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the Mojave Desert Studies resources web page.
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that you will benefit from during your endeavors
to learn more our desert environment and how you
are connected to it.
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Below
are lists of links to information about the
Physical
Environment, The Living Environment, Man in the
Mojave and Desert and Wildands Management
Physical
Environment
A good relief map of Southern
California...
Satellite Image of California
CALTECH 
SO.CALIF.
EARTHQUAKE CENTER
FAULTS IN CALIFORNIA MOJAVE
REGION
TOPO! Interactive Topographic Maps on CD
Online Version of the 1966 Geological map(s) of
California
PaleoGeography
(world)
Great Overview of the Mojave Desert
General Mojave Desert
Links
Mojave
Desert National Preserve geology page; excellent
descriptions of plate tectonics, specifics of
Mojave geology, general information on rocks and
minerals (with pictures), plus a geology field
trip in the Mojave.
Great
Basin -- Mojave Desert
Desert
Physiography
California
& Nevada Ground Water
Atlas
Desert Geology
and Resources
CERES: Information by
Geographic Area: San
Bernardino County
Virtual Geomorphlogy
To locate and order maps of
the southwest
deserts.
San Bernardino soil
surveys and maps
Desert Research Institute
California
Deserts
Kevin's
TRILOBITE page
Virtual
Museum
of
the Mojave
Mojave
Desert Weather
Mojave River Watershed
ICE 2 (The
Information Center for the Environment) California
Mapping
Soils & The
Environment
Climate
Helpful Addresses and Phone Numbers:
- California
Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG),
P.O. Box 2980, Sacramento, CA 95812-
2980. (916) 445-5716.
- California
Desert Information Center, 831 Barstow
Rd. , Barstow, CA 92311 760-255-8760
- Mojave
Desert Information, P.O. Box 241, Baker,
CA 92309, 760- 733-4040
- Bureau
of Land Management, Needles Resource
Area, 101 Spikes Rd., Needles, CA 92363,
760-326-3896
- Bureau
of Land Management, CDD, 6221 Box Springs
Blvd., Riverside, CA 92507, 909-697-5200
- Bureau
of Land Management, Ridgecrest Resource
Area, 300 S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest,
CA 93555, 760- 384-5400
- Bureau
of Land Management, Palm Springs-South
Coast Resource Area, 63-500 Garnet Ave,
P.O. Box 2000, Palm Springs, CA. 92258,
760-251-4800
- Bureau
of Land Management, El Centro Resource
Area, 1661 S. 4th Street, El Centro, CA
92243, 760-337-4400
- Superintendent,
Death Valley National Park, Death Valley,
CA 92328, 760-786-2331
- Superintendent,
Joshua Tree National Park, 74485 National
Monument Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA
92277, 760-367-7511
Living
Environment
Wildlife Habitat
Types at the Mojave River Campus
Incomplete List of
Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals on the Mojave River
Campus
Plant List for the Mojave
River (compiled by Pamela J. MacKay, Botanist)
Eastern Mojave Desert Vegetation
Botanical Sorting
Machine
Native American Ethnobotanical
Database
Medicinal
uses of desert plants (creosote bush,
juniper, yucca, Joshua tree etc.)
Learn more about California Native
Plants that grow in the Mojave
Desert or search for information on any California
Native @ .
Want to learn more about Native
Plants for Desert Tortoises...
Great Basin--Mojave
Desert Region - is but one chapter in the
report, The Status and Trends of the Nation's
Biological Resources; a major contribution to
meeting the nation's need for better information
about our nation's living resources.
California
Dept Fish & Game
CalFlora: Plant
Photo/info Library
Western Wetland
Flora
California Vegetation
Communities
Research
Tools for Searching the Wildlife Literature
General OverView
(GAP
Analysis)
Desert Plant Survival
Strategies.
