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	The Original Mojave Phone Booth Site
		The famous telephone booth in the center of the Mojave National Preserve was unceremoniously hauled away Wednesday morning.
		Officially, of course, the 1.5-million-acre Mojave National Preserve is not a park.
		It’s ironic that the Mojave National Preserve was touted as a great tourist attraction back when it was established, but something that attracted tourists was deemed offensive and unceremoniously removed.
	www.deuceofclubs.com /moj/mojave.htm (1498 words)

	Mojave Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mojave Desert is bounded in part by the Tehachapi together with the San Gabriel and San Bernadino mountain ranges.
		The Mojave Desert receives less than 6 inches (150 mm) of rain a year and is generally between 3,000 and 6,000 feet (1,000 and 2,000 m) in elevation.
		The Mojave, like all deserts in general, is known for its summer heat; however, much less renowned is the Mojave's wintertime cold.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mojave_Desert (650 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mojave Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mojave Desert Colorado Desert File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		The Mojave River is a river in the Mojave Desert, California.
		Binomial name Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies The Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera), also known as the Spanish Dagger, is a flowering plant of the family Agavaceae that is native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of southeastern California, Baja California, southern Nevada and western Arizona.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mojave-Desert (5929 words)

	AllRefer.com - Mojave Desert, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the United States.
		Juniper and Joshua trees are found on the higher, outer mountain slopes; desert-type vegetation and numerous intermittent lakes and streams are present in the valleys.
		North of Edwards, on the western edge of the desert, is Mojave Airport : a civilian test facility and aircraft storage center.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MojaveDs.html (461 words)

	Mojave Desert Poster Back (2)
		The art of tattooing was also important to the Mojave, who frequently adorned their faces 500 km trips to the Pacific Coast to trade pottery and other goods for seashells and beads.
		Like their Mojave neighbors, the Chemehuevi were highly mobile, making use of resources throughout their large territory; however, they also had settlements to which they returned regularly.
		Favoring peace, the new Mojave chief guided hundreds to the reservation, while the former chief remained to lead those who refused to leave their homeland; the tribe was effectively split into two.
	www.blm.gov /education/00_resources/articles/mojave/mojaveposterback1a.html (1630 words)

	Mojave National Preserve: Administrative History (Chapter 7)
		The depot was still operational and open for business when the East Mojave National Scenic Area was established in 1980, and between its closing in 1985 and its eventual acquisition by BLM in 1992, one of the chief arguments for the depot's salvation was its suitability as a visitors' center.
		Mojave officials typically ordered multiple copies of new interpretive displays, because of the above-average rate of replacement due to fading in the hot desert sun, as well as the occasional vandalism that seems endemic to remote locations.
		Development of a unigrid map and brochure for Mojave National Preserve, a standard interpretive hand-out in national parks, began in FY 2000, and as of 2002, is in final stages of preparation.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/moja/adhi7a.htm (3548 words)

	Parks & Recreation: A Leopoldian Success Story: Mojave National Preserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Today, Mojave National Preserve is flanked on the northwest by the U.S. Army's Fort Irwin National Training Center and China Lake Naval Air Weapons Testing Center, on the west by Edwards Air Force Base, and on the south by the Marines' Air-Ground Combat Center.
		Mojave National Preserve is located in the heart of the Mojave Desert ecosystem, a vast area stretching from California's Antelope Valley across three states to St. George in southwest Utah.
		Mojave National Preserve is also rich in cultural resources ranging from petroglyphs, pictographs, and pottery shards left by early Native American cultures to more recent reminders of western European settlers, miners, ranchers, and other "outcasts" who have taken refuge in the desert.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1145/is_7_34/ai_55315363 (1288 words)

	Kawasaki Mojave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mojave's power mill is one of the most technically advanced ATV engines currently in production.
		The Mojave has typical OEM shortcomings: mediocre skid plate protection for the engine, rear sprocket and rear disc brake rotor.
		The Mojave is as good a trail machine as any, and better than most.
	www.atving.com /editor/review/atv/kawasaki/00mojave/review.htm (978 words)

	Welcome to MojaveMax.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mojave Max officially emerged from his burrow at 11:55 a.m.
		In November of 2005, Mojave Max is in Brumation (the reptilian hibernation).
		Mojave Max is 15 ½ inches long and weighs 15 pounds.
	www.mojavemax.com /MojaveMax_Introduction.htm (147 words)

	Mojave Desert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Named after the Mohave tribe of Native Americans, it occupies over 22,000 mi² (35,000 km²) in a typical Basin and Range topography.
		Las Vegas, situated on the desert's east, may not have many winds, but the community of Mojave, situated at its western end, can have wind nearly every day — even winds surpassing fifty miles per hour.
		Nearby Tehachapi Pass, due to the high likelihood of reliable wind, is home to an extensive electrical windmill turbine "farm" which converts wind, a renewable-clean-resource, into electricity.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mojave_desert (665 words)

