View of a neighborhood adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park's West Entrance, The Joshua Tree Highlands as viewed from Joshua Tree Wildlife Linkage Habitat Area, preserved by the Mojave Desert Land Trust.
Joshua Tree Wildlife Linkage Habitat Area and National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat are both adjacent to the West Entrance of Joshua Tree National Park. They are also adjacent to the many short term rentals using poison in the adjoining neighborhoods. Help support your local wildlife so they may continue to thrive. Join us in species survival and create a poison free desert.
Rat Poison in Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree and the surrounding areas of the Morongo Basin have become a short-term rental haven. Many hosts and residents are new to desert living and are not aware of the environmental impact that Rodenticide (rat poison) has on the local wildlife and ecosystem.
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Joshua Tree National Park and the Morogo Basin is home to countless wildlife. White-tailed antelope squirrels, jackrabbits, lizards, snakes, roadrunners, mojave desert squirrels, owls, hawks, coyote and bobcats are just a few of the wildlife that reside in the neighborhoods looking for food, water and safe places to rest and raise their young.
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The cumulative use of rodenticide being distributed negatively impacts the wildlife and the entire desert ecosystem. The continued use of poison will result in the local extinction of many of the species.
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​The wildlife face drought, global warming, a depleted ecosystem and the use of rat poisons.
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The wildlife have families. They are mothers and fathers with young to raise. They are dependent on each other for survival.
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Please help support the wildlife by not using poison.
Let us join together to keep their food clean.
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