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The Mojave Desert has more than 200 endemic plants. [7] A significant habitat of the Joshua Tree is in the western portion of the monument. [10] The majority of the area (330,000 acres) was designated as the Piute/Eldorado Area of Critical Environmental Concern in 1996 to conserve critical habitat for the threatened desert tortoise. [15] [16]
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]
The Mojave Desert (/ m oʊ ˈ h ɑː v i, m ə-/ ⓘ; [3] [4] [5] Mohave: Hayikwiir Mat'aar; [6] Spanish: Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.
A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military ...
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Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, US, between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, 1994, with the enactment of the California Desert Protection Act by the United States Congress , [ 2 ] which also established ...