Tortoise in tracks

Fort Irwin
National Training Center
Expansion

RESOURCES IMPERILED BY THE FORT IRWIN EXPANSION

| DESERT TORTOISE | LANE MOUNTAIN MILKVETCH | DWP POWER SUPPLY | AIR QUALITY | WILDERNESS | Maps |
bullet December 29, 2006: Biological Opinion for Translocation Of Desert Tortoises From the Southern Expansion Area of Fort Irwin to Occupied Habitat, San Bernardino County, California (1-8-05-F-43)
bullet February 10, 2006: Desert Tortoise Translocation Plan for Fort Irwin’s Land Expansion Program at the U. S. Army National Training Center and Fort Irwin. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Review and Approval
bullet July 29, 2005: Desert Tortoise Translocation Plan for Fort Irwin’s Land Expansion Program at the U. S. Army National Training Center (NTC) & Fort Irwin
bullet March 15, 2004: Biological Opinion for the Proposed Addition of Maneuver Training Lands at Fort Irwin, California (1-8-03-F-48)
bullet July 7, 2002: Federal judge orders FWS to designate critical habitat for the endangered Lane Mountain Milkvetch
 
bullet February 8, 2002:  Scoping comments on the supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement from the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee and Desert Tortoise Council (pdf file)  
bullet November 2001 - January 2002: Army holds public "scoping" meeting on the supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement in Barstow, Riverside and Pasadena  
bullet October 2001: Environmental Coalition Urges Defense Authorization Bill Conferees to Modify Fort Irwin Expansion Legislation  
bullet July 26, 2001: Environmental Coalition ALERT on Proposed Fort Irwin Expansion Legislation  
bullet July 16, 2001: Coalition Press Release on Proposed Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 2001  
bullet Proposed Fort Irwin Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 2001 
bullet Proposed Expansion Plan for Fort Irwin (added July 16, 2001)  
bullet June 27, 2001: Sign-on coalition letter opposing Fort Irwin Expansion Plan
bullet Fish & Wildlife Service 90 day review: Preliminary Review of the Effects of the Expansion of the National Training Center/Fort Irwin on the Desert Tortoise and Lane Mountain Milkvetch.  Dated March 28, 2001. Released 4/16/01
bullet What may be lost -- Desert Tortoise and Lane Mountain Milkvetch distributions in the expansion area  
bullet Key Elements document -- dated January 12, 2001  
bullet Fort Irwin Expansion, Final Legislation -- signed December 21, 2000  
bullet Fort Irwin Expansion, Draft Legislation -- released October 27, 2000  
bullet October 24, 2000: Action Alert on Fort Irwin Expansion Rider  
bullet October 3, 2000: Letter from Congressman Jerry Lewis to all West Mojave Plan participants  
bullet 21 September 2000: Update on Fort Irwin Expansion Legislation; Interest Groups Urge Feinstein to Oppose Expansion Legislation  
bullet 27 July 2000: Update on Fort Irwin Expansion Legislation  
bullet 17 March 2000: Spear/Wright Memo on Fort Irwin Tortoise Report and its Implications  
bullet 15 March 2000: Reasonableness of Fort Irwin Tortoise Panel Report, William Haigh  
bullet 15 March 2000: Fort Irwin Tortoise Panel Report  
bullet October 1999: Text of the "Feinstein/Lewis compromise on California desert land acquisition (Catellus)"  
bullet June 1999: Briefing Points on the proposed expansion  
bullet April 1999: Graphics released by the US Department of Defense, 16 April, 1999 outlining the proposed NTC Expansion

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