Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees Editors: Sant Khalsa and Juniper Harrower Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees focuses on the plight of the Joshua tree and its Mojave Desert habitat, threatened by climate change, development, wind and solar energy industries, and wildfires. Written by leading experts from across disciplines, this is the only comprehensive book on Joshua trees covering Joshua tree ecologies and socio-political histories through a true interdisciplinary engagement that will be accessible and interesting to a wide audience. Part of Getty PST Art: Art and Science Collide. Produced by MOAH Lancaster with Inlandia Institute. Featuring artists: Linda Alterwitz Marthe Aponte Diane Best Darin Boville Matthew Brandt Fred Brashear Jr. Bill Leigh Brewer Claudia Bucher Nancy Baker Cahill Gerald Clarke Maryrose Crook Torreya Cummings James M. Dailey scott b. davis Dani Dodge Jessie Homer French Edgar Fabián Frías Rob Grad Jennifer Gunlock Christine Huhn Jetsonorama (Chip Thomas) Jennifer Kane Yulia Kazakova Casey Kiernan Stevie Love Rebecca Lowry Meg Madison Aline Mare Paloma Menéndez Eric Merrell Chelsea Mosher Chris McCaw Daisuke Okamoto Michelle Robinson Cara Romero Catherine Ruane Ed Ruscha Kim Stringfellow Ruth Wallen Jennifer Valenzuela Danielle Giudici Wallis E.O. Hoppé (1927) Carleton Watkins (1870's) Essay Authors: Lynn Sweet, Plant Ecologist, University of California, Riverside Chris Smith, Joshua Tree Genome Project Jeremy Yoder, Evolutionary Biologist, California State University, Northridge Cameron Barrows, Research Ecologist, University of California Riverside (retired) Daniel Hastings, PhD student at UC Santa Cruz Sean Milanovich, Historian, Vice President of the Native American Land Conservancy, Member of Cahuilla Tribe Brendan Cummings, Attorney, Conservation Director, Center for Biological Diversity, Author of the petition to protect Joshua trees under California's endangered species act Tyler Green, historian, critic and author, whose work examines the ways in which artists and their work have engaged with and impacted national histories Shana Nys Dambrot, art critic, art historian, curator, author, and Arts Editor for the L.A. Weekly Chris Clarke, Environmental Writer and Podcaster "90 Miles from Needles," formerly California Desert Associate Director for the National Park Conservation Association, and KCET Environment Editor Ruth Wallen, Art faculty at UC San Diego, eco artist and writer Ruth Nolan, M.F.A., Mojave Desert author, Professor of Creative Writing at College of the Desert, and former wildland firefighter Gregory Levine, Chair UC Berkeley Art Geary Hund, Board member of MDLT and Transition Habitat Conservancy Rebecca Lowry of JTLAB Kelly Herbinson, Executive Director, Mojave Desert Land Trust Darin Boville, photographer and writer James W. Cornett, ecologist and writer Alexandra Jonassen, Technical Assistant, Western Hotel Museum, City of Lancaster Cane West, National Park Service - Archaeology, Anthropology and History, Park Ranger Andi Campognone, Manager/Director, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA Lauren Lien, Researcher and writer, specializing in archaeology, local history, environmental conservation, and cultural heritage.