Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification ...

The law allowed cities and counties to set lower fees for small projects ... over the thousands of square miles where Joshua trees grow in California, including the fast-growing cities of Palmdale ...

JOSHUA TREE, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today to protect western Joshua trees under the California Endangered Species Act. The trees ...