Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve (original) (raw)

The Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve designated by UNESCO in 1984 to promote the ecological conservation of a cluster of areas in the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California. A principal feature is Death Valley. The four management units encompassed by the reserve upon its creation were: * Death Valley National Park (in the Mojave Desert) * Joshua Tree National Park (in the Mojave/Colorado transition zone) * Santa Rosa Mountains Wildlife Management Area (in the Colorado Desert) * Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (in the Colorado Desert)