Alicia takes on one of her personal bugbears: the endless supply of mylar balloons landing in the desert, choking wildlife and starting fires, just because people don't care what happens to their floating trash. Also, we subject Joshua Tree National Park superintendent David Smith to the Reddit Ask Me Anything treatment.

Episode image, which is kinda on the nose if you ask us, via our pal Cyndi T. in Tucson.

Find the Desert Balloon Project at https://www.facebook.com/desertballoonproject/

Check out jobs at Joshua Tree National Park: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/workwithus.htm

Check out the JTNP Climbing Management Plan in progress: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/climbingplan.htm

Alicia takes on one of her personal bugbears: the endless supply of mylar balloons landing in the desert, choking wildlife and starting fires, just because people don't care what happens to their floating trash. Also, we subject Joshua Tree National Park superintendent David Smith to the Reddit Ask Me Anything treatment.
Episode image, which is kinda on the nose if you ask us, via our pal Cyndi T. in Tucson.
Find the Desert Balloon Project at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/desertballoonproject/?ref=page_internal">https://www.facebook.com/desertballoonproject/</a>
Check out jobs at Joshua Tree National Park:<a href="https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/workwithus.htm"> https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/workwithus.htm</a>
Check out the JTNP Climbing Management Plan in progress: <a href="https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/climbingplan.htm">https://www.nps.gov/jotr/getinvolved/climbingplan.htm</a>

Join Chris Clarke and a variety of guests as they explore the challenges and opportunities of the American Southwest's fragile ecosystems. Engaging interviews with experts, activists, and advocates on conservation, land management, and environmental justice. Science and sentiment, politics and philosophy, hiking and history, culture and creativity all go into defending the desert. Be forewarned: We are out to recruit you to the cause.

Join Chris Clarke and a variety of guests as they explore the challenges and opportunities of the American Southwest's fragile ecosystems. Engaging interviews with experts, activists, and advocates on conservation, land management, and environmental justice. Science and sentiment, politics and philosophy, hiking and history, culture and creativity all go into defending the desert. Be forewarned: We are out to recruit you to the cause.

Vital info on protecting our irrepaceable deserts

90 Miles from Needles: the Desert Protection Podcast

Join host Chris Clarke and guests as they explore the challenges and opportunities of the American Southwest's fragile ecosystems. Engaging interviews with experts, activists, and advocates on conservation, land management, and environmental justice.

Join host Chris Clarke and guests as they explore the challenges and opportunities of the American Southwest's fragile ecosystems. Engaging interviews with experts, activists, and advocates on conservation, land management, and environmental justice.

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.

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