But the battle goes on. Riverside County officials defied the National Park Service and have bulldozed a two lane road within the Joshua Tree National Monument. The county bulldozers have uprooted a number of Joshua Trees and left them lying beside the invaded road inside the Monument Boundary. The county supervisors seem to think on the same plane as the rancher who started to bulldoze off a part of Anza-Borrego State Park. He thought that once he denuded the land the park would not want it any more. The scar he mode is visible and will be visible for more than a generation. You can greatly help the DPS newsletter by sending in brief notes on unscheduled climbs that you make in the desert ranges, and other news items. Ralph Merten is temporarily unable to serve as DPS Chairman due to business commitments. Hence Trudy Hunt is serving as acting chairman, Walt Wheelock and Harry Melts are helping out the DPS management committee. If you have moved, please send your change of address on a post card (or other) to Jo Jones, 8317 Winsford Ave., Los Angeles 45. New members: Please forward your phone numbers for our membership roster. Dick Kenyon, Acting newsletter editor Jo Jones, Acting newsletter grapher and mailer

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