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Mojave National Preserve closures during government shutdown

Joshua Tree National Park to remain open

Some of our favorite Sun Runner covers

Thank you, and a fond farewell

Joshua Tree National Park to temporarily close Thursday

Community pulls together to support Joshua Tree National Park during shutdown

Government shutdown impacts parks

Jazz legend Nancy Wilson has died

Monument Valley Tribal Park closed due to Satanic cult YouTube stunt

Government shutdown impacts parks

The scene that greeted visitors during the 2013 government shutdown over a Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare resulted in park...

Take a stand for our National Monuments

President Trump's Executive Order 13792, issued on April 26, orders a review of larger national monuments created by executive order...

A Line in the Sand: Hands Off Our National Monuments

A view of the Whitewater River running through the Sand to Snow National Monument, one of the national monuments on President Trump's...

Third Edition of Popular Joshua Tree Gateway Communities Visitor Guide Coming This Summer!

The popular Sun Runner Guide to the Joshua Tree Gateway Communities visitor guide is being updated and prepared for publication later...

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Welcome to The Sun Runner, The Journal of the Real Desert, published since January, 1995. In 2014 we began to expand our scope from the California deserts, across the Southwest with both the magazine and our television series, Southwest Stories.
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