Category: Dryland Ecoregions

Supposedly Oregon’s Malheur River was so named in about 1825 because during a Hudson’s Bay Company expedition, a cache of hidden furs had been stolen. A “malheur” in French is a hardship, disaster, or ordeal. I haven’t yet found the proof, but my alternative theory is that the first French-Canadian to “discover” this area, so… Continue reading Unwelcome at the Malheur Visitor’s Centre

I have previously written a blog on the sloth-loving President of the United States. Last week France and I visited the Mojave Desert Ecoregion (NA1308), in the vicinity of Las Vegas, NV and Death Valley National Park, CA. Curiously, sloths were again on my mind, as we drove through patches of striking Joshua Trees. The… Continue reading Joshua Trees in the Mojave Desert