monument Green River Colorado River Zion National Park aesthetics trees hiking Deserts 2012-03-30T22:18:28Z News Article