[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Remote Training Site Warner Springs (RTSWS), eastern San Diego County, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Bureau of Land Management
California Desert District
News Release No. CA-CDD-09-52
July 1, 2009


BLM to Authorize Navy Training on Public Land in Eastern San Diego County

The Navy has released an environmental assessment (EA) for public review 
on the proposed action to expand the Remote Training Site Warner Springs 
(RTSWS) located in eastern San Diego County.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Palm Springs-South Coast Field 
Office has authorized the use of 609 acres of public land as part of the 
proposed expansion and realignment of the training areas which also 
includes U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Vista Irrigation District (VID) 
lands.

The RTSWS is currently located approximately 45 miles northeast of San 
Diego and is managed by the Navy as part of Naval Base Coronado 
currently on USFS and VID lands. The primary tenant and user of the 
RTSWS is Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) West. The 
primary purpose for the RTSWS is to conduct SERE training, with a 
secondary purpose of supporting training activities for Naval Special 
Warfare (NSW) personnel, including clandestine insertion, 
reconnaissance, surveillance and extraction training.

Although the proposed action would extend military training activities 
onto land not currently used for that purpose, the action will not 
change the general public use of or recreational access to public lands 
as they now exist.

The EA can be viewed at:  https://www.cnic.navy.mil/coronado/index.htm. 
 The public review period will close on July 27, 2009.

For further information regarding the BLM portion of the EA, contact: 
Greg Hill, planning & environmental coordinator, BLM Palm Springs-South 
Coast Field Office (760) 833-7100. For information regarding the Navy 
EA, contact: Teresa Hall, environmental planner, NAVFAC SW at (619) 
556-7315.



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For the original press release, go to
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/july/CDD0952_warnersprings_EA.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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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