Tag Archives: National

JT Nat’l Park officials close popular Park sites

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Bill Ford, Founder

Graffiti forces closure of popular Joshua Tree Nat’l Park sites The Associated Press Posted: 04/13/2013 08:12:22 PM PDT April 14, 2013 3:48 AM GMT – Updated: 04/13/2013 08:48:25 PM PDT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Acts of graffiti … Continue reading →

Posted in A guide to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 92252, Basin, boulders, can, criminal, deface, defacing, destruction, giant, grafitti, granite, Joshua, morongo, National, paint, Park, spray, tagger, Tree, Valley, vandal, vandalism, visual, Yucca | 2 Comments

CASINO TO BREAK 29-PALMS GROUND

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Bill Ford, Founder

The following is a direct copy of the PRESS RELEASE excluding the graphic. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Therese Everett-Kerley / Lisa Herman 760-834-8599 / PR@CordMedia.com TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS TO BREAK GROUND ON NEW CASINO Project Will Bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29, 29-palms, Affairs, architecture, Band of Mission, Basin, blackjack, California, card games, casino, coyote, craps, Dept of the Interior, desert, dice, die, gambling, indian, Indian Casino, indians, interior, Joshua, morongo, Morongo Valley, National, palms, Park, poker, reservation, slot machine, slots, Table, table game, Tree, twentynine, yucca valley | 5 Comments

Visiting our Southwestern Deserts – safely

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Four Essential Life-Saving Tips for Safe Travels in Dangerous Desert Heat Plan and Pack Right to Avoid Tragedy in Triple-Digit Desert Temps Author: Hillary Fox - While cruising north on I-95 in Nevada en route to Death Valley National Park, we encountered a … Continue reading →

Posted in A guide to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 92252, airports, American, arizona, bouldering, Canyon, danger, desert, heat, hiking, Joshua, las vegas, Mojave, National, native, nevada, news, Palm Springs, Park, red rock, road, security, tips, transportation, travel, Tree, trip, TSA | Leave a comment

Great Story about Morongo Basin

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

A long time resident of 29-Palms alerted me to this story from the Los Angeles Times. Thanks Jeanne. Its a great, well documented story about 29-Palms, Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Morongo Valley, Landers and the many attributes of our Desert Wonderland. … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29, 29-palms, angeles, Christopher, desert, Harriet, Hwy 62, Joshua, L.A. Times, los, Mojave, morongo, Morongo Basin, nat'l, National, palms, Pappy, Park, Pioneertown, Reynolds, Staff, Times, Tree, twentynine, Valley, Writer | Leave a comment

What is an NCHR?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

This article is ”almost” an answer to a JoshuaTreeStar visitor’s question posted under the “Poll-FAQs” heading: http://wp.joshuatreestar.com/?page_id=4471 “What is a NCHR? Do my taxes go up? Who’s in charge? What happens to my property value? Does it create jobs? I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 1978, 29-palms, 92252, 92277, 92284, Act, appropriation, artifacts, Basin, calif, California, city, Congress, conservation, County, department, dept, ebey, ebey's, enhancement, existing, fauna, federal, foliage, government, historic, historical, history, house, interior, Joshua, land, landing, law, local, management, morongo, National, nature, NCHR, nps, palms, Park, preservation, preserve, protection, public, recreation, Regulation, rehabilitation, representatives, reserve, rocks, rule, Senate, Service, state, stewardship, trails, Tree, twentynine, usage, Use | 2 Comments

Eagle Mt Garbage Dump – Saga continues

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Kaiser’s stink ’n stench dump lurks at east end of the Joshua Tree Nat’l Park Government, Courts, Politicians & Big Bucks weigh in to dump Billions of tons of L.A.’s garbage in Joshua Tree over next 117 years.

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged angeles, billions, blight, disease, dump, eagle, garbage, Joshua, landfill, los, mountain, mt, nat'l, National, odor, Park, refuse, stench, stink, tons, tour, train, trash, Tree | 1 Comment

Issues concerning the Morongo Basin – Pro or Con?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

The current issues Pro or Con… yea or nay This is likely to turn into an “editorial” more than a “news” article. Bear with me. Various “issues” are always in the “works” so-to-speak, in any diverse community, even between differing … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things | Tagged 29-palms, Basin, issues, Joshua, landers, local, mesa, morongo, National, Park, Pioneertown, registered, Tree, twentynine, Valley, vote, voter, voters, Yucca | 2 Comments

