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PRESS ADVISORY

United States Marine Corps

Division of Public Affairs



Date: June 9, 2009

Contact: HQMC Media Branch, POC: 1st Lt. Brian Block

Telephone: (703) 614-4309

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Marine Corps Scales Back Land Request in California



HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (June 9, 2009) – The Marine Corps has relinquished interest in approximately 33,000 acres of public land from further study in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), near the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif. A total of approximately 60,000 acres (federal, state and private) is being removed from further study.

The land was to be considered in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for potential land expansion to meet Marine Expeditionary Brigade training requirements.

The relinquishment is based on additional analysis of the Marine Corps’ training needs and public comments during the Environmental Impact Statement scoping period. This relinquishment is to align the alternatives for study in the EIS more closely with terrain features, eliminate lands that offer minimal training value, and reduce the number of occupied affected private parcels.

The returned land represents nearly 10 percent of the public lands that were in the original Application for Withdrawal of Public Lands, submitted in August 2008. The EIS study will now analyze the remaining approximately 360,000 acres and the airspace above that land contiguous to the installation on the west, east and south.

During the EIS analysis period, the Marine Corps continues to work with recreational and business stakeholders, and recreational lands will remain available to the public. The Draft EIS is currently scheduled for release in Summer 2010.

Maps depicting the revised study areas and updated information on the project may be viewed at the MCAGCC web site, http://www.29palms.usmc.mil/las/.

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:laughing: Nice! Way to be pro-active Jerry!


I actually thought that this was on here already, but I don't see it in this forum so thanks for posting it. If you take a look at the maps it appears that they mostly dropped a bunch of stuff around the perimeters where the private property, existing roads, and terrain make the areas unatractive to them. Just saves them money by not doing the EIR on areas they don't really want anyway.

Thanks Jerry!

I like the fact they still mention the word "East.":)

So does this effect JV?

So does this effect JV?

Go to the link Jerry provided. Look on the left side menu for “Revised Study Boundaries”, choose “West Study Area” and “areas removed from study”. Compare the heavy purple/magenta line (original study area) to the heavy turquoise/cyan line (revised study area). They basically pulled the boundaries back a little bit, mostly to avoid some private property from what I can tell. Non of the actual wheeling areas were removed from the study.

Your right Donald, Means lake bed is still in the area they want. The lines were pulled back just a little.