Showing posts with label off-road vehicle (ORV) use. Show all posts
Showing posts with label off-road vehicle (ORV) use. Show all posts
June 22, 2014

The grand compromise: The search for a public lands resolution

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A possible solution to the bickering over land use in a big chunk of Utah is being negotiated with all varieties of groups at the table unde...
May 13, 2014

Federal probe could leave Utah ATV protest riders facing charges

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As a Kane County sheriff's deputy watches from a horse, ATV riders make their way into Recapture Canyon, north of Blanding, Utah, on S...
November 20, 2013

Off-roaders would lose land to Marines in Senate bill

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Johnson Valley By Courtney Vaughn Hi-Desert Star JOHNSON VALLEY — A bill in the U.S. Senate is helping to push along the Navy’s requ...
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...
August 2, 2012

BLM may close Mojave Desert trails

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9.3 million acres of the western Mojave Desert may be permanently closed to off-road recreation by environmentalists and the courts. K...

Navy prefers Johnson Valley for Marine base growth

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By Kurt Schauppner Hi-Desert Star MCAGCC — The final environmental statement for a proposed expansion of the Marine Corps Air Ground Com...
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. ...
May 18, 2011

Marines invade Johnson Valley

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JUDI BOWERS Big Bear Grizzly Johnson Valley -- Off-road and outdoor enthusiasts are doing their best to prevent losing the largest open...
January 2, 2011

Feinstein vows to pass new Desert Protection Act

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By BEN GOAD The Press-Enterprise WASHINGTON - Sixteen years ago, the clock was ticking on landmark legislation to protect millions of ac...
December 21, 2009

Feinstein introduces proposed desert legislation in Senate

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By JESSICA CEJNAR Desert Dispatch WASHINGTON D.C. • U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation Monday that would establish a na...
September 30, 2009

Judge rejects U.S. management plan for California desert

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Bureau of Land Management's proposal for the West Mojave 'does not contain a reasonable range of alternatives' to limit off-roa...
August 28, 2009

Feds to consider protections for Sonoran desert tortoise

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A female Sonoran Desert tortoise at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. (File photo by A. E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star 2008) By Felicia Fonsec...
August 10, 2009

Feinstein's office updates mayor on preserve plans

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Gomez brings up off-road vehicles, solar energy By JESSICA CEJNAR Desert Dispatch BARSTOW • Mayor Joe Gomez and a representative with Senato...
March 26, 2009

Grand County to join state, Carbon County in fighting SUWA legal complaint

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by Craig Bigler Moab Times-Independent B y a 4-3 vote, the Grand County Council last week chose to intervene in a complaint filed in the U.S...
February 4, 2009

Why Aren't More Geothermal Projects Moving Forward in California?

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Drilling rig under contract at the Truckhaven geothermal project in northwestern Imperial County. (photo: David Baker, San Francisco Chroni...
November 10, 2008

Obama Plans to Overturn Bush Executive Orders

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Environment News Service Dirty Devil proposed wilderness in southern Utah (Photo © Ray Bloxham courtesy SUWA) WASHINGTON, DC, - President-el...
October 31, 2008

1.1 million Utah acres of public land closed to off-highway vehicles

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By SENTINEL STAFF Daily Sentinel The Bureau of Land Management on Friday approved five new Resource Management Plans for field offices in Ut...
October 28, 2008

Rand Mountain off-road trails re-open Nov. 1

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The Western Rand Mountains ACEC ( green ) is located immediately northeast of the Desert Tortoise Natural Area ( yellow ). The Western Rand ...
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...