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It's not a real desert hike unless you get thirsty. Unless your skin gets punctured by an innocent-looking plant. Unless you have a close encounter with a nervous venomous critter. The desert is alive, and it will defend itself. And we will help. 90 Miles from Needles’ cohosts Chris Clarke and Alicia Pike bring you stories from far out in the American outback: a land unlike any other that is both intense and subtle, that has endured for eons in the harshest conditions imaginable but which could go away in a heartbeat if we act the wrong way. Science, politics, hiking and history, culture and creativity all go into defending the desert. Be forewarned.: We are out to recruit you to the cause.
Chris and Alicia visit and discuss the longest-lived plant in the desert
Chris and Alicia talk about desert ironwoods and sum up the podcast's first season.
Things are bleak for desert tortoises. But they have help.
California still hasn't decided whether to protect the western Joshua tree
The desert is still needlessly threatened to keep cash flowing to energy companies
Saving the desert is a marathon, not a sprint. Remember to breathe.
They are everywhere! But people are doing someting about those ubiquitous mylar balloons. Plus we ask Joshua Tree NP's David Smith some tough questions.
One end of the desert is flooding: the other end is drying up.
This common desert native plant food is nutritious and delicious