The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise.

To the editor: I enjoyed reading the article on the effect of large-scale solar power on the Mojave Desert habitat. Unfortunately, continued degradation of the desert environment is, ...

The decision to cut through protected land sets a dangerous precedent, said the lawsuit filed against the U.S. Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management.

FILE - In this May 13, 2006, file photo, is a desert tortoise in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve east of Leeds, Utah. Conservation groups sued Friday, June 4, 2021, over the Trump administration’s ...

As firefighters battle a massive wildfire in the eastern Mojave Desert, national park officials and ecologists are preparing for habitat losses that are likely to alter the landscape forever ...

Three large wildfires burned in the same area during the summer of 2005, scorching a total of 14,634 acres on the Red Cliffs reserve. 7,885 of those acres were considered desert tortoise habitat.

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced in a press release they have acquired nearly 53 acres of private property in southwestern Utah to help protect the Mojave desert tortoise. The DWR ...

The fire is also burning through critical habitat for the desert tortoise, which is listed as a threatened species. Where things stand The boundaries of the York Fire as Sunday.

The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups on Friday sued the U.S. government over the Trump administration’s decision to allow construction of a new four-lane highway through a ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups on Friday sued the U.S. government over the Trump administration’s decision to allow construction of a new four-lane highway through a ...