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The highlighted area is part of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. (Data Basin)
COACHELLA VALLEY, CA Federal officials Wednesday announced that President Joe Biden s administration intends to halt an effort by his predecessor that would have opened up millions of acres in the Southern California desert to mining, energy development and broadband infrastructure, a move activists said would have been catastrophic to desert wildlife populations.
Just days before former President Donald Trump s departure from the White House, the Bureau of Land Management announced a series of proposed amendments to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. The framework, finalized in 2016, designated nearly 11 million acres of federal land for conservation and recreation across the Southern California desert.
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California The Bureau of Land Management has released a draft environmental impact statement and plan amendment for the three plans that underlie the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP). The public comment period will end on April 15, 2021.
The BLM is proposing targeted amendments to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan, the Bakersfield Resource Management Plan, and the Bishop Resource Management Plan. These amendments are intended to promote economic growth, support broadband infrastructure development, increase public access, and allow for greater management flexibility in order to meet our nation’s energy needs.
In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management, working with numerous conservation and recreation organizations, finalized the Desert Renewable Conservation Plan, an eight-year plan that set aside millions of acres for conservation and recreation, as well as for renewable energy. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the Trump administration released amendments Wednesday that will increase the land available for energy and reduce the acreage available for conservation and recreation…
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In the last week of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Land Management is proposing big changes to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. The BLM is now proposing to allow activities like energy development, mining and grazing on more than one million additional acres. Jeff Aardahl with the group Defenders of Wildlife says the habitat protections in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan are crucial to stopping the desert tortoise’s slide toward extincti
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