The Coachella Valley Preserve: The Struggle for a Desert Wetlands Sonoran Desert wildflowers and the western part of

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sand dunes and rugged mountains

There are few roads in this region - some are prospector trails and others are roads to abandoned mining towns

from whom she's never before been parted

The Coachella Valley Preserve: The Struggle for a Desert Wetlands Sonoran Desert wildflowers and the western part ofThis true story is set in the Coachella Valley, the desert region best known for Palm Springs, California, a glamorous and sunny resort for the rich and famous, filled with emerald green golf courses, lakes, condominiums, and sunset capped blue mountains. Yvonne Tevis here delineates the ongoing intense battle between developers and conservationists over how this precious land should be used. Basing her tale around the fight to save the habitat of an