The charming desert town of Baker boasts the world's tallest thermometer and beautiful dunes, perfect for visitors. California's vast and unique landscapes have put the Golden State on the map as ...

In 1976, Congress designated the 25-million-acre region of desert stretching from the Mexican border north to Death Valley and the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains as the California Desert Conservation ...

Here are the five active fires throughout the region: Containment of ... originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Southern California wildfire maps: What does containment mean?

Roughly 740,000 acres of the Mojave Desert comprise California's newest national monument ... stewarding desert tortoise habitats in the region. They also carried out an extensive on-the-ground ...

Covering more than 25 million acres — about a fourth of California — the geologically diverse California Desert Conservation Area includes sand dunes, canyons, dry lakes, 90 mountain ranges, and 65 ...