Western Mojave Desert

of Southern California

Mojave Desert Studies Connection Corner

Welcome to the Mojave Desert Studies resources web page. What follows is a collection of resources that might be helpful in helping you connect to the Mojave desert environment. If you would like to recommend a new web site link send us a note at wildlands@lcer.org.

Desert Studies Collection

Below are lists of links to information about the

Physical Environment,
- The Living Environment,
  - Man in the Mojave
    - Desert and Wildlands Management
      - Aquatic Studies
      - Habitat Restoration/Aumentation

Mojave Desert Overview...

Mojave Desert Managers Group, The DMG was established as the forum for government agencies to address and discuss issues of common concern. Through cooperative management each agency achieves greater operational efficiency, enhances resource protection, and the public is better served.

Mojave Desert Science Symposium
Nov 16 - Nov 19, 2004 at University of Redlands, CA

California's Desert Resources - You can learn more about deserts at this site from the California Environmental Resources Evaluation System.

Desert USA—The Mojave Desert This page provides a brief overview of the Mojave Desert and access to related pages.

Desert Animals and Plants - This is a great site for both animals and plants found in deserts.

Mojave Desert Ecosystem Study - by U.S.Geological Survey. Did you know that the desert habitat is vulnerable? Find out more about vulnerability and recoverability of the Mojave at this site from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Mojave National Preserve - This is the official web site for the Mojave National Preserve from the National Park Service.

Plant Communities of the Transverse Ranges and Western Mojave Desert - This site shows coastal and desert slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains and associated elevational vegetation zones, with links to desert plant communities and California Native Plant Society (CNPS).

*Physical Environment*
A good relief map of Southern California...	http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/maps1/ca_south.gif
Satellite Image of California	http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/avhrr/CA_213.n14.96aug01_2047.html
Caltech So. California Earthquake Center	http://www.data.scec.org
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program	http://earthquake.usgs.gov
Faults in California: Mojave Region	http://www.scec.org/faults/mojfault.html
PaleoGeography (world)	http://www.scotese.com/
Pediment formation and pluvial morphogenesis in the Mojave Desert	http://www.geocities.com/scott_cotter/pediment.htm
Link Lists to Mojave Desert Information	http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/MojaveEco/
Center for Earth and Planetary Studies General Mojave Desert Dunes	http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/ http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/research/mojave/mojave.html
Mojave Desert National Preserve geology page	http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/usgsnps/mojave/mojave1.html
California Geological Survey California GeoMorphic Provinces	http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/ http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geotour/index.htm
Great Basin, Mojave Desert	http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/gb150.htm
Desert Physiography
California Ecoregions (USDA, USFS, BLM, NRCS, USDI) Mojave Desert Ecoregions	http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/ http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/322A
*A description* of the "West" and "East" Mojave Desert regions created by the California Gap Analysis Project . More information is available at their homepage.**	http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/gap/report/moj_rep.html#plant http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/gap/gap_home.html
California & Nevada Ground Water Atlas	http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/ch_b/index.html
Desert Geology and Resources	http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents/
CERES: Information by Geographic Area: San Bernardino County	http://www.ceres.ca.gov/geo_area/counties/San_Bernardino/
Virtual Geomorphlogy	http://main.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/gw/gw.htm
San Bernardino soil surveys and maps	http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/IALC/soils/surveys/ca/sanbernardino.html
Desert Research Institute	http://www.dri.edu/
California Deserts	http://www.californiadesert.gov
Virtual Museum of the Mojave	http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/mojave/index.html
Mojave River Watershed	http://www.epa.gov/surf/ http://cain.nbii.gov/· http://cain.nbii.gov/watersheds http://www.ice.ucdavis.edu/newcara/
ICE 2 (The Information Center for the Environment)	http://icemaps.des.ucdavis.edu/icemaps2/ICEMapInit.html
Soils & The Environment	http://interactive.usask.ca/skinteractive/modules/agriculture/soils/soilenv/index.html
Mojave Desert Weather & Climate	Mojave Desert Weather Mojave climatic data Climate History of the Mojave Desert Region, 1892 - 1996, California’s Changing Climate Victorville Climate Data Arid and Simi-arid Climates

Helpful Addresses and Phone Numbers:

California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG), P.O. Box 2980, Sacramento, CA 95812- 2980. (916) 445-5716.
California Desert Information Center, 831 Barstow Rd. , Barstow, CA 92311 760-255-8760
Mojave Desert Information, P.O. Box 241, Baker, CA 92309, 760- 733-4040
Bureau of Land Management, Needles Resource Area, 101 Spikes Rd., Needles, CA 92363, 760-326-3896
Bureau of Land Management, CDD, 6221 Box Springs Blvd., Riverside, CA 92507, 909-697-5200
Bureau of Land Management, Ridgecrest Resource Area, 300 S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, 760- 384-5400
Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast Resource Area, 63-500 Garnet Ave, P.O. Box 2000, Palm Springs, CA. 92258, 760-251-4800
Bureau of Land Management, El Centro Resource Area, 1661 S. 4th Street, El Centro, CA 92243, 760-337-4400
Superintendent, Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, CA 92328, 760-786-2331
Superintendent, Joshua Tree National Park, 74485 National Monument Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, 760-367-7511
Additional online list of "Resources on the Desert"
Links to information about Mojave Desert "Points of Interest"

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Living Environment

Producers ~ Consumers ~ Decomposers ~ Small and Large Communities ~

Aquatic Studies

Interesting Links to check out....

Digital Library Project at the University of California Berkeley. The project contains much more than science materials. The botanical and zoological data sets allow students to call up photos of any plant and animal in California by typing in the common name.

