Eblast: April 20, 2016

Posted by · April 20, 2016 4:53 PM
  • 6th Desert Wise Landscape Tour
  • Eagle Mountain Boundary Study

We have two quick messages for you today.

First, of course, we encourage you to attend the 6th Desert Wise Landscape Tour this weekend.  It looks like the weather will be just perfect for the two days – clear, in the mid-70s, and not too windy!  If you haven’t yet registered for the Tour, either register online by 5:00 PM this Friday, April 22, or register in person at one of the following locations on Saturday or Sunday.  Although the sites span the Morongo Basin on both days, there are more West End sites on Saturday, and more on the East End including Twentynine Palms on Sunday.  

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Eblast: April 13, 2016

Posted by · April 13, 2016 4:47 PM
  • Joshua Tree Airport Solar Farm: Planning Commission hearing - April 21st
  • Alta Mira Gated Community Housing Project: 248 homes on 105.24 acres
  • National Park Service completes Eagle Mountain Boundary Study

I hope you can clear your schedules to take in the conservation-oriented events coming our way in coming days. Several critically important meetings for projects MBCA has been monitoring now require our attention. Of course, we can’t do “it all,” but hopefully you can find time to participate. We DO make a difference. Our presence and vigilance are being called on this spring to educate the community and decision makers!
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Eblast: April 5, 2016 (2)

Posted by · April 05, 2016 4:38 PM
  • National Park Service completes Eagle Mountain Boundary Study
  • Altamira Gated Community Housing Project: 248 homes on 105.24 acres
  • SPARC Forum, Phase 2
  • MBCA Events Calendar

National Park Service completes Eagle Mountain Boundary Study

The National Park Service has completed the Eagle Mountain Boundary Study Including Possible Withdrawal Environmental Assessment (boundary study/EA). The document reflects the comments and concerns shared with the study team during public scoping in Summer 2015. The NPS received approximately 11,000 comments during the scoping period. Last August, many MBCA members & supporters participated in this process. We have another opportunity now!
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Eblast: April 5, 2016

Posted by · April 05, 2016 4:21 PM
Desert Wise Living LANDSCAPE TOUR 2016
Desert Wise Living LANDSCAPE TOUR 2016
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Saturday, April 23nd & Sunday, April 24rd
 
Tour 22 residential and demonstration gardens and landscapes throughout the Basin – guaranteed to inspire and delight! This year, the Tour is over two days – with a different set of locations each day. Both days are included in your registration.
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Latest on Altamira Housing Project

Posted by · March 24, 2016 12:00 PM

Thursday, March 24, 2016 - The Planning Commission meeting about the Altamira project was again cancelled and rescheduled for Thursday, April 7.  Read the Z107.7 story for a summary of the residents' commentaries and the action of the Commission on March 24.

Thursday, March 17, 2016 - The teleconferenced County Planning Commission meeting about the Altamira housing project was rescheduled to Thursday, March 24th at 9:00 AM.  Due to a traffic accident that resulted in a downed power pole, the Joshua Tree Government Center could not provide videoconference service that had been set up.  About 40 residents who appeared at 9 AM to make public comments about the project waited about an hour until this rescheduling decision was made.

More background on Altamira

The link below is a series of recent detailed emails from MBCA Vice President David Fick, trying to make sure the San Bernardino Planning Staff fully inform the Planning Commission about the overwhelming number of concerns in the Joshua Tree and Morongo Basin communities about the Altamira Gated Community Housing Project.

NOTE:  Several links to web documents and videos are highlighted in blue in this PDF document, but to open them you must go back to this page, using the the links listed below, which are in the sequence they are found in this document, with comments to help you identify them. 

Click here to read David Fick's series of emails to the County Planning Department 

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Eblast: March 21, 2016

Posted by · March 21, 2016 4:15 PM
Altamira Housing project: MEETING RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY March 24th!

Alta Mira Housing project: MEETING RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY!

WHEN: Thursday, March 24th – 9:00 am
WHERE: Joshua Tree County Government Center (videoconference)
 
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Eblast: March 15, 2016

Posted by · March 15, 2016 3:52 PM
  • Alta Mira Housing project: IMPORTANT MEETING THIS THURSDAY!
  • Update on Joshua Tree Airport Solar Field Project (NextEra)
  • SPARC Forum – Phase 2: Community Outreach
  • San Bernardino County Renewable Energy & Conservation Element
Alta Mira Housing project: IMPORTANT MEETING THIS THURSDAY!
We’ve just learned about an important SB Co. Planning Commission meeting.
WHEN: Thursday, March 17th – 9:00 am
WHERE: Joshua Tree County Government Center (videoconference)
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Eblast: March 10, 2016

Posted by · March 10, 2016 4:09 PM
  • SPARC Forum – Phase 2: Community Outreach
  • San Bernardino County Renewable Energy & Conservation Element
  • 2016 MBCA Desert-Wise Living Landscape Tour: April 23 & April 24
  • CELEBRATING THE THREE NEW DESERT NATIONAL MONUMENTS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS…

 SPARC Forum – Phase 2: Community Outreach
WHEN:  Wednesday, March 16, 6 pm to 8 pm  
WHERE: Joshua Tree Community Center, 6171 Sunburst Avenue, Joshua Tree
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Eblast: February 6, 2016

Posted by · February 06, 2016 3:43 PM
  • MBCA’s 47th Annual Meeting and Local Energy Symposium a Success!
  • Great news for future of rooftop solar and net metering: CPUC ruling
  • 2016 MBCA Desert-Wise Living Landscape Tour: April 23 & April 24
  • Joining Forces: Plant to Paper Project - The Veterans Initiative in the Arts
  • Stop the Tower Campaign

WEMO OHV Travel Management Plan opposed

We’re off with a strong start in 2016!

Thanks to those who attended MBCA’s 47th Annual Meeting and Local Energy Symposium: Is Community Choice Aggregation the smart renewable energy option for the Morongo Basin on January 23rd. The program, co-sponsored by MBCA and the California Desert Coalition (CDC) featured Bill Powers, engineer and founder of the San Diego Energy District Foundation; Woody Hastings, the Renewable Energy Implementation Manager for the Center for Climate Protection in Santa Rosa; & Barbara Boswell, the Director of both Choice Energy and Finance Departments for the City of Lancaster.
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Three New National Monuments in California Desert

Posted by · February 01, 2016 12:00 PM

President Obama  Protects 1.8 Million Acres 

On February 11, 2016, President Obama designated three new national monuments:

  • Sand to Snow (in our own backyard)
  • National Trails
  • Castle Mountains
A BIG THANK YOU to the many MBCA members and supporters who wrote letters and appeared at events to support this.
Read about the new Monuments in this LA Times article and a Q&A document from the Department of the Interior .  It has detailed
information about the process leading to this action and what it means for each new  Monument.
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