RECENT TAGGING IN PARK Let’s Not Be Bystanders! Friends of Joshua Tree is saddened by the recent tagging activity in Joshua Tree National Park. We are asking all climbers and our community members to report activities in the Park that destroy or desecrate natural objects or signs that facilitate safe and informed visitation. The recent paintball vandalism committed in… Read More
SAVE-THE-DATE: November 15-16, 2024 Connected Landscapes Celebration – November 5-16, 2024 Friends Of Joshua Tree and Native American Lands Conservancy are bringing back Connected Landscapesthis Fall! Through gathering in community face to face, we are facilitating a deeper relationship with the ancestral lands and living tribes of the high desert. Mark your calendar, and join us for a weekend… Read More
Oral History of Rock Climbing THE ORAL HISTORY OF ROCK CLIMBING from www.nps.gov/jotr Read about the history of rock climbing from the climbers themselves in these transcripts which result from a rock climbing oral history project. For this study, researchers spoke with Joshua Tree climbers who provided a picture of the park’s rock climbing from the mid-1900s into the present… Read More