Desert News, June 24
Apologies: We’re once again bringing you a version of Desert News without the news summaries, due to a death in Chris’ family and the predictable effect on scheduling of non-emergency things. Summaries should return next week.
For the same reason, we also decided to omit a number of stories we might have included in a normal week, about small fires throughout the deserts, fatalities due to drowning in monsoon rains, and search and rescue efforts for people and pets. (The one about the lost dog in Joshua Tree had a happy ending.) Please stay safe this week. We couldn’t bear to lose you too.
The race to understand the risks of the energy transition for wildlife
Sarah Tory, High Country News, 6/1
Lithium Valley Outreach Contracts End with Final Summaries
Kimber Dial, Calexico Chronicle, 6/20
Extra moisture on West Coast allowing climate-sensitive Joshua trees to recover: Experts
Wildlife are losing habitat at Great Salt Lake. A nonprofit is working to build some back
Megan Banta, Salt Lake Tribune 6/17
Massive 200-mile long dust storm or ‘haboob’ sweeps over New Mexico
Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 6/20
‘You’re just the suit’: Residents spar with mining exec at tense town hall
Alan Halaly, Las Vegas Review Journal, 6/20
Extreme fires sweep through Ruidoso, NM
Ed Williams and Nadav Soroker, Searchlight New Mexico, 6/20
Expansion of data-storage industry could double Northern Nevada’s energy use within a decade, NV Energy CEO says
Ray Hagar, Great Basin Sun, 6/20
Fire chief: Some have ignored burning restrictions in Pahrump
Robin Hebrock Pahrump Valley Times, 6/20
Restoring Hope Amid Ecological Collapse in the Walker River Basin
Noah Glick, Sierra Nevada Ally, 6/20
Fly me to Ivanpah: As traffic records tumble in Vegas, officials eye a second airport
Howard Stutz, Nevada Independent, 6/23
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas’s Rio Grande water deal with New Mexico
Alejandra Martinez and Berenice Garcia, Texas Tribune, 6/24
Will below average rainfall this monsoon lead to a longer Arizona wildfire season?
Rafael Carranza, Arizona Republic, 6/24
Sedona residents are appealing a new resort development near Oak Creek. Here's why
Jack Armstrong, Arizona Republic, 6/24
Phoenix hits record highest daily low temperature 3 days in a row
Sam Kmack, Arizona Republic, 6/24