Edwards Air Force Base Environmental Management

Edwards Air Force Base Environmental Management Supporting the Edwards Air Force Base Mission Through Sound Environmental Stewardship Restoration: Manages hazardous waste cleanup efforts on Edwards AFB.

Four main areas of environmental service and support are provided through the EM offices at Edwards. They include:

Compliance: Manages air quality, water quality, hazardous substances, aboveground and underground storage tanks, and special programs (polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, and lead-based paint). Assists base organizations with the selection, design and installation of low emissions e

quipment, as well as applying for and maintaining permits. The goal of compliance is to meet and satisfy all applicable environmental laws, statutes and regulations. Conservation: Provides environmental assessments for test programs and construction projects. Also manages the protection and preservation of natural resources and cultural and historic sites on Edwards. Pollution Prevention: Develops processes to minimize the use of hazardous material, minimize generation of hazardous waste, reduce solid waste going to the landfill and promote reuse and recycling programs. Under the cleanup effort, hazardous waste sites are identified, investigated and cleaned up with the goal of protecting human health and the environment. Base environmental personnel from all four areas actively work with regulatory agencies and the community in a spirit of cooperation and commitment to ensure the center accomplishes its mission without harming the environment. If you have any questions, please contact 412th Test Wing Public Affairs at (661) 277-8707.

05/26/2026

What are these funny looking things on joshua trees that resemble baby bananas? They are seed pods. Joshua trees bloom white flowers between February and April. In Mojave National Preserve they bloomed in February this year. The next steps in this circle of life may sound straight out of an alien movie! Yucca moths pollinate the flowers by laying their eggs in them. The larvae then feed off of the seeds, but leave enough for reproduction.
NPS Photo Dave Hursey

05/26/2026

It’s National Heat Safety Week and after a record-setting March 2026 heatwave, we are announcing new features to CalHeatScore, CA’s extreme heat ranking and early warning system. These features give access to live data that can be integrated into a wide range of applications helping to create community alerts, emergency response planning and even newscasts. calheatscore.calepa.ca.gov

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05/26/2026
05/22/2026

What risks would you take for a chance of becoming rich? Starting in the mid-1800s, countless people roved the Mojave Desert prospecting for mineral ores that could build them immense fortunes. Many of them succeeded – copper, silver, lead, gold, zinc, tungsten, and even volcanic cinders were all mined here in the 1800s and 1900s, earning the miners several million dollars.
Many of the historic mining sites still have structures standing there today, like cabins, headframes, mine pits, or heavy equipment.

FYI, visiting mining sites can be dangerous due to dangerous chemicals used in ore processing like cyanide, falls down mine shafts, rotten structures, lethal gas and lack of oxygen, dangerous animals, unsafe ladders, unstable explosives, cave-ins, deep pools of water and hantavirus just to name a few. Stay out and stay alive. For more information on mine safety please visit our website at: https://go.nps.gov/minesafety

05/22/2026

🐺🌿🐀 Join us on May 28 for our FREE webinar, How Rodenticides Threaten Bobcats, Coyotes, & Urban Wildlife 🐀🌿🐱

Wildlife poisoning doesn’t stop with rodents.

When hawks, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, or mountain lions consume poisoned rats and mice, toxic rodenticides move up the food chain, weakening wildlife, disrupting ecosystems, and threatening the health of entire communities.

Join Project Coyote’s State Advocacy Manager, Kiely Smith, for a compelling conversation with Dr. Laurel Serieys, Conservation Biologist & Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University Urban Coyote Research Project, and Lisa Owens Viani, founder and executive director of Raptors Are The Solution (RATS). Together, we’ll explore the hidden impacts of rodenticides on wildlife and discuss effective, non-lethal approaches to managing rodents while protecting the carnivores who help keep ecosystems in balance.

Webinar Details:
🐾 What: How Rodenticides Threaten Bobcats, Coyotes, & Urban Wildlife
📅 Date: May 28, 2026
🕒 Time: 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
📍 Where: Zoom
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/oBtqD10

📷 Rick Cameron

05/22/2026

That’s one funny looking dog!

Coyotes are highly intelligent and adaptive animals, allowing them to live in a wide variety of habitats, including throughout Death Valley. Listen for them after dark, as they can often be heard vocalizing. They are very social animals and have a range of about a dozen different vocalizations they use to communicate with each other.

In the park, these omnivores’ diet consists of primarily rabbits, rodents, and mesquite beans. They are opportunistic and will eat human food or garbage if given the opportunity. Coyotes that learn to get food from humans may become dependent on it or spend more time around roads, making them more likely to get hit by a car. These outcomes can be prevented by keeping food and garbage somewhere coyotes can’t access.

📍 Death Valley

Alt Text: A tan colored coyote stands in a flat, gravel area looking towards the camera. NPS/K. Moses

05/22/2026
05/07/2026

Join Tejon Ranch Conservancy for a FREE Book Walk on May 30 from 10 AM–1 PM at the Tehachapi Randall Preserve 🌿📖

Enjoy a relaxing morning of nature, reading, and conversation as we take a gentle walk through the preserve before settling in for some peaceful outdoor reading time with fellow book lovers.

To register, click the link below or visit the link in our bio
More details will be provided at registration ☀️

🔗 https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/book-walk

05/07/2026

Address

120 N Rosamond Boulevard
Edwards Air Force Base, CA
93524

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm

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+16612778707

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