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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







RESOLUTION #19: OPPOSING EXPANSION OF FORT IRWIN IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (Sierra Club, SMRCC Desert Committee, Bob Haage)


The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs opposes the expansion of Fort Irwin in California and supports better utilization of lands in that military reservation.
The U.S. Army is proposing to expand Fort Irwin into the Paradise and Superior Valleys and other sites.  Such expansion of lands of a military reservation endangers the survival of the desert tortoise in the western Mojave Desert.  The habit is the finest tortoise habitat in California.  Currently the estimated population there is 10,000 tortoises, close to the number needed to maintain genetic health of the species.  It is almost certain that the tortoises could not survive either the expansion of the military reservation (due to likely intense military action) or re-location to another habitat.
Please contact: Local Congressional Delegations and ask them to notify you when a formal bill or rider comes before them.  Ask them to oppose expansion of Fort Irwin.












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