Nature groups celebrate 25 years of protection
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Today, the park continues to expand withpartners like the Mojave Desert Land Trust purchasing lands to be managed bythe national park.
Thenonprofit, headquartered in Joshua Tree, focuses on parcels within nationalparks and preserves, wilderness areas, areas of critical environmental concernand wildlife linkage corridors.
“Wehave successfully conserved land in Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave NationalPreserve, Mojave Trails National Monument and Death Valley National Park,” saidMDLT Director of Communications Jessica Dacey.
Dacey said with changing conservation challenges, the land trust is working to connect conservation areas to provide pathways for wildlife.