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Perdita meconis, the Mojave poppy bee, is a rare bee species that was described in 1993. [2] The Mojave poppy bee has been petitioned for protection under the Endangered Species Act due to pressures in their native range such as invasive species, habitat fragmentation, gypsum mining, and climate change.
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The Manix, Mojave, and the Little Mojave lakes are all large but shallow. [ 13 ] : 7 Soda Lake is the principal saline basin of the Mojave Desert. Natural springs are typically rare throughout the Mojave Desert, [ 13 ] : 19 but there are two notable springs, Ash Meadows and Oasis Valley .
The Mohave tui chub (Siphaletes bicolor mohavensis) is a subspecies of the tui chub endemic to the Mojave River. [1] The Mohave tui chub was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1970, then added to California's list of endangered species in 1971. A recovery plan was created by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in ...
Aside from its paleontological significance, it is home to typical flora and fauna of the Mojave Desert, including a stable population of bighorn sheep and desert tortoise. [1] [2] The area was created as an addition to the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1994 as a part of the California Desert Protection Act. [3]
A Times story in 1937 chronicled Frank Critzer's efforts to build a home under Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert. The article made a point of saying that an Oldsmobile helped make the trip from L.A ...
Salvia apiana, the Californian white sage, bee sage, or sacred sage is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
To aid visitors to the Colorado River, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has allowed a private contractor to operate a boat, canoe, campsite, RV site, and a store in the refuge at Five-Mile Landing, a 35-acre (14 ha) site with boat ramps at Topock Marsh in the northern part of the refuge. [2]