The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University located in Zzyzx, California in the Mojave Desert. The purpose of the Center is to provide opportunities to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the Mojave Desert environment. It is officially operated by the California Desert Studies Consortium, a consortium of 7 CSU campuses: Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, San Bernardino, and Cal Poly Pomona. The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California. ... Zzyzx Road exit, Interstate 15 south of Baker, California Lake Tunedae a dry lake near Zzyzx, California Lake Tunedae a dry lake near Zzyzx, California Zzyzx, California is a settlement in San Bernardino County, California, formerly the site of the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa and now the site... Looking across from Emigrant Pass towards the Kingston Range in the eastern Mojave. ... Consortium is a word that comes from the Latin consortium meaning association or society, from the word consors meaning owner of means or comrade. ... California State University, Dominguez Hills Welch Hall, a building on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is a campus of the California State University system. ... California State University, Fullerton The California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), often referred to as Cal State Fullerton, is a part of the California State University System located in Fullerton, California. ... California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU or The Beach) is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California. ... California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A. or CSULA) is a California public university located in Los Angeles, California near the city of Alhambra and the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. ... California State University, Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge, or C-Sun) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California, USA. Part of the California State University System, CSUN was founded in 1958 as San Fernando Valley State College. ... View of campus with San Bernardino Mountains on the background. ... California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is a public, nationally-ranked, coeducational university situated at the western corner of the city of Pomona, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, and is adjacent to the Kellogg Interchange. ...

Before the Center, the site was the Zzyzx Mineral Spings and Health Spa, run by Curtis Howe Springer from 1944 to 1974 without federal permission. After Springer was ejected, the CSU negotiated usage of the adandoned buildings of the health spa with the Bureau of Land Management, and in 1976, they signed a five-year cooperative management study for the Desert Studies Consortium to manage 1,280 acres (5 km²) at Soda Springs. The consortium continues to manage the site. Curtis Howe Springer was a radio evangelist, self-proclaimed medical doctor and Methodist minister best known for founding the Zzyzx Hot Springs resort. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... US BLM logo The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers Americas public lands, totaling approximately 261 million surface acres (1,056,229. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Soda Springs is a city located in Caribou County, Idaho. ...

The location is especially interesting to biologists because of the many unique species of animals and plants in the area, including the Saratoga Spring pupfish, the Mohave tui chub, and over 200 species of birds. A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. ... [[{{{diversity_link}}}|Diversity]] {{{diversity}}} Binomial name {{{binomial}}} Trinomial name Siphateles bicolor mohavensis Type Species {{{type_species}}} {{{subdivision_ranks}}} [[Image:{{{range_map}}}|{{{range_map_width}}}|]] Synonyms {{{synonyms}}} The Mohave tui chub (Siphateles bicolor mohavensis, formerly Gila bicolor mohavensis), also known as the Mohave chub, is an endangered chub originally found only in the Mojave River. ...

The Center has a 10,000 watt solar panel array, one of the largest in the world. Solar Panel (photovoltaic array) A Solar panel is a flat collection of solar cells or solar thermal collectors used for converting solar energy into electricity or heat. ...

See also

• Lake Tunedae
• Zzyzx, California for history and general information about the location

Lake Tunedae is a small lake at the Desert Studies Center in Zzyzx, California. ... Zzyzx Road exit, Interstate 15 south of Baker, California Lake Tunedae a dry lake near Zzyzx, California Lake Tunedae a dry lake near Zzyzx, California Zzyzx, California is a settlement in San Bernardino County, California, formerly the site of the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa and now the site...

External links

• Desert Studies Center official page
• "The Metamorphosis of Zzyzx" from the Cal State Fullerton Titan Magazine site, with history and other information about the Center
• Photos of Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx