A first-timer’s guide to Joshua Tree National Park, where trees and rocks compete for attention

The California park's fantastical trees get all the attention, but the rock formations are equally impressive.
Observer

A High Desert Escape: Where to Stay, Eat and Wander in Joshua Tree

New boutique hotels, classic desert hangouts and a few unexpected gems for your next trip to Joshua Tree. If Palm Springs is ...
npca.org

Parks Group, Community Leaders Welcome Department of Interior Leadership, Discuss Monumental Expansion to Joshua Tree and Chuckwalla Landscape Protection

“We have the chance to make Joshua Tree National Park whole again. I was born and raised in the California desert. Protecting this landscape is a part of who I am." – Luke Basulto, NPCA's California ...
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'The vastness of the sky': encountering the desert for the first time

LAist Senior Editor Suzanne Levy, who grew up in the UK, recalls encountering an alien landscape in her ongoing series ...
Orange County Register

Can the demise of Joshua trees, feared by end of the century, be turned around?

The gangly, spiky plants that grow in the vital and sensitive Mojave Desert can live more than 150 years. But devastating wildfires have left behind millions of charred trees — actually succulents — ...
Yahoo

Hundreds of Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A damaged Joshua tree is lit by the setting sun, surrounded by terrain scorched by the 72-acre Black Rock wildfire in Joshua Tree ...

Next to Joshua Tree National Park, a mining company is staking its claim for rare earth minerals

Dateline Resources Ltd. is exploring for rare earth elements outside Joshua Tree National Park, sparking concerns it could ...