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A trash dump next to Joshua Tree? No way.

A proposed landfill just outside of Joshua Tree National Park threatens some of the most precious desert landscape in the nation. Two courts have blocked the project, but the Department of Interior is considering another appeal. If the Eagle Mountain landfill ever went forward, this part of California's fragile desert ecosystem -- home to many species of concern such as the Golden Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, California Black Rail, and desert tortoise -- would instead become home to huge amounts of waste. Send an email to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today asking him to drop the appeal.

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