Chris Clarke

Chris Clarke is an environmental journalist, writer, and longtime desert activist based in Twentynine Palms, California. He is executive director of the nonprofit Desert Advocacy Media Network and host and producer of 90 Miles from Needles: The Desert Protection Podcast. A former editor in chief of Earth Island Journal and environment editor at KCET, he has spent decades reporting on wildlife, public lands, environmental justice, and the people working to protect North America’s deserts.