[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: "Decision delayed on expansion of Marine base at Twentynine Palms" (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Decision delayed on expansion of Marine base at Twentynine Palms


Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times
September 22, 2012

The Navy and Marine Corps have delayed a decision on a controversial  
proposal to expand the Marine base at Twentynine Palms to include  
parts of Johnson Valley, a popular spot with off-road vehicle  
enthusiasts.

The Marine Corps says the acreage is needed to allow for large-scale  
live-fire training exercises for up to three battalions converging on  
the same target.

But off-roaders say that expanding the base into Johnson Valley could  
destroy its use for jeeps, motorcycles, dune buggies, ATVs, "rock- 
crawlers" and other vehicles. Johnson Valley is the site of the  
annual King of the Hammers race, billed as the toughest desert race  
in the nation.

...

For the entire article, see
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/marine-base-twentynine- 
palms-expansion-delayed.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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