	Mojave
		Mojave, Native American tribe of the Yuman language family and of the Southwest culture area.
		The Mojave lived along the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California and were primarily an agricultural people.
		The Mojave lived in brush huts in scattered settlements along the riverbanks.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/mojave.htm (178 words)

	MOJAVE DESERT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mojave Desert is difficult to define in biological terms because it covers a wide range of different vegetation types, elevation and climate.
		In contrast, the lower-lying southern sections of the Mojave Desert contain extensive tracts of creosote bush, resembling the Sonoran Desert.
		The cacti at the upper elevations of the Mojave Desert need to be frost-tolerant, because this desert receives winter precipitation, which sometimes occurs as snow.
	helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desbiome/mojave.htm (508 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Mojave desert (NA1308)
		The Mojave is bounded to the north by the Great Basin Shrub Steppe, to the west by the Sierra Nevada and California montane scrub, and to the east by the Colorado Plateau.
		While the Mojave Desert is not as biologically distinct as the other desert ecoregions, distinctive endemic communities occur throughout it.
		Conversion threats to the Mojave are concentrated in the southwest and east central portions of the ecoregion.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1308_full.html (1091 words)

	BLM - Environmental Education - Mojave Desert Introduction
		In fact, during World War II, General Patton's soldiers, training in the Mojave for North African desert missions, referred to the Mojave as "the place that God forgot." Today a new attitude celebrates the Mojave as a rich, complex world of open space and a haven for humans seeking refuge from civilization.
		Ecologically, the Mojave was once considered a transition between the Colorado Desert, the Great Basin, and the Sonoran Desert.
		The paradoxical Mojave is at once delicate and resilient, exotic yet within a day's drive for 40 million people, desolate yet home to thousands of remarkable species.
	www.blm.gov /education/00_resources/articles/mojave (322 words)

	Mojave's History
		Mojave was established in 1876 when the Southern Pacific Railroad laid out the original plat for a town on its line between Los Angeles and San Francisco over nearby Tehachapi Pass.
		Mojave's flimsy buildings were destroyed by fire several times over the next century, most spectacularly in 1884 when 90 cases of powder in the railroad depot exploded with a bang heard 25 miles away.
		Mojave's rich past is prelude to the history that continues to be made on the land and in the air - and soon, space - above this exciting and interesting region.
	www.mojave.ca.us /history_IL.htm (863 words)

	Mojave
		Mojave Airport was established by Kern County in 1935 for general aviation.
		Mojave Airport was also used by Hollywood as a location for many motion pictures and television programs (among them DieHard 2, Hot Shots, Thirteen Days).
		By 2003 Mojave was hosting an average of 57 flight operations per day, and over 300 aircraft were based there (including 75 jet aircraft).
	www.astronautix.com /sites/mojave.htm (3618 words)

	Mojave Desert
		The Mojave or Mohave Desert, is the smallest of the four North American deserts.
		The Mojave Desert is situated between the Great Basin Desert to the north (a cold desert) and the Sonoran desert to the south (a hot desert).
		The Mojave Desert is considered a dry desert because of the rain shadow effect.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /mojave_desert.htm (551 words)

	Mojave History
		From the days of the stagecoach, the area east of town was called the "Hat Range." The stagecoach would stop in Mojave and the passengers would lose their bonnets, sombreros, or fedoras to the Mojave wind.
		The "Mojave Zephyrs" were well known, but it was said that it seldom blew so hard that a body could not hold his hat on using both hands.
		Mojave continues to be an important hub and rest stop for the travelers along Highways 14 and 58.
	www.co.kern.ca.us /sheriff/mojareah.htm (941 words)

	Mojave Desert -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mojave Desert is bound in part by the (Click link for more info and facts about Tehachapi) Tehachapi together with the (Click link for more info and facts about San Gabriel) San Gabriel and (A city in southern California east of Los Angeles) San Bernadino mountain ranges.
		One way to determine entry is by observing the presence of (A large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers) Joshua Trees.
		The Mojave Desert contains a number of (A deserted town (especially in Western United States)) ghost towns, the most significant of these being the silver-mining town of (Click link for more info and facts about Calico, California) Calico, California and the old railroad depot of (Click link for more info and facts about Kelso) Kelso.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mojave_desert.htm (828 words)

	Amazon.com: Spoon and Rafter: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I loved Ask Me Tomorrow, the first LP by Mojave 3, but everything that came after sounded more like solo Neil Halstead albums rather than group efforts, which for me was bad news because I was a fan of the alternating vocals between him and Rachel Goswell.
		whether mojave 3 is turning into the the 'neal halstead show' or rachel saved her vocals for her own album, i don't know.
		My personal favorite from Mojave 3.Tracks 2,3,and 4 are by far my favorite songs on the album.I was hoping the rest of the cd was more in line with that style of music.Although in my opinion, a cd that has three or four songs that you really love deserves four stars.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000ALSPP?v=glance (1104 words)