Desert
Animals
EcoQuest: Desert Edition
, An Interactive WebQuest
Bats of
the Desert
Adaptations
of Desert Animals
Animal Tracks
Fatal Attraction
- Ravens are flourishing in the Southwest, and
that is bad news for beleaguered desert tortoises
Western Pond Turtle,
Clemmys marmorata
An index of interesting
desert animals with references to web
sites
Desert tortoise preservation
area
University of
Illinois description of Mojave
+ GIS information
Digital
Library Project at the University of
California Berkeley. The project contains much
more than science materials. The botanical
and zoological data sets
allow students to call up photos of any plant and
animal in California by typing in the common
name.
The digital
library of animals at UC
Berkeley.
An electronic gateway
to biological data and
information maintained by various government and
private sector organizations; good links to
biodiversity and maps.
information
about deserts;
good link to desert plant and
animal adaptations.
information
and pictures about the various
desert plant communities in California.
A multimedia
textbook of southern California natural history; besides
information on plants (see above) there are also
chapters on most animals, which are selected by
name and region.
Shows coastal
and desert
slopes of the San Gabriel Mts and associated
elevational veg. Zones; with links to
desert plant communities and CNPS (California
Native Plant Society).
A web site that
links to other sites for info
on desert animals
Death
Valley animals
Yucca and Yucca Moth
California
Vegetation Mapping
Catalog
Manual
Of California Vegetation
Amphibians
Desert Fish Council
California Birds
California's Desert
Resources
- You can learn more about deserts at this site
from the California Environmental Resources
Evaluation System.
Desert USA—The
Mojave Desert This page provides a brief overview
of the Mojave Desert and access to related pages.
Desert Animals and
Plants - This is a
great site for both animals and plants found in
deserts.
Desert Animals Index
Click on the links under
this heading: Top:
Recreation: Outdoors: Wildlife: Desert Animals and
find information about desert animals.
Desert Maven, Desert
Maverick -
"Desert Maven, Desert Maverick" was
featured in California Wild
magazine in the Summer of 1998. It tells the
story of Mary Austin, an author and
environmentalist.
Mojave Desert Ecosystem
Study - by
U.S.Geological Survey. Did
you know that the desert habitat is vulnerable?
Find out more about vulnerability and
recoverability of the Mojave at this site from
the U.S. Geological Survey.
Mojave National Preserve
- This is the
official web site for the Mojave National
Preserve from the National Park Service.
Plant Communities of the
Transverse Ranges and Western Mojave Desert
- This site shows coastal and desert slopes of
the San Gabriel Mountains and associated
elevational vegetation zones, with links to
desert plant communities and California Native
Plant Society (CNPS).
Southern California
Natural History
- This site provides plant community information
from desert communities.
Man
in the Mojave
Mojave Desert Air Basin Ozone Data
Mountain Men , Jedediah
Strong Smith
Jedediah Smith Diary
Excerpts
Mojave Desert Air Quality
Management District
Human-Induced Changes in the
Mojave
and Colorado Desert Ecosystems: Recovery and
Restoration Potential
Effects of Elevated CO2 on a
Mojave Desert Ecosystem.
Indigenous Use of
Herbs
Great
Basin -- Mojave River
Protecting Deserts
Bioregional Demographic
Trends and Implications
for Biodiversity
Effectiveness of a barrier
fence at reducing
mortality and recovering desert tortoise
populations.
Links to Desert
Organizations
Chronology of
Development
in the Mojave Desert
BLM's Indian Technical
Assistance Program
Where Desert Meets City:
Vulnerability and Recoverability of the Mojave
Desert Ecosystem
Land
Use & Human
Impact
Essential reading for
Mojave Road buffs and historians.
Exploration, Exploitation
& Development Of the East Mojave
1907,
Tonopah and Tidewater
Railroad
Mojave
Desert Preserve 1998 Draft Environmental Impact
Statement and General
Management Plan
Mojave
Desert Preserve EIS / GMP Revised 2000 plan
Fremont and Las Vegas
CSUSB (Mojave
Desert Studies)
Ghost
Town Explorers
(click me)
California
Deserts
Spanish in the Mojave,
History
Desert
and Wildlands Management