Here’s what’s planned this week in Pahrump ...

The Mojave Desert, which includes the Amargosa Basin, is already the hottest place in North America. Temperatures in Death Valley, where the river terminates, regularly top 125 degrees Fahrenheit.

A new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking Endangered Species Act protections for a rare ...

Looking for a place to go camping with his kids, Josh Jackson began exploring California public lands with his family. Now BLM land in the state and country could be sold.

Plans will change quickly when the temps soar past 100 degrees. What doesn't change is the jaw-dropping, austere beauty of the biggest American national park outside of Alaska.

“Meanwhile the Amargosa Basin, the most biologically diverse place in the American deserts, is under existential threat from mining for lithium and gold, as well as energy development.

Plan It: Great Basin National Park Amargosa Big Dune Recreation Area Amargosa Big Dune Recreation Area (Photo: Travel Nevada) ...

She and Donnelly were there to present at a symposium concerning the Amargosa Basin, a 5,500-square-mile region around Death Valley defined by its eponymous river.

In the south, the wildflower is found in the Amargosa River Basin outside Death Valley, from Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge to Tecopa, California.

The Amargosa Conservancy drafted an online petition it encourages people to sign, which had more than 250 signatures as of Thursday afternoon.