US Geological Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Looking for images of desert wildlife try these links
- http://www.miragemall.com/outside/
- http://www.azuswebworks.com/

An electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by various government and private sector organizations; good links to biodiversity and maps.

Information about deserts; good link to desert plant and animal adaptations.

EcoQuest: Desert Edition , An Interactive WebQuest

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Producers

Plant List for the Mojave River (compiled by Pamela J. MacKay, Botanist)

The digital library of Producers at UC Berkeley.

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/flora/

Looking for more information concerning Mojave Desert flora? Try...

http://nasa.utep.edu/chih/gardens/list/species.htm

http://www.nps.gov/plants/sos/species/mojave.htm

http://www.desertusa.com/flora.html

Eastern Mojave Desert Vegetation

http://www.schweich.com/

Native American Ethnobotanical Database

http://herb.umd.umich.edu

Learn more about California Native Plants that grow in the Mojave Desert or search for information on any California Native

http://www.canative.com/

http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/cnps/

CalFlora: Plant Photo/info Library

http://www.calflora.org/

Desert Plant Survival Strategies

http://www.desertusa.com/du_plantsurv.html

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Consumers

Incomplete List of Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals on the Mojave River Campus

The digital library of fungi at UC Berkeley.

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fungi/

The digital library of animals at UC Berkeley.

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/

Desert Animals

http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html

Reptiles

Desert Tortoise

http://www.lewiscenter.org/tortoise/

http://www.tortoise-tracks.org/dtna.html

Western Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata

LCER's Western Pond Turtle Page

http://www.tortoise.org/gallery/picpac.html#3 http://www.pondturtle.com/ptmain.html

Looking for more information concerning local lizards and amphibians? Try...

http://www.wildherps.com/http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/http://nasa.utep.edu/chih/theland

/animals/reptiles/reptiles.htm

Amphibians

The digital library of amphibians at UC Berkeley.

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/

Arroyo Southwestern Toad

Bufo microscaphus californicus

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/arroyotoad

/http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/bufo-cal.html

Birds

Birds of California

http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/birds/index.htm

Mammals

Mojave River Vole, Microtus californicus mohavensis

Bats of the Desert

Fish ~ Fishes (native and non-native) of the Mojave River and its Tributaries

Desert Fishes Council

http://www.desertfishes.org/na/index.shtml

Mohave Tui Chub

http://lewiscenter.org/force/1070/projects/chubcentralhome.php

Arroyo Chub

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpFactSheet.asp?speciesID=540

Threespine Stickleback

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpFactSheet.asp?speciesID=702

Research Tools for Searching the Wildlife Literature

http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/reswildlife.htm

Animal Tracking

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/

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Decomposers

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Small and Large Communities

Wildlife Habitat Types at the Mojave River Campus

For an overview of plant communities along So. California's coastal and desert slopes of the San Gabriel Mts and associated elevational veg. Zones; with links to desert plant communities and CNPS (California Native Plant Society).

Wildlife Hotspots Around the Mojave Desert

Afton Canyon Wildlife

Camp Cady Wildlife

Deep Creek Wildlife

Harper Dry Lake Wildlife

Big Morongo Canyon Wildlife

Fish Slough Wildlife

Mojave Narrows Wildlife

California Wildlife Habitat Relationships

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/whdab/html/cwhr.html

California Vegetation Mapping Catalog

http://icemaps.des.ucdavis.edu/vegmap/

General OverView (GAP Analysis)

http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/gap/report/moj_rep.html

Yucca and the Yucca Moth

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0902a.htm

Fatal Attraction - Ravens are flourishing in the Southwest, and that is bad news for beleaguered desert tortoises

http://www.nwf.org/nwf/natlwild/1999/toiseam9.html

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Man and the Mojave

Mojave Desert Air Basin Ozone Data

Summary of major ongoing scientific activities in the California or Mojave Desert provided by the USGS, Western Region Geologic Information homepage

The Affected Desert Environment: How have we/do we impacted desert life? (NPS)

Man's Impact on the Mojave's Groundwater reserves (USGS)

Humankind's Discovery of the New World: The Calico Connection

Mountain Men , Jedediah Strong Smith

Jedediah Smith Diary Excerpts

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

Human-Induced Changes in the Mojave and Colorado Desert Ecosystems: Recovery and Restoration Potential

Effects of Elevated CO2 on a Mojave Desert Ecosystem.

Great Basin -- Mojave River

Protecting Deserts

Bioregional Demographic Trends and Implications for Biodiversity

Effectiveness of a barrier fence at reducing mortality and recovering desert tortoise populations.

Links to Desert Organizations

Chronology of Development in the Mojave Desert

BLM's Indian Technical Assistance Program

Where Desert Meets City: Vulnerability and Recoverability of the Mojave Desert Ecosystem (USGS)

Land Use & Human Impact

Essential reading for Mojave Road buffs and historians.

Mojave Desert Preserve 1998 Draft Environmental Impact Statement and General Management Plan

Mojave Desert Preserve EIS / GMP Revised 2000 plan

Fremont and Las Vegas

CSUSB (Mojave Desert Studies)

Ghost Town Explorers

(click me)

California Deserts

History of the Brown Ranch (aka. Rancho Verde , Kemper-Campbell Ranch) on of many online history articles @ MojaveHistory.co

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Desert and Wildlands Management

Aquatic Studies...Support for field studies in and around the Mojave River

Habitat Restoration / Augmentation

Creating Shelter

Birds

Hanging PVC Bird House Drawings

Navratil's Bluebird Buoy Bird Box

Bats

North American Bat House Research Project

Working Bat House Designs

How to put up a working bat house.

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