California Desert Studies Center

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California Desert Studies Center

• California State University
• Desert Studies Consortium

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California Desert Studies Consortium California
State Universities Dominguez Hills Fullerton Long
Beach Los Angeles Northridge Pomona San
Bernardino NPS - Mojave National Preserve
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Desert Studies Center
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Soda Dry Lake

Barstow
Mojave River headwaters
Landsat TM Image Mojave River Drainage
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Desert Studies Center
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I-15 Freeway Sign Ca 1950
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Entrance Sign at Zzyzx
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The Beginning - 1976 Ray Munson, Lon McClanahan,
Mark Fisher
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Then - 1974
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Desert Studies Center - 2002
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Office - DSC
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Castle Building
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Castle Building and Castle Way
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Kitchen Facility
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Caterers Kitchen
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User Accommodations
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Dorm-style Accommodations
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Bathhouse
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Fountain in Lake Tuendae
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Mojave Tui Chub (Gila bicolor mojavensis)
Descendents of the seed population located at
Mojave Chub Spring

• Only surviving native fish of
  the Mojave River drainage
• Survived hybridization with introduced Arroyo
  Chub in isolated pool at Soda Springs
• Declared endangered in 1970 (federal) and 1971
  (state).

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Laboratory/Computer Facility
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Phi Brownell-BBC Scorpion filming
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John Lighton - Laboratory Research - UNLV
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Zycot and Lakeview Accommodations
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Photovoltaic Substation/West Pond/Corp.Yard
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Fire Suppression Pool
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Library
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Classroom
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Main room Desert Symposium
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BBC Filming K-Rat Burrows Sir David Attenbrough
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Who are You?
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Mars Lander has Landed Cal. Tech. East Mojave
Desert
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Don Tarman - CSU Pomona Geology
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Photographing Wind Events USGS, Soda Mountain
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Darren Sandquist - Plant Physiology CSU Fullerton
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Soda Lake bed looking east at the Old Dad
Mountains
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Joshua Tree Forest
Yerbum
Barrel Cactus
Lizard Tail
Desert Holly
Gimsome Weed
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Joshua Tree - East Mojave
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Coachwhip
Rattlesnake
Tortoise
Ring-tailed cat
Kangaroo Rat
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American Avocets
Egret
White-faced Ibis
Shrike
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Caterpillars Sphinx Moth
Stink-bug
Armored Beetel
Dragon Fly
Antlion
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Petroglyphs East Mojave
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Petroglyphs - East Mojave
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Morning over Lake Tuendae
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California State University Desert Studies Staff
Bill Presch, Director
Norma Charest, Secretary
Rob Fulton, Site Manager
Marcelo Aguirre, Maintenance Mechanic
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Thank you to Robert Fulton, Jason Wallace and
Melissa Presch