• 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

• 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…

• 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!

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

 The Local Energy Symposium seeks to answer the question, “Is Community Choice Aggregation the smart renewable energy option for the Morongo Basin?” Our speakers will explain how several California communities are using the Community

• Morongo Basin Conservation Association’s 47th Annual Meeting
• Local Energy Symposium asks the Question: Is Community Choice Aggregation the Smart Renewable Option for our Communities?

August 5, 2015 - a Red-Letter Day!   MBCA along with thousands of supporters are celebrating the California Fish and Game Commission's vote to enact a statewide ban on bobcat trapping.  Many MBCA supporters wrote letters and the number of letters in support of the statewide ban was over 25,000, which certainly helped sway the vote.  Thank you!

Here are links to some of the articles describing the victory:

Hi Desert Star (Stacy Moore)

KCET ReWild (Chris Clarke)

Los Angeles Times (Louis Sahagun)

Sacramento Bee (Alexei Koseff)

ON JULY 16, 2015, MBCA sent the Commission a formal comment letter in support of Option 2 (statewide trapping ban) over Option 1, noting that if the Commission doesn't support a ban, they must add dozens of bobcat trapping buffer zones in protected areas around the state.  

ON JULY 8, 2015, Project Bobcat issued an Action Alert asking supporters to send one more round of letters in support of a statewide ban on bobcat trapping.  Additional evidence of support for a ban is needed because of an unexpected change in the membership of the Commission; two of the ban supporters have been replaced!  Please help by reading the Action Alert and acting on the request for comments if you can - by Friday, July 31, at Noon.

Here is a summary report of the most recent Commission meeting on June 11 in Sacramento (from the Project Bobcat Facebook page), which was attended by a number of Morongo Basin residents: