Desert Protective Council News
Check out the Latest Issue of the Desert Report!
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 31, 2012
We hope you’ll take the time to check out the June 2012 Desert Report, full of updates, information and interesting articles.
Desert Protective Council Files Lawsuit Against Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 25, 2012
May 25 2012
San Diego and Imperial Counties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Today the Desert Protective Council is filing a lawsuit in Federal Court in San Diego to stop the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility Project (OWEF) from causing damage to fragile desert lands in western Imperial County, adjacent to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the largest state park in the U.S.
New El Paisano is now online
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 24, 2012
The Spring 2012 issue of our newsletter El Paisano is now online, along with is accompanying Educational Bulletin Public Lands Development–A Ruinous Policy by Howard Wilshire. Check it out!
Documentation of Destruction at Ocotillo
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 23, 2012
Photo: Courtesy of Bill Pate
We would like to bring to your attention a new Website featuring Ocotillo residents and others’ daily documentation of the destruction of the beautiful Ocotillo desert.
The 20-square-mile area targeted for 112 450 ft. tall wind turbines is 90 miles directly east of San Diego and adjacent to the magnificent Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
U.S. Government Authorizes Killing of Endangered Bighorns in Path of Wind Project
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 20, 2012
May 19, 2012 (Ocotillo)—In a precedent that has horrified wildlife experts, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has authorized the “take” (meaning harassment, displacement or even death) of 10 endangered Peninsular Bighorn Sheep – five ewes and five lambs.
The decision comes after federal wildlife officials were provided photographic evidence that the endangered animals were seen in recent weeks on the site of the just-approved Ocotillo Express wind energy facility—a presence federal officials and the project developer have long denied.
SUIT FILEDTO HALT OCOTILLO WIND AS COALITION HOLDS PROTESTS IN SAN DIEGO AND EL CENTRO
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012 (La Jolla) – At a press conference yesterday outside the gleaming corporate towers occupied by Pattern Energy in La Jolla, a coalition of environmental groups, Native American tribes and outraged citizens urged President Barack Obama to stop fast-tracking of massive energy projects on public lands and halt construction at the Ocotillo Express wind facility immediately.
Heavy equipment has begun grading the site, ripping massive ocotillo cacti out by the roots, burying burrowing owl nesting sites and breaking hearts of the many people who love this desert land.
Call for a Moratorium on “fast-tracking” Massive Energy Projects on Public Lands
Posted by Indy Quillen on May 11, 2012
Coyote Mountain is among several culturally important mountains where views will be destroyed, along with Sugarloaf, Signal Mountain, Sombrero Peak and others. Photo: Miriam Raftery
Native American tribes join environmental, recreation and hunting organizations to call for a moratorium on “fast-tracking” massive energy projects on public lands.
DPC Call to Action – Help Us Protect the Desert!
Posted by Indy Quillen on April 19, 2012
Your presence is needed at the Tuesday April 24th public hearing in El Centro 10:45AM:
The Imperial County Board of Supervisors will be deciding whether or not to approve the Planning Commission’s recommendation to build an industrial wind project with 112, 440-ft. tall turbines on12,000 acres of beautiful desert habitat, adjacent to the southern boundary of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and the rural community of Ocotillo in Western Imperial County, CA. We need a very large crowd of people who are opposed to this project to attend this public hearing!
DPC’s Conservation Coordinator Speaks out on Behalf of the Bighorn Sheep
Posted by Indy Quillen on April 1, 2012
Protest Planned March 14 at Renewable Energy Conference that Excluded Advocates of Rooftop Solar
Posted by Indy Quillen on March 13, 2012
March 12, 2012 (Holtville) – “Why are billions of our tax dollars going to fund large-scale energy development on our public lands instead of to home and business owners for developing rooftop solar?” asks Terry Weiner with the Desert Protective Council and Solar Done Right. Massive solar and wind developments are planned for San Diego and Imperial County, many on public lands, others on prime agricultural croplands.
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