In late 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ordered the illegal construction of sections of ineffective but ecologically disastrous border wall made out…

January 2023

Creosote and Fish

December 2022

January 4, 2023, 6:00 pm Pacific

November 2022

The desert ironwood, Olneya tesota, is the basis of an entire ecosystem in the Sonoran desert. And this ecosystem includes people. In our 22nd episode…
90 Miles from Needles Episode 21 of Season 1 now live

October 2022

California still doesn't know what to do about the western Joshua tree
Don’t forget to take our reader survey at https://90milesfromneedles.com/survey! New Episode: Shannon Salter Fights to Save the Desert Solar in the…

September 2022

We’ve been remiss in getting this newsletter out, for a number of reasons… none of which are very interesting. We will be getting in the habit of…

July 2022

A couple of new episodes since last we wrote, with links below. But first! One of those episodes includes some requests for help of various kinds, both…

June 2022

Hey all! Hope you are remaining well. We have a couple new episodes of the 90 Miles from Needles podcast up this month, linked here for your enjoyment…

May 2022

S1E10: Remembering Phil Klasky and Ward Valley
The newest 90 Miles from Needles episode, on the campaign to get the western Joshua tree listed as a California threatened species is live, here…