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California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — State biologists on Wednesday recommended against designating the western Joshua tree as threatened with extinction, saying claims in a petition filed by environmentalists about the effects climate change will have on the living symbols of the California desert are premature.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

‘Like witnessing a birth in a morgue’: the volunteers working to save the Joshua trees

If carbon emissions stay at current levels, just 0.02% of the desert trees would survive. Volunteers are now banding together to plant seedlings

The Guardian - US · Jan 20, 2022