Bureau of Land Management draws criticism from environmentalists over a plan to allow recreational vehicles on 40,000 acres that are home to desert animals and threatened plants.
A new federal plan for managing the Imperial Sand Dunes calls for reopening to off-road vehicles 40,000 acres that have been closed since 2000, when the site became embroiled in a legal battle involving threatened plant species.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/kAIsXC4ikaA/la-me-0619-dunes-plan-20130619,0,1437113.story
A new federal plan for managing the Imperial Sand Dunes calls for reopening to off-road vehicles 40,000 acres that have been closed since 2000, when the site became embroiled in a legal battle involving threatened plant species.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/kAIsXC4ikaA/la-me-0619-dunes-plan-20130619,0,1437113.story
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