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Letters to U.S.Congressman Jerry Lewis
and the San Bernardino County Board fo Supervisors

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Dear Congressman Lewis,

I would like to thank you for your leadership opposing Green Path North and urge you to craft and support legislation to permanently protect areas of the desert that would be impacted by this and other such projects. Permanently protecting areas that would be impacted by these projects would enhance the quality of life and recreational opportunities for desert residents.

As a desert region resident, I feel that Green Path North and other large scale renewable developments adversely impacts people living in rural areas. I also feel these types of project are unnecessary and that there are better, more effective ways of producing truly renewable energy like investing in photovoltaic technologies and micro wind turbines installed on residential and commercial buildings.

The proposed Green Path power line and many proposed large scale renewable projects would impact several special wild places in your district, including:

The Big Morongo Preserve, a unique desert oasis and one of the 10 largest cottonwood and willow riparian habitats in all of California. It also boasts the second highest concentration of nesting birds in the United States and serves as a home and a critical wildlife corridor for animals like the California Black bear, bobcats, desert bighorn sheep, and mountain lions. This area is a local favorite hiking and picnicking spot.

The Cady Mountains, an island of wildlife and rugged topography, as well as one of the few places where the Mojave River flows above ground. Nearly 200 species of birds and wildlife drawn to the steady water supply. Native Americans utilized the water source, and Jedidiah Smith and Kit Carson traveled through the area in the early 1800s on a route which is preserved here as the historic Old Mojave Road. Today urban adventurers frequent the area for a chance to experience solitude and tranquility.

Sleeping Beauty, an area adjacent to the Cady Mountains with large sweeping bajadas and known for its assortment of stones, including agates, jasper, jaganite, obsidian, chalcedony, geodes, banded onyx, opalite, and even petrified palm wood. Sleeping Beauty acts as an important wildlife corridor for bighorn sheep, coyote, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, roadrunners, rattlesnakes, and several species of lizards.

Protecting Big Morongo as part of Joshua Tree National Park, and protecting all of these areas as wilderness will ensure that current and future generations will be able to enjoy these places as they are today. I appreciate your willingness to work with local communities toward true renewable energy solutions that allow us to preserve our quality of life and our nation’s wild heritage.

Sincerely,

Dear San Bernardino County Supervisors, 

I am writing to urge you to continue to oppose Green Path North and support legislation to permanently protect areas of the desert that would be impacted by this and other such projects. Permanently protecting areas that would be impacted by these projects would enhance the quality of life and recreational opportunities for the residents of San Bernardino County.

As a desert region resident, I feel that Green Path North and other large scale renewable developments adversely impacts people living in rural areas in our county. I also feel these types of project are unnecessary and that there are better, more effective ways of producing truly renewable energy like investing in photovoltaic technologies and micro wind turbines installed on residential and commercial buildings.

The proposed Green Path power line and many proposed large scale renewable projects would negatively impact several special wild places in San Bernardino County, including:

The Big Morongo Preserve, a unique desert oasis and one of the 10 largest cottonwood and willow riparian habitats in all of California. It also boasts the second highest concentration of nesting birds in the United States and serves as a home and a critical wildlife corridor for animals like the California Black bear, bobcats, desert bighorn sheep, and mountain lions. This area is a local favorite hiking and picnicking spot.

The Cady Mountains, an island of wildlife and rugged topography, as well as one of the few places where the Mojave River flows above ground. Nearly 200 species of birds and wildlife drawn to the steady water supply. Native Americans utilized the water source, and Jedidiah Smith and Kit Carson traveled through the area in the early 1800s on a route which is preserved here as the historic Old Mojave Road. Today urban adventurers frequent the area for a chance to experience solitude and tranquility.

Sleeping Beauty, an area adjacent to the Cady Mountains with large sweeping bajadas and known for its assortment of stones, including agates, jasper, jaganite, obsidian, chalcedony, geodes, banded onyx, opalite, and even petrified palm wood. Sleeping Beauty acts as an important wildlife corridor for bighorn sheep, coyote, black-tailed jackrabbits, ground squirrels, kangaroo rats, roadrunners, rattlesnakes, and several species of lizards.

I urge you to support protecting Big Morongo as part of Joshua Tree National Park, and all of these areas as wilderness to ensure that current and future generations will be able to enjoy these places as they are today. I appreciate your willingness to work with communities in our county toward true renewable energy solutions that allow us to preserve our quality of life and our nation’s wild heritage.

Sincerely,