"Planning For The Future Of A Park Where The Trees Have One Name"

"Joshua trees are weird. They've got shaggy bark, twisted branches and needle-like leaves.

'It's something that you don't even imagine could live on Earth and here it is,' says Cameron Barrows, standing right beneath one. 'It's something very alien.'

They stretch across the dusty valley of Joshua Tree National Park."

Lauren Sommer reports for NPR's Morning Edition August 2, 2016.