URGENT: JTNP needs feedback on Climbing Management Plan Joshua Tree National Park is beginning the planning process for a Climbing Management Plan; the planning process has already started, and this round of preliminary comments has a deadline of NOVEMBER 13. That’s next week! The Park Service and FOJT urge you to weigh in and let them know how you’d like to see management… Read More
FOJT spotted around town Summer is the time where Friends Of Joshua Tree gets out into the broader SoCal community to spread awareness, education and stewardship mindedness. Not everyone knows about JOSAR, or HARP (the fixed anchor replacement program), the Climber Stewards Program, or even Climbers’ Coffee. So it’s important to reach out beyond the borders of Joshua Tree… Read More
Raptor Closures in Effect Spring 2019 Heads up intrepid JTree climbers… it’s raptor closure season. As good stewards of our public lands, let’s give these special creatures lots of room to do their nesting and fledging thing. There is so much good climbing to be had this spring all around the Park, we can forego a few sensitive areas… curious about… Read More