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From https://web.archive.org/web/20230907104340/https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/09/07/1196581569/climate-change-wildfire-joshua-tree-mojave-national-preserve

The "#wildfire comes as a reminder of the unpredictable future [...] Warmer, drier temperatures are already stressing the preserve's spindly Joshua trees.

Models predict those warming trends will leave Joshua trees with fewer suitable places to live. [...]

the park's dense #JoshuaTree #forests may never come back after a fire. A grassy #savannah might rise up to replace them, with a few Joshua trees scattered throughout as a reminder of what once was."

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The "#wildfire comes as a reminder of the unpredictable future [...] Warmer, drier temperatures are already stressing the preserve's spindly Joshua trees.

Models predict those warming trends will leave Joshua trees with fewer suitable places to live. [...]

the park's dense #JoshuaTree #forests may never come back after a fire. A grassy #savannah might rise up to replace them, with a few Joshua trees scattered throughout as a reminder of what once was."

https://web.archive.org/web/20230907104340/https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/09/07/1196581569/climate-change-wildfire-joshua-tree-mojave-national-preserve

#JoshuaTree National Park is about 10 miles straight east of our house. Because of flooding risk, portions of the park will be closed beginning tonight.

National Park Service announces Jane Rodgers as #JoshuaTree National Park’s new superintendent 

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1180/national-park-service-announces-jane-rodgers-as-joshua-tree-national-park-s-new-superintendent.htm

#JoshuaTree #tmax400 #voigtlander #120mmfilm #ibelieveinfilm #Filmsnotdead

Yesterday I visited Keys Ranch, a 1910 homestead nestled in the heart of Joshua Tree National Park and only accessible via a guided tour.

The ranger said that Bill Keys, when he was nearing the end of his life and knew that the homestead would become a site for tours, purposefully arranged his possessions in a way that would tell his story.

Isn’t that what we all hope for? Not just for our story to be told, but for the ability to shape our narrative.

#jtnp #joshuatree #mojave #desert

A bleak sandy foreground, scrub and a dead tree lead into bleak rocks formations and a bleak sky at Joshua Tree National Park in California. Rendered in bleak sepia.
#SilentSunday #photography #sepia #mono #JoshuaTree
For some reason this reminds me of a movie set... .don't know why.

The Yoder Lab's #JoshuaTree Genomic Inventory has a new profile on the website of the funder, Revive and Restore Wild Genomes

Postdoc Lea Richardson is on track to present our first results from sequencing 300 Joshua tree genomes at this summer's @evol_mtg https://reviverestore.org/joshua-tree-genomes-help-map-climate-resilience-and-guide-protection-strategies

#desert #genetics #ClimateChange

Joshua Tree National Park, 2015

#JoshuaTree #JoshuaTreeNationalPark #bwphotography #photography #california #ImperialValley

I’m so happy we moved to the high desert. I rolled out of bed and within 10 minutes I was on this trail. Saw hawks, lizards, quail, clusters of wildflowers. A good morning indeed.

#joshuatree #jtnp #nationalpark #hiking #hikingadventures #optoutside #desert #California

In appreciation of bee fly feets.
#JoshuaTree #BeeFly #berkeleyadventures

Went to see some wildflowers, got some lifer birds.
Rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus), Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps), & Ladder-backed woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris - even if Nuttall’s still lifer). #birb #JoshuaTree #berkeleyadventures

Bonus flowing desert water. #Desert #JoshuaTree #berkeleyadventures

Went to the desert. Found water and a tree frog and seep #monkeyflower. 😆#Desert #JoshuaTree #berkeleyadventures

I found the desert #monkeyflower. I have only dreamed of this and watched in awe at other’s photos. It feels unreal. #JoshuaTree #berkeleyadventures

Her most recent favorite word is a very enthusiastically enunciated cL-i-mb! So naturally we went to Joshua tree to scramble across rocks and to watch things scurry around the desert.
#joshuatree #jumborocks #desert #kidinoveralls #climb #overalls #redshoes #kid #toddler

This Joshua tree has been around awhile.
#thicktrunktuesday #desert #naturephotography #joshuatree

Last week’s Spring Break in the desert and the city on my Flickr https://flickr.com/photos/87484925@N00

Snow on the San Bernardinos, cactus wren on a Joshua tree, bird’s eye gilia, and Joshua tree in flower

#mountains #bird #wildflower #desert #JoshuaTree #photography

I just want people to know this exists. Billy and the Boingers: Bootleg. #U2 #JoshuaTree #BloomCounty

Irgendwann schaff ich es wieder Mal da hin 🧳🌎

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#fernweh #throwbackthursday #joshuatree