As the legend goes, it was 19th-century Mormon settlers who gave the Joshua tree its name, inspired by the plant’s bent and clubbed branches, which recall the biblical Joshua raising his arms in ...

A Los Angeles federal judge ruled against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to deny Endangered Species Act protections for the Joshua tree. The judge determined the USFWS failed to ...

As the government shutdown enters a third week, confusion abounds in many federal departments and agencies. Among the places left in limbo are America's many national parks.

In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight. Joshua trees and closely related Mojave yuccas, which normally remain reproductively dormant until ...

On June 16, 2022, a vote by the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) on whether the Western Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) should be listed as threatened under the California Endangered ...

A Joshua tree, which may now be at risk due to climate change, in California's Mojave Desert. (Image by sspiehs3 from Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — For 2.5 million years, the Joshua tree has ...

California law sometimes adopts an odd view of the natural world. For example, California considers clams and crabs to be fish. Cal. Fish & Game Code § 45. See In California, A Snail Is Sometimes A ...

FRESNO, Calif.— A Fresno County Superior Court judge today rejected an effort by construction and real estate interests, along with the city of Hesperia, to strip away legal protections for the ...

Environmentalists won a notable victory this week with a federal judge’s order that the Fish and Wildlife Service reconsider extending Endangered Species Act protections to the iconic and stressed-out ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration on Wednesday proposed the first legislation focused on protecting a climate-threatened species while also permitting development across Southern California’s ...

With their twisted stalks and otherworldly outlines, Joshua trees look straight out of an alien landscape or a Dr. Seuss book. But lucky for us, these amazing icons of California’s Mojave Desert are ...

The concept of a state where good solid policy drives us toward mutually shared goals to make our communities better, more affordable places to live is unknown in California. Instead, we have dueling ...