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“I Thought They Were Protected”
Documentary Film

premiere in 2024

I THought They Were Protected” [trailer]
(Click image above)


 

Threats to the Joshua Tree Habitat

Climate Change - Projections show the species will be extinct by 2100

Developers - building more walmarts and stripmalls in the mojave

and Wildfires - We lost 1.3 million Joshua Trees in 2020

UC Riverside Study showing that the Joshua Tree habitat will no longer be viable in just 80 years! (June 2019)

Yucca Moth Study showing that the Joshua Tree Habitat and the range of its sole pollinator are diverging! (Sept 2018)

Joshua Tree Protections!! 2023!

Western Joshua Trees Receive State-Wide Protections in California! (May 2023)

Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act (2023)


there are people across the Mojave desert
who are taking action to protect the joshua tree habitat.

This documentary is dedicated
to those folks who make their voices heard.

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Urge the Biden administration
to protect Joshua trees


Protect The Joshua Trees!

California’s Fish & Game commission will make the decision to protect - or not protect - the Western Joshua Tree species. All of the science shows that they are declining as a species! While the “public” comment period is closed for these discussion, you can still write Fish & Game. You KNOW that Developers are making their positions known for F&G!
SO SHOULD YOU!


Who is Protecting the Joshua Trees?

Help Protect the Joshua Trees!

every leak speaks
local level: education and protections

Center for Biological Diversity
state level: Seeking California Endangered species protections

Wild Earth Guardians
federal level: Seeking Federal protections

FRIENDS OF ARIZONA JOSHUA TREE FOREST
PROTECTING JOSHUA TREES IN AZ!