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Pages tagged "Wildlife"


Wildlife Crossings Needed for High Speed Rail Project

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · November 23, 2020 10:29 AM · 1 reaction
Earlier this fall (September 3), MBCA joined with 23 other nonprofit organizations in a letter to CalTrans officials about the planned High Speed Rail Project from southern California to Las Vegas. Known wildlife corridors are in its path, including for bighorn sheep, so it is important that over-crossings and under-crossings are incorporated as part of the project's development, which is the message outlined in the coalition letter.

MBCA Joins Coalition Requesting I-15 Wildlife Crossings

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · September 05, 2020 2:11 PM
MBCA has joined a coalition of 25 non-profit organizations requesting that wildlife over-passes and under-passes be constructed as part of the XpressWest High Speed Rail Project planned for Victor Valley to Las Vegas. The letter to CalTrans, which is the agency contracting with the developer for right of way across the I-15 median, explains the need and notes related legislation in both Congress and the California Legislature.

MBCA Supports Stronger Mountain Lion Protection

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · April 11, 2020 9:21 AM
MBCA has sent a letter to the California Fish and Game Commission recommending a review of the status of mountain lion populations in the Southern California and Central Coast mountain areas. There are genetic connections between those beleaguered populations and lions known to be in Joshua Tree National Park. Such a review should lead to listing those mountain lions as "threatened" under the California Endangered Species Act.

New State Fur Trapping Ban Has Local Connection

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · September 12, 2019 11:45 AM
Local resident Tom O'Key, who initiated and was critical to the success of the statewide campaign against bobcat trapping several years ago (see MBCA News Update "End of Bobcat Trapping") has been a key part of a followup effort to end all fur trapping in California. That campaign was successful and Tom is quoted several times in this LA Times article describing the Governor's signing of this first-in-America bill.

Concern about Tortoises in Joshua Tree National Park

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · May 16, 2017 10:16 AM · 1 reaction

tortoise.jpgThe Los Angeles Times published a comprehensive article on the status of tortoises in Joshua Tree National Park. The reduction in numbers over past decades, and especially the deaths of a number of female tortoises in the southern area of the Park in recent years is of concern. The scientists interviewed share data and hypotheses about the current and future status of the Park icon. 


MBCA sends Comment Letter on Eagle Crest Transmission Line Environmental Assessment (EA)

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · November 07, 2016 11:14 AM

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.  

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End of Bobcat Trapping

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · August 05, 2015 8:05 PM

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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)


Project Bobcat: MBCA Supports Option 2

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · July 16, 2015 12:00 PM

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.  


Project Bobcat Action Alert

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · July 08, 2015 8:12 PM

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.


Project Bobcat Background

Posted on MBCA News by Laraine Turk · June 11, 2015 8:18 PM

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:

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