fromLos Angeles Times
6 days agoProperty owners recoil at cost, burden of Joshua tree protections
But before you can get a shovel into the ground, everything changes. Joshua trees become candidates for the state's threatened and endangered species list and are then protected by an unprecedented conservation law. You must now apply for permits and pay fees - not just for removing the plants, but in some cases for disturbing the land around them. You must even get permits to pick up fallen branches.
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