Desert Lands In Three California Parks Being Protected Through Partnership Efforts (National Parks Traveler)

National Parks TravelerJanuary 19th, 2015...The Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT) was founded in 2005 by concerned local citizens to "acquire critical habitat for permanent preservation in the Mojave Desert, a need that cannot always be met with public dollars." MDLT went to work immediately to secure private funds from philanthropic foundations, non-profit organizations, and individual donors, and by 2006 had acquired its first property for gifting to the National Park Service...Read Full Article