[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Yucca Valley (CA) opposed 29 Palms expansion westward

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Council objects to base expansion heading west

By Rebecca Unger
Hi-Desert Star (CA)
December 17, 2008

YUCCA VALLEY - The Town Council took a stand on the proposed expansion 
of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Thursday by approving a 
resolution granting them stakeholder status to the process.

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The resolution states that while the Town of Yucca Valley supports 
MCAGCC's need to expand its live-fire training facilities, the council 
opposes expansion into Johnson Valley off-road vehicle recreational areas.

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More than 420,000 acres of BLM public lands and non-federally owned 
lands are being considered in different alternatives for expansion by 
the Department of the Navy. Per the Town's staff report, 135,000 of 
those acres would be taken from the Johnson Valley OHV area's 188,000 
acres, making them off limits to the public.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2008/12/17/news/doc4948adaaa4cf1325541905.txt

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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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