Bonus Episode: Cashing In On The Desert
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Joshua Tree Tourism
The tourism boom, especially in the Joshua Tree area to me seems very predicated on the proximity to a national park and having access to these public lands. I wonder how it's different when the new marketing of the desert are so dependent on this public resource being preserved. Kenda: It has changed a bit lately because of the economic collapse and the pandemic. The national park was closed for a long time. In fact, the national park has been closed routinely over the last several years as the federal government is collapsing. Every time there's a government shutdown, every time there's some failure at the federal level, we pay for it here. They closed the roads. Nobody can come into
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