DHS Development Stopped Again
MBCA 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 moreNov. 3 Planning Commission Meeting Commentary
County Renewable Energy and Conservation Element
Eblast: October 31, 2016
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- Draft Renewable Energy and Conservation Element (RECE)
- Community Plan Workshop (Land-Use Map)
MBCA Opinion Piece in Hi Desert Star
Read MBCA's editorial published in the Hi Desert Star on October 29, 2016. It describes the problems with the County Supervisors' decision about the Altamira Housing Development and the lawsuit that has been filed by Joshua Tree residents.
MBCA's Alta Mira Housing Project Editorial
Conservation Priorities Map and Report
Morongo Basin Conservation Priorities Map and Report
Between 2008 and 2010, the Morongo Basin Open Space Group convened dozens of Morongo Basin residents in multiple workshops and discussion groups concerning long-term conservation and development planning in the Basin. Its printed product was the Morongo Basin Conservation Priorities Report which represents the collected perceptions of the Open Space Group participants plus a lot of related scientific data.
Clicking on the map below will connect you with an interactive map developed from the report that portrays the Morongo Basin's conservation values parcel by parcel.

Support for this project was provided by the Sonoran Institute. Both public input and conservation science were used to develop this information-rich document. The report provides a comprehensive picture of which areas of the Morongo Basin are considered by its residents to be particularly worth conserving, and which areas may be more suited to development, and why.
Supervisors Altamira Hearing Report
AKA THE ALTAMIRA HOUSING PROJECT
Eblast: September 12, 2016
- Altamira Gated Housing Appeal hearing - Sept. 13
- DRECP Record of Decision (ROD) Event – Sept. 14