MDLT Completes Bright Star Wilderness Acquisition

For Immediate Release
May 21, 2015
Contact: Shauna Tucker shauna@mojavedesertlandtrust.org

JOSHUA TREE, CA – Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT) is pleased to announce it has successfully completed acquiring the last 160 acres of privately held land located inside the Bright Star Wilderness area, located 26 miles southwest of Ridgecrest, CA in the Southern Sierra Nevada.

This acquisition was made possible through generous foundation and donor gifts, as well as the Land and Water Conservation Fund and will complete the boundary of Bright Star’s 8,100 acre wilderness area, guaranteeing its protection for the future.

The property’s transitional desert-mountain habitat contains segments of two creeks, a public access road, and amazing views of the west Mojave, and will now be part of America’s conservation estate. As  noted by MDLT Conservation Director Frazier Haney, “Securing this land completes the picture in the Bright Star Wilderness, protecting its solitude, habitat and public access opportunities.”

Mojave Desert Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to protect the Mojave Desert ecosystem and its scenic and cultural resource values through acquisition, land stewardship and strategic partnerships. Since 2006 we have protected over 54,000 acres of desert land.