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CURRENT LAN'O USE PROPOSE 0 LAN 0 USE (25-million acre California Desert Conservation Area) (under Senate Bill 7) OTH ER (Private, State, etc.) J PRESERVATION (Park Ser vice, State, BLM W ildern ess) III~l'. (Park ER VATION PR ES Service, State, BLM Wilderness) OTHE R (Private, State, etc.) MILITARY 2.0% INT ENSIVE USE (BLM) MODERATE USE , (BLM) MI LITAR Y Key Points: Key Points: • About o ne-fifth of the Desert is committed to park and wilderness preservation. • The amount of land co mmitted to pa rk and wilderness preservation would more than double, from 19% to 42 %. • About one-fourth is managed by BLM primarily to protect cultural and natural values, while allowing other compatible uses. • The amount of land managed by BLM and available for general public use would be reduced from 40% to about 17%, or about one-sixth of the Desert. • About one-eighth is managed by BLM for a variety of uses, balancing development with protection. • A small fraction (2 %), is managed by BLM for intensive use of lands and resources to meet human needs . PRESERVAT IO N 4.8 MILLION A CRE S (public vehicle access prohibited in wilde rness; restricted in parks) Na tion al Monumen ts Joshua Tree Death Valley Sta te Par k Red Rock Canyon ' Wilderness (so me in monum ents abo ve) Park Service Pro posed Park Service Designated BLM Pro posed State-Anza Borrego PROTECTIO N 5. 9 MILLION AC RES BLM, Class L *, limited use MO DERATE USE 3.3 M ILLION A CRE S 500,000 AC RES BLM, Class 1*, intensive use M ILITARY 56 0,000 ac res 1,957,000 acres 4,500 ac res ( I. 9 million arces) (46 7,000 acres) 1,900,000 acres 400,000 acres 24% 5,900,000 ac res BLM, Class M*, moderate use INT ENSI VE USE - 19% 14% 3,300,000 ac res 2% 500,000 acres 3.1 MILLION AC RES 12% (no pu blic access) Ft. Irw in, C hina La ke, Chocolate Mountains, Twenty-N ine Palms, Edwards AFB, etc. OTHER 7.4 MILLION AC RES' (limited or no public use) Private, State, other government • Private land is not immediately affected, but large amounts are inholdings within the proposed pa rks and wilderness. The legislation calls for acqui ring these lands by purchase or exchange, d rawing from the 17% of general pu blic use lands remaining. PRESERVATI ON 10.4 MILLIO N ACR ES (pub lic vehicle access prohibi ted in wilde rness; restricted in parks) National Parks Joshua Tree (expanded) Death Valley (ex panded) East Mojave (new) State Park Red Rock Canyo n W ildern ess (some in parks above) Park Service BLM State-Ariza Borrego PRO TECTI O N 1.5 MILLION AC RES . BLM, Class L*, limited use M O D ERAT E USE 2.1 MILLIO N ACRES BLM, Class M*, moderate use 24,000 acres (4,500, 000 arces) 4,300,000 acres 400,000 acres 6% 9% 2,100,000 ac res (The above two categories will drop further, as BLM lands will be used to . exchange for private inholdi ngs with in the parks and wilde rness) INT ENSIVE USE 500,000 ACRES MI LITARY 2% 500,000 ac res 3.1 MILLION ACRES 12% (no public access ) . Ft. Irw in, China Lak e, Chocolate Mountains, Twenty-Nine Palms, Edwards AFB, etc. OTHER 7.4 MILLION ACRES (limited or no public use) Private , State, other go vernment • 80 5,000 acres 3,400,000 acres 1,500,000 acres 1,500,000 acres BLM , Class 1*, intensive use 29 % 42% 29%