Chris Clarke
Chris Clarke was KCET's Environment Editor until July 2017. He is a veteran environmental journalist and natural history writer. He lives in Joshua Tree.
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As concern grows over the toll industrial wind turbines take on California's largest birds, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to change the permitting system -- and it may not be for the better.
California's national parks are the pride of the nation, but this week four of them were awarded a distinction their supporters would just as soon have missed.
The birds are excellent at storing food, but they do lose a significant portion of their acorn caches to germination.
Despite objections from the Quechan Tribe, construction on the project in Imperial County started as soon as the ink was dry on federal government's Record of Decision approving the fast-tracked wind installation.
The easiest way to see wildlife in the California desert is also one of the saddest.
Though it's incredibly unlikely that you'll be truly threatened by a wild mountain lion, we offer tips on how to manage the situation.
The desert's getting hotter, and demand for campsites in Joshua Tree slackens when it gets hot.
It didn't take very long for the consequences Obama's gay marriage statement to make their mark on the upcoming race to represent the Coachella Valley's 36th Congressional District.
Climate change is a serious issue, but a couple of recent studies remind us that it may not be the biggest threat to life on Earth as we know it. What else is there? Loss of biodiversity.
Scarecrow was brought to the Dumont Dunes to give rover operators a little more data to aid in negotiating the sand traps of the Red Planet when the Mars Science Laboratory Lands in August.
Palm Springs has a conflicted relationship with good taste. The town is a somewhat self-conscious shrine to the Mid-Century Modern aesthetic, with houses, bank buildings and diners reflecting that artistic movement.
You might find the notion that Southern California's Mojave River has a native fish a bit surprising. After all, for most of its 110-mile run from the San Bernardino Mountains out to Baker the riverbed is dry as a bone, its water flowing underground if...