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Joshua Tree, CA, Tuesday, November 26, 2024 A prefabricated home recently went up on a private inholding in the Whispering Pines section of Joshua Tree National Park. The 870-square-foot home is in an ecologically sensitive area flanked by rocky hills where bighorn sheep and desert tortoises roam. Whispering Pines is an area of private inholdings in Joshua Tree National Park where people have had private vacation cabins for decades. But recently, neighbors have been disrupted by rumbling trucks carrying building materials to a site in the subdivision, with construction crews going so far as to bring in a road grader to widen the road into the area. Although it appears just one home is under construction now, rumor has it that the developers have purchased scores of plots in the rural, ecologically sensitive area and are planning a luxury resort that may be tied to a major hotel group. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Meet the New Owners in Whispering Pines

At least 22 parcels totaling more than 100 acres in and around Whispering Pines area within Joshua Tree National Park have changed hands since 2021, spurring concerns among neighbors over potential development.

Yosemite National Park, California-Feb. 1, 2021-Yosemite National Park is reopen after being closed since Jan. 19, 2021, when a snow and wind storm caused hazardous conditions. El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks with the Merced River on Feb. 1, 2021. The park received several feet of snow during the last storm. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

Yosemite reservations system halted reportedly for Trump ‘blessing’; you can still book Firefall

Altadena, CA - January 15: Chuck Ballard Memorial Bridge on the Eaton Canyon trail that was burned in the Eaton fire on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Altadena, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

These 24 Angeles National Forest trails and campgrounds are closed following the Eaton fire

A person climbing on huge rocks

These are our favorite ‘mental health escapes’ within driving distance of L.A.

Yosemite National Park, CA - April 26: The waterfall is reflected in water in the meadow in the Yosemite Valley as the snowpact melts on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 in Yosemite National Park, CA. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

As Trump cuts federal jobs, even national parks are on the chopping block

A second chance at triplets for Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow

Column: Did a famous grave in the Altadena hills survive the fires?

These 28 hiking trails burned in the Palisades fire

These 26 hiking trails burned in the Eaton fire

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