Simple wire fencing — miles of it — is being used at Mojave National Preserve in California to protect Desert tortoises, a threatened species, from being runover by vehicles.

Dozens of miles of "tortoise fencing" are being installed along roadsides in prime tortoise habitats, officials said.

A federal judge ruled the Bureau of Land Management's off-road plan didn't show how it minimized impacts to the desert ...

The largest protected desert in the world is located at the Mojave National Preserve, conveniently located between two ...

A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of popular off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert, which they charge ...

Sunny with a high of 89 °F (31.7 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 17 mph (8 to 27.4 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 8 to 14 mph (12.9 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 61 °F (16.1 °C ...

A judge has rejected federal agencies’ approval of activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast ...

(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge partially ruled in favor of environmental groups in their suit challenging the Bureau of Land Management's approval of route networks ...

Bicycle Lake, near Barstow on California’s Mojave Desert, is no place for canoes or water skiing. It is a shallow depression normally filled with 5,000 sq. yds. of dry, cracked mud. Once in a ...

When Roy Richards spotted workers cutting down and shredding Joshua trees for a sprawling solar energy project near his Mojave Desert home last week, he started taking photos. “Once the trees go ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 48 °F (8.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 81 °F (27.2 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). Mostly sunny ...