MBCA encourages Morongo Basin residents to attend the Public Scoping Meeting for the San Bernardino Countywide Plan Environmental Impact Report on Thursday morning, October 26.  The teleconference facility at the Bob Burke Government Center in Joshua Tree provides the ability to participate locally in the public comment process, or you can attend at the Government Center in San Bernardino.  Read this overview and explanation of the Plan and the EIR process to prepare.  Beginning on the 5th page of the document (they aren't numbered), you'll find charts and maps regarding land use and growth in newly designated county regions. It appears that the Morongo Basin will now be in a segment labeled the East Desert, differentiated from the North Desert areas north of the San Bernardino Mountains.