CLOSURE LIFTS: 49 Palms Oasis Trail Temporary Closure Lifts for 49 Palms Oasis Hiking Trail Date: August 10, 2022 From: Joshua Tree National Park The temporary closure of the 49 Palms Hiking Trail that began Monday June 1, 2022 will be lifted on Friday, August 12, 2022. Joshua Tree National Park managers closed the 49 Palms area to allow bighorn sheep undisturbed access to surface water. Recent rainfall events allow for this reopening. Bighorn… Read More
UPDATE- FOJT Executive Director John Lauretig on Z107.7 ‘Up Close with Gary Daigneault’ Listen to the latest from FOJT and the National Park embarking on an ambitious new Climbing Management Plan that will manage climbing in the Park for the foreseeable future (like, 20 years!). FOJT Executive Director John Lauretig on the ‘Up Close Show’ hosted by the one and only Gary Daigneault. This interview was aired @z1077fm.joshuatree… Read More
Hear Park Science officer talk CMP Insights from our National Park leadership! here’s a recent radio interview with JTNP Science Officer and interim Superintendent Jane Rodgers on the recent comment period and development of the Climbing Management Plan for the Park. It’s an hour total but if you don’t have that much time to take it all in, get to the… Read More