MBCA Joins Broad Coalition Opposing Eagle Crest Pumped Storage Project
MBCA Supports Listing the Joshua Tree as Threatened
Comments on Joshua Trees as a California Threatened Species Due June 11
MBCA's Action on Eagle Crest Pumping Opposition
MBCA Joins Opposition to Yellow-Pine Solar Project
- The Purpose and Need are Faulty.
- The Proposed Action, Alternative, and Environmental Consequences Analysis Is Inadequate.
- More Alternatives, Alternative Locations, and Distributed Generation Alternatives Need To Be Analyzed.
- No Mitigation Measures Are Provided For Significant Impacts To The Environment.
- Rare Plants Will Be Harmed.
- Eagles May Be Impacted.
- Burrowing Owls Will Be Significantly Impacted.
Details can be found in the Yellow-Pine Solar Project letter signed by MBCA, Basin and Range Watch, Western Watersheds Project, Sierra Club California and Nevada Desert Committee, Desert Survivors, and Shoshone Village.
MBCA Urges Funding for Mojave Trails Acquisition
MBCA Opposes Habitat Conservation Fund Budget Trailer Bill
Along with over 40 environmental conservation organizations, MBCA has signed onto two letters in opposition to the proposed budget trailer bill that would reinstate the July 2020 sunset date for the Habitat Conservation Fund (HCF). This sunset would end critical funding for local park districts, state agencies, and crucial habitat conservation programs at the Wildlife Conservation Board. The proposal is a retreat from the administration’s and legislature’s commitment to stable, ongoing support for conservation, biodiversity and public access to parks.
MBCA Supports AB3030 for Land and Water Conservation
MBCA was pleased to sign-on to a letter in support of improved protections for California’s unparalleled bio-diversity with creation of a state policy that sets a goal to protect at least 30 percent of the land base and waters in California and 30 percent of the ocean waters off the coast of California by 2030 (30 x 30). AB3030 objectives are to protect biodiversity, increase climate resilience, promote collaboration, increase opportunities to sequester carbon through natural measures, and enhance public access for all people in the state. A specific emphasis on increasing access for communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities is included within this bill.
MBCA Signs on for Environmental Justice in Lucerne Valley
Morongo Basin and JTNP OHV News
The Desert Sun reported that Joshua Tree National Park has applied for $120,000 in grant funding from a new program of the California State Parks focused on OHV issues on public lands. For more details on this new state program, including a link for providing public feedback, see this Desert Sun article, which also elaborates on the King of the Hammers event and Riverside County OHV issues. (For an easier read of the lengthy online article, here is a text-only version.)