Showing posts with label base expansion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label base expansion. Show all posts
March 4, 2014

Off-roaders’ battle over Johnson Valley recreation area ends

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The Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area hosts the famous “King of the Hammers” Race. (SEMA) Staff Report Tire Business ...
November 12, 2013

New Desert Protection Act Coming

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Commentary by Sen. Dianne Feinstein SCV News.com A s America’s environmental innovator, California d...
February 28, 2013

Off-roaders, military wage a dirty battle

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Some are up in arms after the Marine Corps says it wants to take a stretch of wilderness for training. Marines train with an Abrams tank at...
February 14, 2013

Twentynine Palms Base closer to expanding into Johnson Valley

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U.S. Marine Corps wants to acquire most of the Johnson Valley area used for popular off-road rock crawling sports to expand its Twentynine P...
June 18, 2011

Off-roaders and Marines in contention for rugged desert

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The Corps wants to expand its Twentynine Palms base for major combat exercises, but civilians fear the loss of a popular recreational area. ...
December 29, 2009

Desert bill a mixed bag for locals

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By KRIS REILLY, Editor Lucerne Leader LUCERNE VALLEY • The name may sound appealing to desert conservationists: the California Desert Pro...
September 17, 2009

Alliance to promote Mother Road

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By MARJ DARIO Needles Desert Star NEEDLES - In the novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck wrote, “(Route) 66 is the mother road, the...
November 2, 2008

SB County supervisor wants Marines to expand into wilderness areas, not off-roading site

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise The Sheephole Valley has been a wilderness area since the 1990s and is off-limits to roads, vehicles ...
October 29, 2008

BLM hosts marine base expansion meeting

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Recent meetings were informational only. Official scoping meetings will be held in December. Jeanne Kiloh, a weekend resident of Johnson Val...
October 24, 2008

Marines Corps' plans to acquire land raise residents' concerns

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise D esert residents said Thursday that they fear Marines Corps plans to expand the 932-square-mile Twen...
October 23, 2008

County postpones resolution on Johnson Valley

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The battle: 1st District Supervisor Mitzelfelt supports the Marine base expansion, but hopes to protect the local economy and the country...
October 21, 2008

Public meetings set on proposed Marine expansion at Twentynine Palms

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise P eople who want to learn more about Marine Corps plans to add as much as 424,000 acres to the Twenty...
October 9, 2008

Army suspends Fort Irwin tortoise relocation plans after deaths of 90 animals

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise T he U.S. Army has suspended plans to relocate more than 1,000 desert tortoises from Fort Irwin expan...
September 10, 2008

Expansion of desert base faces opposition

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By Gidget Fuentes Marine Corps Times OCEANSIDE, Calif. — As the Marine Corps looks to expand its largest training base, off-road enthusiast...
July 6, 2008

Suit attacks relocation effort

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Joe Nelson, Staff Writer San Bernardino Sun Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Army and the Bureau of Land Ma...
June 7, 2008

New group tries to head off base expansion

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High Desert Star JOHNSON VALLEY — A new group called the Partnership for Johnson Valley reports giving a presentation about the Johnson Vall...