Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve

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The Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve designated by UNESCO in 1984 to promote the ecological conservation of a cluster of areas in the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California. Its principle feature is Death Valley. The four management units encompassed by the reserve upon its creation were:

Death Valley National Monument (in the Mojave Desert)
Joshua Tree National Monument (in the Mojave/Colorado transition zone)
Santa Rosa Mountains Wildlife Management Area (in the Colorado Desert)
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (in the Colorado Desert)

The current boundaries of the Reserve are unclear, because Death Valley National Monument was subsequently expanded and reorganized into Death Valley National Park, and the Santa Rosa Mountains Wildlife Management Area into the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto National Monument. There has been little published about the Reserve since its creation, and it appears to be essentially inactive.

External links

[Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve] (UNESCO site)
[Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center]

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