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  2. Dome Fire (2020) - Wikipedia

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    During this period the Dome Fire destroyed only 6 structures, but burned more than a quarter of the Cima Dome Joshua tree forest, one of the largest and densest populations of Joshua trees known in the world. The fire killed as many as 1.3 million Joshua trees. No injuries or fatalities were reported among firefighters or civilians.

  3. Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the ...

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    Joshua trees, such as this 25-foot-tall specimen that is 150 to 200 years old, are threatened with removal for a solar project in Boron. Residents worry that construction dust will spread valley ...

  4. Iconic Joshua trees burned by massive wildfire in Mojave Desert

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    A massive fire burning through the desert in California and southern Nevada has scorched tens of thousands of acres in a biodiverse national preserve and torched its iconic Joshua trees.

  5. Yucca brevifolia - Wikipedia

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    The Joshua tree is called "hunuvat chiy'a" or "humwichawa" by the indigenous Cahuilla. [11] It is also called izote de desierto (Spanish, "desert dagger"). [12] It was first formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian (or "Wheeler Survey").

  6. Mojave National Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Impressive Joshua tree forests are found in parts of the preserve. The forest covering Cima Dome and the adjacent Shadow Valley is the largest and densest in the world. [4] In August 2020, a wildfire destroyed 1.3 million Joshua trees around Cima Dome. [5]

  7. As California's climate grows ever more hostile, a Joshua ...

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    A Joshua tree in Juniper Hills is engulfed by the Bobcat fire in 2020. Wildfires, along with climate change and habitat loss, are taking an increasing toll on Joshua trees in California.

  8. State releases new plan to protect Joshua trees - AOL

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    The Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act also requires developers to obtain permits and pay fees to kill, damage or remove Joshua trees. That money is earmarked for a conservation fund to purchase ...

  9. Joshua Tree National Park - Wikipedia

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    A grove of namesake Joshua trees at Joshua Tree National Park On August 10, 1936, after Minerva Hoyt and others persuaded the state and federal governments to protect the area, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the power of the 1906 Antiquities Act to establish Joshua Tree National Monument, [ 19 ] protecting about 825,000 acres (1,289.1 sq ...