[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Opposition to 29 Palms 379, 000-acre proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Valley fights Marines' expansion plans

By Courtney Vaughn
Hi-Desert Star (CA)
March 30, 2011

JOHNSON VALLEY - As the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground  
Combat Center explores a 379,000-acre expansion, residents in the  
Johnson Valley area are voicing their disapproval of the project.

By February of this year, the Department of the Navy had received  
20,000 public comments, which began flooding in since the Navy began  
studying the expansion areas in October 2008.

Overwhelming public input led to the drafting of a sixth alternative  
to the original plan, with the preferred option using about 145,000  
acres to the west in Johnson Valley and 21,000 acres to the south of  
the current Marine base location, for about two months out of the  
year, beginning in 2014 or 2015. While training activities may be  
limited, the resulting land acquisition may make portions of land  
unavailable year-round.

The Johnson Valley Improvement Association President and weekly  
columnist for the Hi-Desert Star, Betty Munson, is one of the  
thousands who have shared their thoughts on the proposed expansion.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.hidesertstar.com/articles/2011/03/30/news/ 
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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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