Editorial: Finally, a plan to save the Joshua tree from climate change — and the bureaucrats
by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Feb 20, 2023
3 minutes
Climate change is the single greatest threat to the long-term survival of the Joshua tree, a beloved symbol of California’s high desert. But the biggest short-term obstacle is an impasse by state wildlife officials, who have been unable to agree whether to list it as threatened under the state Endangered Species Act.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is proposing a promising solution, legislation that would provide comprehensive protection for the imperiled trees at the center of a battle over competing uses of
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