The California desert’s lush oases, rivers, seeps, and springs are The California desert’s lush oases, rivers, seeps, and springs are critical year-round sources of water for wildlife. But within the last two centuries, the encroachment of highway systems, undesignated off-highway vehicle trails, mining, agriculture, and urban development have all altered these upwellings of vitality and their wider watersheds. As the Mojave Desert faces a hotter, drier future, springs like these may become clim