Dear MBCA members and
supporters:
MBCA has partnered with the National
Parks Conservation Association on many issues, and we hope you will consider the
following request for support from our local NPCA Field Representative Seth
Shteir. Your appearance at
the San Bernardino County Supervisors’ DRECP hearing next Tuesday afternoon
would be incredibly helpful if possible.
See details below.
NPCA will also be presenting at this
Thursday’s California Desert Coalition (CDC) program about DRECP, at 6:30 PM at
the Yucca Valley Community Center.
Hope to see you there.
Thank you,
Board of Directors,
MBCA
Dear
Friends,
I hope you are enjoying this
fantastic spring weather and what one national park biologist has called the
best Joshua tree bloom in 25 years!
Perhaps no other issue in the
California desert is as important as the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation
Plan (DRECP), which seeks to identify the best locations for wind, solar and
geothermal renewable energy on 22.5 million acres in seven California
counties. This plan has the
potential to profoundly alter our desert landscape and our desert
communities. I’m writing you today
to urge your attendance at a critical Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisor’s Hearing on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
at 1:00 PM in San Bernardino.
Our County Supervisors are
influential decision makers in the DRECP plan and they need to hear from you
about the value of protecting our desert national parks, public lands,
communities and recreational tourism economy. We are currently organizing people from
the Morongo Basin to attend this meeting via vans and carpools. Please RSVP as soon as possible to
sshteir@npca.org. Once you’ve
RSVP’d, I’ll provide information on rides, as well as some key talking points
that can help you craft your public comment for the meeting. Please plan on leaving the Morongo Basin
at approximately 10:30am and returning by dinner. A bag lunch, snacks and a drink are
encouraged!
Respectfully,
Seth Shteir
Seth Shteir
California Desert Field
Representative
National Parks Conservation
Association
61325 Twentynine Palms Highway, Suite
B
Joshua Tree, CA
92252
760-366-7785-
Office
760-332-9776-
Cell
