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Johnson valley marine base expansion map. Off-road enthusiasts are celebrating a compromise that drastically scales back an expansion of the Twentynine Palms Marine base and retains most of the Johnson Valley for recreational use. If approved public access to land that has been a popular destination since the late 1950s would be blocked. The compromise gave roughly 43000 acres to Johnson Valley 79000 acres to the Marines.

With utmost respect for our nations military and national defense we request our government deny any request by the US Marines to acquire 140K acres of public land designated for OHV use in Johnson Valley CA for the purpose of expanding the 29 Palms Marine base. Marine Base Threatens Hammer Trails - Johnson Valley Marine Base Expansion Threatens OHV Area. The preferred alternative would allow public use of only 40000 acres of the 190000-acre Johnson Valley OHV area and for only 10 months a year.

Its a central location and has an appropriately sized meeting room as well as rooms for participants who want to come in the night before. There is a proposal to expand the 29 Palms Marine Base Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center into the designated Open Riding Area in Johnson Valley across Hwy 247 from our community. JOHNSON VALLEY Saturday morning in Johnson Valley theres only one place to be the weekly breakfast at the community center where 5 gets you eggs any way you want.

House and Senate that protected the popular off-highway area in Johnson Valley Allard said. Expanding the worlds largest Marine base will cost tax payers millions and. An expansion into the Johnson Valley open area would have adverse impacts on the local economies.

In July the Department of the Navy released a final environmental impact statement for the expansion of the Marine base. Twentynine Palms base looks to expand onto majority of desert riding zone. The 146667 acres wanted by the Marines is a huge chunk of that.

It is north of Highway 247 in the Mojave Desert and north by northwest of Yucca ValleyIt is bordered by the San Bernardino Mountains to the south Lucerne Valley to the west and Landers to the east. The Johnson Valley off-road area the largest in the US covers 188000 acres. The boundaries on this edition of the map reflect the approximate boundary which is subject to change as the final boundary is surveyed.