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BLM Releases WEMO Plan

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released their long-awaited West Mojave Plan (WEMO) which increases the number of routes that can be used by off-road-vehicles and places those routes in a way that invites trespass on private lands and public lands including Wilderness Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) and National Parks.

The new plan threatens the desert tortoise, Mojave ground squirrel and over 100 other sensitive plant and animal species. We need for Morongo Basin residents to get a copy of the plan and research their area maps (or come to our meetings) and document how they will be affected by the newly designated routes and communicate with us so we can include your information as we lodge a formal protest.

COW has participated with the Alliance for Responsible Recreation to submit the protest.

The response can be reviewed here. This is a PDF file and requires Adobe Reader to view it.

Obtain WEMO plans by calling (951) 697-5200 and request that they mail you the three volumes, or go to the BLM office at 22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, California 92553. Copies are also to be placed in local libraries and the plan can be found on the web at www.ca.blm.gov.

See our WEMO page which contains surveys that COW members have made as well as Morongo Basin maps showing the proposed routes.

Write to:

Or fax to:

Contact Your Newspapers & Your Representatives

In order for us to be effective we must be visible, both to our elected representatives and to the communities we live in. To that effect, the letters you write concerning the OHV situation have enormous value. Your letters matter.

Letters to the Editor: Write early write often!

The Desert Trail
PO Box 159
29 Palms, Ca. 92277

Hi Desert Star
PO Box 880
Yucca Valley, Ca. 92286

San Bernardino Sun
399 North D Street
San Bernardino, Ca. 91401
mail letters to: "Voice of the People"
SBCO Sun Newspaper

Victorville Daily Press
PO Box 1389
Victorville, Ca. 92393

The Desert Sun
PO Box 2734
Palm Springs, Ca. 92263

The Los Angeles Times
202 West First Street
Los Angeles, Ca. 90012
letters@latimes.com

Victorville Daily Press
PO Box 1389
Victorville, Ca. 92393

Here are a few key San Bernardino County representatives to write to:

Brad Mitzelfelt, First District Supervisor:
385 North Arrowhead Ave.
San Bernardino, Ca. 92415-0110
909 387-4830

Dennis Hansberger, Third District Supervisor:
385 North Arrowhead Ave.
San Bernardino, Ca. 92415-0110
909 387-4855

Gary Penrod (remember, our Sheriff holds an elected office!)
San Bernardino County Sheriff
655 East Third Street
San Bernardino, Ca. 92415

If you live in a CSA (County Service Area) with dirt roads like Wonder Valley, You may be having problems with OHV damage or mis-use of your roads. If that's the case, here's the guy you might want to contact:

Jeff Rigney
SBCO Office of Special Districts
157 West Fifth Street, Second Floor
San Bernardino, Ca. 92415 - 0110

The federal representatives below are Important contacts:
Rep. Jerry Lewis
1150 Brookside Ave. Ste. J-5
Redlands, Ca. 92373

Sen. Barbara Boxer
312 North Spring Street Ste. 1748
Los Angeles, Ca. 90012

Sen. Diane Feinstein
1111 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste. 915
Los Angeles, Ca.90025

Here's an address for our district BLM Ranger:
BLM District Ranger Bob Hastey
Bureau of Land Management
Barstow Field Office
2601 Barstow Road
Barstow, Ca. 92311
phone: 760 252 - 6072
pager: 760 255 - 6817

An address for the Field Manager for the Barstow BLM Office:

Field Manager Roxie Trost
Bureau of Land Management
Barstow Field Office
2601 Barstow Road
Barstow, Ca. 92311
(760) 252 - 6000

And the head of the entire BLM Desert District, including the Barstow office:

Linda Hansen, District Manager
Bureau of Land Management
22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos
Moreno Valley, Ca. 92553