RIP Harriet Allen: desert defender, friend, veteran

Harriet's Desert Protective Council helps guard Anza Borrego and other desert gems.

SAN DIEGO -- A great leader has passed, Harriet Allen. She was a friend, desert defender and veteran. Over the years we worked together I learned a lot from her.

Harriet Allen will be missed by many and her spirit will live on in the desert wildlands she helped protect.

Read Harriet's obituary from the Los Angeles Times.

BLM should consider renaming a desert wilderness area after her in San Diego or Imperial County or anywhere in the California Desert Conservation Area.