I actually received a response from the Senator:

Dear Mr. Langford:



Thank you for writing to me to express your concern about the Marine Corps' efforts to acquire land within the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.



As you know, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California is currently conducting a Combat Center Potential Land Acquisition Study. Marine Corps officials are reviewing potential lands - including OHV routes in Johnson Valley - for acquisition to expand the Marine Corps' training facilities. The land acquisition proposal is subject to through environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act and will require approval from Congress and the President before the Air Ground Combat Center expansion can move forward.



I understand your concern that the land acquisition proposal could lead to the permanent closure of OHV recreation areas in the Mojave Desert. Driving off-road vehicles is a popular hobby in the State of California, and I recognize the need to provide adequate OHV recreation areas. Please know that I support access to our public lands and will keep your thoughts in mind as I continue to monitor the Marine Corps' land acquisition efforts.



Again, thank you for writing. If you have any further questions or comments, please contact my office in Washington, D.C. at (202) 224-3841. Best regards.




Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator"


Did anyone else here back?

I got that exact same letter!

"Dear Mr. Griffith:



Thank you for writing to me to express your concern about the Marine Corps' efforts to acquire land within the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.



As you know, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California is currently conducting a Combat Center Potential Land Acquisition Study. Marine Corps officials are reviewing potential lands - including OHV routes in Johnson Valley - for acquisition to expand the Marine Corps' training facilities. The land acquisition proposal is subject to through environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act and will require approval from Congress and the President before the Air Ground Combat Center expansion can move forward.



I understand your concern that the land acquisition proposal could lead to the permanent closure of OHV recreation areas in the Mojave Desert. Driving off-road vehicles is a popular hobby in the State of California, and I recognize the need to provide adequate OHV recreation areas. Please know that I support access to our public lands and will keep your thoughts in mind as I continue to monitor the Marine Corps' land acquisition efforts.



Again, thank you for writing. If you have any further questions or comments, please contact my office in Washington, D.C. at (202) 224-3841. Best regards.




Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator"

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Me2

My wife and I both got them.

same 1 2

Me 3
Kelly

yep !!
a polite 'blow off' !

yep !!
a polite 'blow off' !


Pretty much :laughing:

I got the letter too.

But I tend towards looking at this as a positive.

What the letter means to me is that they got quite a few from those who live in California and felt a response was necessary. As such, depending upon the volume of contacts the Senator received, they likely log this volume and then the Senator asked staff to write the letter.

Rest assured the Senator knows who we are ("popular hobby") and the issue we face.

I suspect the last thing the Senator wants is a popular area for managed recreation closed and that use become more of an unmanaged use on other public lands.

I got a personal call and a threat of a restraining order....oh wait...that wasn't from our Senator, it was from the President!

Yep got the same letter..

I got a similar email on the 7th of May.

I wrote a VERY detailed email to her, in which I provided several recommendations, suggestions, and some solid solutions which she should look into.

Ditto

I asked for mine in the mail. Got it last week.

same BS letter I received.. I can't stand that Socialist woman.. I bet she doesn't even know where JV is.. :mad3: