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[Twisty]

There is a fight going down about what will happen to Johnson Valley, in CA.  The King of the Hammers race takes place there, and it is a very famous place.  The Marines are looking at taking over the area to create a training course. 

Some feel that since it is for the Marines, that it is ok to let the land go.  I believe that there are many other places that the Marines could use, so I decided to sign the petition. 

This if from my e-mail.

As many of you know, Johnson Valley OHV is being seriously considered by the US Marine Corps as their new training area. The public scoping meetings and studies have been completed. The Public Comment period ends on January 31st, 2009.

 

Five of the options that were offered took all or a portion of Johnson Valley, the sixth was to do nothing at all (which is unlikely)

 

Based upon Brad Mitzelfelts letter to Dianne Feinsteins office, we have drafted a new more specific petition that outlines an option that would de-designate a portion of wilderness area that is acceptable to the

Marines. The wilderness area in question is not considered quality wilderness area, AND has already been used for military training in the past.

 

We need the public's support for the Marines to even CONSIDER this option.

 

It is imperative that you read and sign, including your email and mailing addresses. Upon the end of the comment period, this petition will be submitted initially to the Marines, and then we will forward the

signatures and addresses to each local legislator.

 

PLEASE FORWARD THIS LINK TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WITH AN INTEREST IN SAVING OUR PUBLIC LANDS.

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SaveJohnsonValley-SpecificPlan

 

Thank you for your time and support. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.

 

Tamera Field

Chris Field

[Mitch]

hasnt this been going on a for a while?

[Twisty]

I think so.  The Marines are moving forward with their plan to use JV though, this is yet another attempt to thwart their actions.

[jps4jeep]

yes, this is a long time coming.

we should offer the marines Coy hill 

[Ian]

i've never been, but there are a lot of cool trails (other than the King of the Hammers) there

[ayoung]

interesting, i was just out there in the Mojave Desert at MCAGCC for the last 35 days...we were driving over some crazy sh!t in the HMMWVs and i kept wishing i had my jeep out there.  Marine Corps has been looking to expand 29 Palms for a while now, there just isnt enough room with the current operational tempo (the number of Battalions going through there for their pre-deployment training as increased a ton) and they are having to build a lot of new ranges just to support the training for the Marines before they deploy overseas (this will only get worse as the tempo in the Afghanistan theater increases)  That area in question is on the side of the base that currently is not used to extensively (mostly just a lot of indirect fire from artillery, mortars and fixed wing aircraft), so i imagine that is why they are trying to develop that area with more ranges.