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    Fire risk closes section of Joshua Tree National Park over July 4 weekend

    by Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times Jul 02, 2024 3 minutes
    To protect Joshua trees and other sensitive plant life, the National Park Service is closing a portion of Joshua Tree National Park.

    LOS ANGELES — An ecologically sensitive portion of Joshua Tree National Park will be closed this week due to extreme wildfire risk as a heat wave is set to broil the region over the Fourth of July holiday.

    The Covington Flats area, home to some of the park’s largest Joshua trees, junipers and pinyon pines, will be shut to the public Wednesday through Sunday, reopening Monday morning, according to the National Park Service. The remote area includes 10 miles of Park Service-maintained roads

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