The Hidden Cost of a Solar Power Plant

It's been almost 3 years since the death of my beloved desert tortoise, Brock. In honor of the beauty that he brought to my life, go on over to Discovery Earth and take a look at what would be lost if a Solar Power Plant were built in the Ivanpah Valley of the Mojave Desert in California.

The Desert Tortoise and Creosote Bush

I am buried under mounds of journal articles right now, so here is something for you to read. It's a post about creosote bushes on Our Window on Nature. The only time I have ever seen a desert tortoise in the wild, it was under a creosote bush.