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The Joshua Tree National Park Association is looking for nominations for the seventeenth Annual Minerva Hoyt California Desert Conservation Award. The prestigious award recognizes individuals or organizations whose achievements have led to a significant and lasting impact on behalf of California’s deserts. Minerva Hoyt’s campaign to preserve those deserts led to the creation of Joshua Tree National Monument in 1936. Here’s reporter Mike Lipsitz with more on eligibility… Past winners of this prestigious award read like a “Who’s Who of Conservation Achievements” and include Susan ...

Public lands protection package heads to Senate, would ban uranium mining in Grand Canyon K. Sophie Will, St. George Spectrum & Daily News © Rick Bowmer, AP FILE - This Oct. 22, 2012, file photo, shows a view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Ariz. Calls are mounting for the federal government to close Grand Canyon National Park after a resident of the iconic park tested positive for the coronavirus and has been in isolation. Members of Congress and city, county and tribal officials have urged the Interior Department to approve a request from the park ...

camera icon Photo © Phillip Gray/Dreamstime. Washington, D.C – The Grand Canyon and Santa Monica Mountains national park sites are among the many beneficiaries of the ambitious public lands package that passed the House of Representatives today that aims to protect public lands, combat climate change and advance environmental justice. The ‘Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act’ passed the House in a 227-200 vote, and, if enacted, would designate almost 1.5 million acres of public land as wilderness and incorporate more than 1,000 river miles into th...