New Feature — Polls to vote your opinion

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

VOTE YOUR OPINION… a new feature to serve the Morongo Basin population I received software that will provide a simple “poll” concerning various “issues” within the sphere of influence of the general Morongo Basin region — as a public service — and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Meetings, public or private, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Local Public Safety, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 29-palms, 92252, 92256, 92268, 92277, 92278, 92284, 92285, 92286, air, architectual, archive, association, Basin, building, caltrans, casino, chp, citizen, city, clean, closed, clubs, commercial, Community, conservation, controversal, County, court, desert, design, development, fauna, flora, foliage, gardening, government, group, highway, incorporate, incorporated, issue, issues, johnson, Joshua, land, landers, landscape, local, meeting, morongo, municipal, nat'l, National, no, open, palms, Park, Pioneertown, poll, preserve, public, registered, reserve, residential, retail, roads, scenery, Senior, sheriff, structure, survey, tourism, tourist, town, traffic, Tree, twentynine, undecided, Use, utilities, utility, Valley, visitor, vote, voter, warehouse, wash, water, wildlife, yes, Yucca | 13 Comments

INVASIVE – TOXIC WEED

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

MBCA’s “Hold the Mustard” Weed-Pull Event It may be the season of hearts and flowers (Happy Valentine’s Day!), but there is one flower that is not loved in our desert… that of the Saharan mustard. It is time for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushes & Shrubs, Gardening in our Desert, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things | Tagged Basin, Brassica, conservation, edible, fire, hazard, Hold the Mustard, invasive, Joshua, MBCA, morongo, mustard, National, Park, photo, plant, sahara, species, toxic, Tree, weeds | Leave a comment

HR-3860 Bill to force rehiring more Vets

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Employers claim economic hardship for not hiring Vets By Rick Maze – Staff writer – ARMY TIMES Posted : Thursday Feb 2, 2012 A California lawmaker wants to block most U.S. companies from using the excuse of poor economic times … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things | Tagged 2012, 3860, Act, administration, business, calif, California, Employment, Garamendi, Guard, H&R, house bill, job, jobs, members, military, National, Reemployment, rehire vet, reserve, SBA, small, vet, veteran, Veterans, vets | Leave a comment

WEATHER FOR JOSHUA TREE – Explained

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Basic current weather & 5-day forecasts for the general Joshua Tree area The above weather is recorded at a weather-station (Joshua Tree Highlands) located inside the Joshua Tree National Park, at about 3,400 feet altitude above sea level (ASL). The air … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening in our Desert, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 2400, 29, 29-palms, 29-Palms band of mission indians, 3000, 3200, 400, 4000, 5000, 62, aka, altitude, annual, Areas, ASL, astronomy, base, Basic, buildings, canyons, clear, cold, complex, comprehensive, County, Courts, data, details, east, fall, Feather, feet, For, gradually, heat, heavy, Highlands, highway, hot, humidity, Joshua, level, micro-climate, miles, mountain, mountains, National, north, palms, Park, peaks, pollen, predict, rain, rains, recorded, rise, road, rock, Route, sea, shade, skies, snow, south, specific, spring, state, stations, summer, sun, temp, Tree, twentynine palms, Valley, weather, Weather Accuracy, Weather-Data, weather-station, west, White, wind, winds, winter, Yucca, yucca valley, zones | Leave a comment

ASTRONOMY Resources

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Bill Ford, Founder

Southern California Amateur Astronomer groups, clubs, societies and resources located generally in and north of the Palm Springs area to Barstow region. High Desert Astronomical Society – Luz Observatory – Apple Valley Sky’s the Limit: Morongo Basin Observatory – 29-Palms … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Meetings, public or private, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29, 29-palms, Afton, airport, amateur, Amboy, Andromeda, Apple, arts, Astronomer, Astronomers, Astronomical, astronomy, Baker, Banning -- West, Barstow, Basin, Bear, Big, calif, California, camp, Campground, Canyon, center, Clark, clubs, Copper, cottonwood, Crater, dark, desert, groups, Hi Desert, johnson, Joshua, jumbo, landers, law, light, Lucerne, luz, morongo, mountain, mt, nat'l, National, Night, Observatory, Ordinances, Palm, palms, Park, Pass, Pioneertown, preserve, resources, road, rock, salton, sea, Sky, Sky's the Limit, societies, solar, southern, Springs, theater, thousand, Tree, twentynine, Valley, victorville, Video, water, White, whitewater, Yucca | Leave a comment

Search For Info On ?

Search for:
Most Recently Posted Articles
Joshua Tree Weather

Today Tuesday 6/18/2013 Wednesday Thursday

Clear

93/57

Clear

91/63

Clear

91/59
Most recent comments & replies
- Bill Ford, Founder on Massage Therapy FAQs 2
- Bill Ford, Founder on JT Nat’l Park officials close popular Park sites
- Germany on JT Nat’l Park officials close popular Park sites
- Dog With Arthritis on Massage Therapy FAQs 2
- Bill Ford, Founder on Dan “O” & BirthDays
Previously Posted Articles
Various Topics of Interest
Meta
Special Interest Pages

Tag Archives: National

Search For Info On ?

Most Recently Posted Articles

Joshua Tree Weather

Most recent comments & replies

Previously Posted Articles

Various Topics of Interest

Meta

Special Interest Pages