“A few minutes of joyriding” through Death Valley dunes caused ... The plant, which “only grows on sand dunes in Eureka Valley,” is listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish ...

The incident occurred in late December at Eureka Dunes, the tallest sand dunes in California ... species for a few minutes of joyriding,” Death Valley superintendent Mike Reynolds said in ...

Death Valley has long been known as an extremely ... The unidentified 42-year-old man ventured onto Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes but was soon unable to walk and had to be carried to the trailhead ...