At tomorrow’s (May 9, 2023) 10 a.m. meeting of the county supervisors in San Bernardino, there is just one agenda item that holds particular relevance for our Morongo Basin. On supervisor’s consent calendar is a Wildlife Conservation Board $2 million grant application for the Desert View Conservation Area Recreational on Park Blvd. in Joshua Tree. The Desert View Conservation Area is approximately 605 acres of mostly undisturbed habitat several miles north of the Joshua Tree entrance to the…

On today’s Hi-Desert Water District agenda, directors will revoke the stage two water shortage status. Among other items, the board will consider contracting with an outside vendor to conduct a rate study. And at the Joshua Basin Water District offices on Chollita Road in Joshua Tree, directors will likely approve an update to the district’s conflict of interest code, contract with a utility bill consulting service, and consider a job title update. Both meetings are open to the public,…

The Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency’s Board of Directors meets in special session at 6 p.m. tonight (May 2, 2023). The board will hold public workshop number four in which it is expected that the agency’s fiscal 23-24 budget will be fixed and adopted. In other business, there will be a public hearing followed by a vote on a pay increase for the board. They may approve, deny, or postpone the increase. Tonight’s meeting is in place of the canceled May 9 meeting. The public is invited to…