We work to protect and promote the Mojave National Preserve and build a community dedicated to the stewardship of its natural and cultural treasures.
Imagine a place where the sand dunes sing, where more Joshua trees grow than anywhere else on the planet, where desert tortoises munch on brilliant wildflowers in the spring.
Located in the heart of the Mojave Desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, the Mojave National Preserve protects 1.6 million acres of diverse desert habitat and 10,000 years of diverse human history. The landscape is vast and inspiring, with habitats from cactus gardens to native desert grassland, from pinyon-juniper forest to ancient white fir forest.
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The Mojave National Preserve Conservancy is hosting a campout and astronomy night for educators on Saturday, October 22nd. RSVP is required.
The Conservancy has assembled resources that can help educators incorporate the Mojave into their remote learning and in-person lesson plans. Our goal is to ensure that students that live in cities and towns across the Mojave ecoregion have opportunities to build an understanding and appreciation of the Mojave’s diverse landscape and wild inhabitants.
Our wildlands face an array of threats, and it is critical that we afford the next generation an opportunity to understand and appreciate the Mojave that they have inherited. Help us introduce students to the Mojave by donating today.
The Department of Interior this month rejected the proposed Crescent Peak Wind project that would have industrialized nearly 50 square miles of intact desert wildlands next to the Mojave National Preserve.
Help us make the Mojave a reality for kids. A donation of any amount will help us purchase camping gear and educational equipment to facilitate overnight school trips to the Preserve. The Conservancy believes that a trip to the Mojave is the best way to encourage understanding and appreciation of the desert among the next generation.
The Cadiz company may proceed soon with plans to pump nearly 16 billion gallons of Mojave groundwater each year, unless California officials intervene. Please take two minutes to urge California State Senate leader Toni Atkins to support legislation protecting the Mojave.
The Thorne's buckwheat may only stand about an inch tall, but its continued existence in a corner of the Preserve is proof that it is anything but a diminutive character in the story of life.