[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: 29 Palms (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Expansion of desert base faces opposition

By Gidget Fuentes
Marine Corps Times
September 10, 2008

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - As the Marine Corps looks to expand its largest 
training base, off-road enthusiasts prepare to fight for a coveted piece 
of the Mojave Desert.

Marine officials have asked the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to set 
aside 442,000 acres adjacent to the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat 
Center at Twentynine Palms so the service can study those parcels for 
the proposed expansion.

"Together with the [Bureau of Land Management] and the Federal Aviation 
Administration, we will study the best path forward for the Marine Corps 
to meet its training requirements, while analyzing and weighing the 
impact of the various alternatives on natural and socioeconomic 
resources," Corps officials said in a news release.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/09/marine_twentyninepalms_090808w/

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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