NovemBlythe CA - In eastern Riverside County the beautiful California Desert has another proposal to carve up delicate ecosystems and do harm to rare wildlife species. The reflective surface of the photovoltaic panels would create a lake-effect that could cause bird mortality. ^Microphyll woodlands of desert ironwood around the base of the Mule Mountains. The project would be built right next to the Mule Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern and be a visual disaster. Hundreds of archaeology sites would be destroyed, as well as groves of desert ironwood and ocotillo. This proposed 2,500-acre photovoltaic project would lie on lands west of Blythe CA managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The OctoBLM press release approving the Crimson Solar Project can be viewed here:ĭecemWe attended the December 2 public meeting in Palm Desert CA, and not a lot of people showed up despite the fact that this beautiful desert hold microphyll woodland and is near the Pacific Flyway route along the Colorado Desert. The order temporarily suspending Crimson Solar Project is here: The temporary suspension order can be read here: This Order is made for the purpose of implementing a targeted and time limited elevation ofrelevant decisions at the Department ofthe Interior (Department) for the purposes ofreviewing the questions offact.

Public lands are not renewable resources.' Solar energy can and should be used more in the built environment. The entire area is becoming a ground zero for solar energy development, but contains irreplaceable resources on valuable public lands. He added: 'The project will adversely impact archeology sites, ancient desert pavements, migratory bird habitat and sand transport corridors for Mojave fringe-toed lizards. 'Basin and Range Watch would like to see the Interior Department cancel this project permanently,' Emmerich said in an email. Kevin Emmerich, the co-founder of Nevada-based Basin and Range Watch, said he is pleased the Biden administration has halted the Crimson Solar Project. BLM announced it is withdrawing their current review of the Crimson Solar Project. But an order was issued the same day by the new Interior Department suspending review of several projects on public lands.

JanuCalifornia Desert - Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) quietly approved the 2,500-acre Crimson Solar Project in eastern Riverside County CA. Crimson Solar Project Withdrawn by Bureau of Land Management See the story in the Desert Sun with our firnd Alfredo Figueroa interviewed: Crimson Solar Project Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Land Use Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan,

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