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SomeplaceMarch 8th, 2015...The Mojave Desert Land Trust, an organization that protects these desert areas by strategically buying privately owned land within them, also points out that many of these species depend on wildlife corridors, and that a solar or wind plant in a wildlife corridor will cut it off and could endanger species. The desert is also what the Mojave Desert Land Trust describes as “one of the floristic frontiers in the United States.” What they mean by that is that we don’t even know what an estimated 6 to 10 percent of the plants here are yet. It’s one of the richest sources of plant discovery in the country. The existence of still-undiscovered life in the desert is a really good tool for understanding that losing these ecosystems isn’t just a shame for local conservationists, though they’re the ones voicing their concerns. This environment doesn’t belong to the local community; it’s a global heritage, and when it’s lost, every single one of us is losing out, the more so because we’re losing out on opportunities to increase human understanding...Read Full Article