Wasn't a presentation made on this management plan at the Desert Hot Springs DAC meeting? I believe it was. Windy Point was one of 3 areas for OHV use that they were considering a total of about 1300 acres. While they were CLOSEING over 1 MILLION acres permanently. Currently there is no legal OHV areas in the Coachella Valley. I commented at that meeting that they should midigate and open all 3 proposed OHV areas totaling just over 3000 acres (if my memory serves). 3000 for 1,000,000 is not midigation it's Un-American.

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Ron Scott
Weekend Concepts
ASA Endowment Committee
rscott@weekendconcepts.com
www.americansandassociation.org

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Originally posted by Jim Kenna:
I am the Field Manager for the Bureau of Land Management in Palm Springs. Windy Point will remain closed under an interim closure until BLM's plan amendment is completed. At that time the final plan amendment decision will be implemented.

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Who can we write to to express our feelings/concers?


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Michelle
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Its my understanding that Peter Griffiths is not the person to write even thou his name is on the page of the Draft. I am going to try and find out who is the person to direct all the letters too. Here is what he had written back to me:

Dear Ms. Zumstein,

Thanks for taking the time to write to me. I understand your concerns - and
even sympathize with them. But I think you misunderstand the nature of the
report we have written.

As you may know, the Coachella Valley Fringe-toed lizard survives only in
unique places within the valley: active sand dunes where sand of a
particular size is available. Active sand dunes are constantly changing:
sand is always blowing away, but fresh sand is always arriving from
somewhere else. Right now, this type of lizard habitat is protected in two
ecological reserves in the northern Coachella Valley: at the Whitewater
Reserve (along the river south of the railroad tracks and east of Indian
Avenue) and at Willow Hole (north of I-10 and east of Mountain View Road).
We were asked by the US Fish and Wildlife Service simply to find out where
the sand comes from, how it gets to the dunes, and to estimate how much
sand is still arriving there. As scientists, we simply investigate and
report on the natural geologic processes. We have no authority for making
public land-use policy and do not do so in our report.

In addition, our study area is well to the east of Windy Point. I am not
familiar with the area in which you ride, but I believe it was not the
subject of our report.

I mention these points not to discourage you, but to make sure you direct
your concerns to the those who make the decisions you are clearly
passionate about. I suggest you contact the Coachella Valley Association of
Governments or the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

I hope this has been helpful.

sincerely,
Peter Griffiths
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Peter Griffiths
U.S. Geological Survey
1675 W. Anklam Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85745
(520) 670-6821 x116
(520) 670-6806 fax

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