Eagle Mountain Meeting Follow-Up
E-Blast: January 15, 2017
- MBCA Annual Meeting and Water Symposium – Jan. 28, 2017
- Return Eagle Mountain Lands to JTNP
- Stop 2,220 home development - Mission Creek
- Apple Valley’s Habitat Conservation Plan
- Renewable Energy News – CA.’s RE Transmission Initiative
Supporting our National Park
Cadiz Water Project Commentary
National Park Proposed Land Transfer
The Department of the Interior recently announced the latest step in the process of adding about 20,000 acres to Joshua Tree National Park. The "Eagle Mountain Boundary Study" began about two years ago and the current action moves another step toward final action.
Read moreMBCA sends Comment Letter on Eagle Crest Transmission Line Environmental Assessment (EA)
MBCA, as part of a coalition of 7 other organizations and scientists, has sent a detailed Environmental Assessment Comment Letter to the BLM State Director Jerome Perez opposing the Eagle Crest Pumped Storage project and requesting a full Environmental Impact Study (EIS) instead of the planned and less comprehensive Environmental Assessment (EA) on the Transmission Line. It provides a thorough and detailed record of all the stages of insufficient analysis that have been completed for this project.
Read moreEblast: September 26, 2016
- Eagle Crest Pumped Storage Transmission Line Alert
Please read this important alert provided by MBCA Board member Seth Shteir. MBCA loves our National Park and this issue is critical for the healthy future of the Park.
Read moreEblast: April 20, 2016
- 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.
Read moreEblast: April 13, 2016
- 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!