[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Marines want to expand 29 Palms range (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Marines looking to expand base by 100,000 acres

By KATHERINE ROSENBERG
Victorville Daily Press (CA)
April 16, 2008

TWENTYNINE PALMS - Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Marine Corps 
officials confirmed that permits have been issued to look into expanding 
the facility at Twentynine Palms - possibly by as much as 100,000 acres 
into Johnson Valley.

The land acquisition is part of an effort to become the nation's 
premiere combat training facility, said Gunnery Sgt. Chris W. Cox, the 
public affairs chief at the Marine Corps Air/Ground Combat Center.

"The Marine Corps is looking at areas contiguous to the base, including 
the Johnson Valley, but no final decisions have been made regarding what 
alternatives will be pursued and analyzed," Cox said in a prepared 
statement. "When the alternatives are finalized, we will inform the public."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/base_5934___article.html/expand_looking.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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