	GORP - Mojave National Preserve, California, Adventure, Travel, Outdoor Recreation, Trips, Tours
		From creosote bush-dominated flats in Mojave's low lands to pinyon pine and juniper woodlands in the higher elevations, the preserve's plant community includes 70 percent of the vascular plants known to California deserts.
		Mojave's 1.6 million acres were set aside to protect one of the most diverse desert environments in the world — a meeting of the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin deserts.
		In fact,"Aha Macav" (Mojave) means "the people who live along the water" — the Mojave Indians inhabited the land running along the Colorado River, depending on the waterway to irrigate their crops.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ca_mojav.htm (1386 words)

	Mojave National Preserve - Mojave National Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
		The Mojave Road is an east-west route that enters the park near Piute Spring on the east side and on Soda Dry Lake on the west.
		Used as a trade route by Indians, the route later served the cause of westward expansion.
		Mojave National Preserve is a great place to explore by 4-wheel drive vehicle.
	www.nps.gov /moja (274 words)

	Mojave National Preserve
		Mojave National Preserve (MNP), a 1.5 million-acre park created by the California Desert Protection Act, is the southern most of two new parks created by the 1994 legislation.
		Kelso Dunes: The 45-square miles of sand dunes were formed over a millennia as westerly winds blew sand from the Mojave River floodplain.
		The dunes are more than 600 feet high in some areas, making this the third highest dune system in the U.S. Their smooth, shimmering contours form a visual counterpoint to the surrounding rugged terrain.
	www.nipton.com /mnp.html (351 words)

	SPACE.com -- Mojave Prepares to Make Space History
		The small desert town of Mojave, California is bracing for a close encounter with space history later this month as the first privately funded rocket plane attempts to soar to the edge of space.
		Mojave Airport is homeport for Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne, presently being readied for a June 21 mission to become the worlds first commercial piloted space vehicle.
		A Space Day fundraiser form has been made available for non-profit organizations in Mojave and California City to file in order to be considered for participating in the sale of souvenirs and food during the upcoming flight of SpaceShipOne.
	www.space.com /news/mojave_history_040610.html (1590 words)

	Fort Mojave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mojave believed all living things belonged where they were placed, so it was hard to understand why the trappers were so brutal, throwing beaver carcasses on the river bank after skinning the animals.
		The girls, from the Mojave viewpoint, were lucky to have fallen into their hands, away from the Tonto Apaches.
		In 1911, by executive order, the Ft. Mojaves were granted a reservation consisting of the old military reserve, areas called the hay and wood reserves on the California and Nevada side of the Colorado River, and adjacent checkerboard land on the Arizona side, a total of 31,328 acres.
	www.wemweb.com /traveler/towns/01needle/ftmojav.html (1177 words)

	RVDE Activities
		Location of the Mojave Desert ecosystem (boundary shown in yellow) and the RVDE study area (boundary shown in orange).
		The objectives of the USGS Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems (RVDE) project are to conduct basic scientific research on ecological processes within the Mojave Desert ecosystem and to use this knowledge to provide land managers with scientific understanding and tools needed to conserve and restore threatened desert landscapes.
		The Mojave Desert covers 125,000 square kilometers of southern Nevada, western Arizona, southwestern Utah, and southeastern California.
	mojave.usgs.gov /rvde (361 words)

	Celebrate Groundhog Day with Mojave Max (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mojave Max is a live desert tortoise living at the Red Rock National Conservation Area.
		Mojave Max is Southern Nevada's official prognosticator of spring.
		Mojave Max, the desert tortoise, the Mojave Max mascot, the county meteorologist and others.
	www.co.clark.nv.us /public_communications/news_releases/050201_Celebrate_GroundHogDay.htm (297 words)

	Mojave National Preserve (CA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 1.6-million-acre Mojave National Preserve was established in 1994 by the California Desert Protection Act, with roughly half designated as the Mojave Wilderness.
		Mojave is home to more than 700 species of plants, of which 25 are rare or endangered, and over 300 different species of animals, including one of the world's largest remaining populations of the threatened Mojave desert tortoise.
		They argue their claims provide public access, yet within the Mojave National Preserve there are already more than 275 miles of maintained roads providing access to all parts of the Preserve, plus hundreds more miles of unmaintained backcountry routes.
	www.wilderness.org /WhereWeWork/California/Mojave.cfm (622 words)

	Nevada Desert Research Center (NDRC) Home
		The mission of our center is to gain a better understanding of the ecological function and structure of the Mojave Desert at all scales, and how the function and structure might be impacted by global climate change.
		These projects are a FACE (Free-Air CO Enrichment), the Nevada Desert FACE Facility, study to examine the effects of elevated CO on the Mojave Desert ecosystem and a Mojave Global Change study to examine the effects of other predicted climate change factors, namely nitrogen deposition, crust disturbance, and increased precipitation.
		In addition to gaining an understanding of the possible responses of the Mojave Desert to global climate change, the current funded research will also provide a better understanding of the Mojave Desert biosphere at molecular, physiological and ecosystem levels, as well as soil dynamics and the inter-relationships among plants, herbivores and insects.
	www.unlv.edu /Colleges/Sciences/Biology/Climate_Change_Research (340 words)

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