California Desert Trails - Riding Through the Mojave Desert in 1916 Beetles anecdotes and observations reveal new

anecdotes and observations reveal new insights into the lives of California’s abundant but often hidden amphibians and reptiles

It is a river of dreams

the engineering feats that have transformed the landscape

but the agricultural exploitation of the region

and encompassing the better part of the Mojave Desert

California Desert Trails - Riding Through the Mojave Desert in 1916 Beetles anecdotes and observations reveal newImagine all the soft places of the world, the green valleys, the soft beaches, the tranquil islands, the cool mountains. Now imagine you are on horseback in one of the harshest deserts in the world riding alone for two years! That is what famed British naturalist J. Smeaton Chase did. He mounted up and rode into the Mojave Desert to undertake the longest equestrian study of its kind in modern history. In 1916 the amateur naturalist headed his horse