Frances Lawton Keys was part of a wave of Anglo pioneers who came to the arid Southern California desert in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, patching together a variety of ventures on public domain land.
Nos dedicamos a resaltar y compartir el rico trasfondo y las diversas experiencias de algunos de nuestros guardabosques de parques nacionales. Al sumergirnos en sus historias, buscamos proporcionar a nuestra comunidad de visitantes del parque más que solo información; aspiramos a fomentar una comprensión más profunda e inspirar conexiones.
Locations:Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve
Christina Aiello works a lot with corridor connectivity for desert bighorn sheep, but she explains that no matter what your skillset is, you can contribute to landscape-scale conservation.
Locations:Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve
Women's stories have sometimes been overlooked or actively covered up in historical narratives, especially those concerning westward expansion. But many women made empowered choices to go to (and stay in) the California desert. Two of these women, Frances Keys and Elizabeth Campbell, are especially prominent in Joshua Tree's history.
