4/17/06 – PRESS RELEASE: Exclusive Stone Eagle Golf Club Hosts Tournament to Benefit Friends of the Desert Mountains
Golfers are invited to play the first Tom Doak-designed golf course in the valley, while helping to support the Palm Desert nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving lands in and around the Coachella Valley. Read more.

3/1/06 – Friends Protects Whitewater Canyon Property
Protection of an essential wildlife movement corridor and significant riparian habitat along the Whitewater River was achieved with Friends’ acquisition of the 291-acre Whitewater Trout Farm in March 2006. Read more.

3/1/06 – NEWS ARTICLE: This class rocks: Elementary students learn healthy lessons out in nature (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside)
The Desert Healthcare District, the Anderson Children's Foundation, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Friends of the Desert Mountains, and the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains National Monument are contributors to the program. Read more.

2/3/05 – Local Land Conservationists Receive $50,000 Challenge
The Friends of the Desert Mountains has been notified of a $50,000 challenge grant from the Michael W. McCarthy Foundation.  The funds will be awarded only after matching funds of $50,000 are raised for land acquisition from other private sources. The Friends of the Desert Mountains must raise these matching funds by April 30. Read more. 

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