Ecosystems Advisory Committee
The Ecosystems Advisory Committee (EAC) supports the mission of the Desert Tortoise Council by bringing the best available science to the federal, state, and local agency decision-making process. The EAC committee members do this by submitting comment letters on proposed projects and other issues (e.g., policymaking, regulatory applications, funding, etc.) associated with the conservation and management of desert tortoises and their habitats. The EAC committee members also work with other conservation organizations to provide a larger and more effective voice to support the implementation of conservation actions for desert tortoises and desert ecosystems, and to oppose actions that contribute to declines of their populations and degrade or destroy their fragile desert ecosystems.
EAC Correspondence
Click on the links below to view correspondence from the Desert Tortoise Council’s Ecosystems Advisory Committee.
2021 Correspondence
2020 Correspondence
11/17/20
Adding Necessary Wildlife Overcrossings to XpressWest High-Speed Rail Project Design
11/11/20
Stagecoach Solar Project Notice of Preparation (NOP) Comments” (CSLC EIR No. 763; W30213; W26868)
10/15/20
Kalamazoo Chloride Project Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2018-0014- EA)
09/21/20
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Arrow Canyon Solar Project
09/18/20
Proposed XpressWest High-Speed Rail & Desert Bighorn Sheep Migratory Corridors
09/06/20
Yellow Pine Solar Project Final Environmental Impact Statement DOI-BLM- NV-S010-2017-0110-EIS
09/03/20
Comments on Initial Study and Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Aratina Solar Farm project
Desert Linkage Network map | Mohave ground squirrel important areas map
08/14/20
RB Inyokern Solar Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH# 2017071020)
08/11/20
Vekol Valley Sonoran Pronghorn Release (DOI-BLM-AZ-P040-2020-0004-EA)
08/07/20
OPPOSE “Eagle Crest Bailout” – Economic Harm Legislation Should Not Be Considered
07/14/20
Crown Exploration Project Plan of Operations (#DOI-BLM-NV-B020-2020-0016-EA)
07/03/20
AB 235 – Strong Oppose
05/01/20
Yellow Pine Solar Project EIS Comments.5-1-2020
04/27/20
OPPOSE March 3, 2020 Eagle Crest amends to AB 2255
04/02/20
Path 46 Transmission Line Clearance Project Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-CA- D080-2019-0032-EA)
03/20/20
A Petition to the State of California Fish and Game Commission
Petition | ATCH 1 | ATCH 2 | ATCH 3 | ATCH 4
Cover Letter | Press Release
03/19/20
Cottonwood Trailhead Improvements Draft Environmental Assessment (EA)
02/28/20
Arrow Canyon Solar Project on the Mojave River Indian Reservation, Clark County, Nevada
02/14/20
Vulture Complex Grazing Authorization Renewal (DOI -BLM-AZ-P010-2020-0005-EA)
02/12/20
Cosign Utah Wilderness Coalition’s letter to Congress on Red Rock Wilderness Act
2019 Correspondence
12/10/19
Red Rock Canyon State Park General Plan Revision
11/15/19
Crimson Solar Project
11/07/19
Reiteration of the Desert Tortoise Council’s Previous Requests as An Affected Interest for Notification of Bureau of Land Management Proposed Actions Affecting the Desert Tortoises or Habitats
CDCA | Southern Nevada | Utah
10/30/19
Environmental Assessment for the proposed Eland Solar Gen-Tie Line
10/25/19
Rand Communities Water District Water Supply Project
10/16/19
Support House funding levels for ESA — NGO letter to Senate
08/02/19
Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-CA-D090-2019-0013-EA) 40-95 Junction Communication Site
07/06/19
Interstate 11 Tier 1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Nogales to Wickenburg, Arizona.
07/04/19
Northern Corridor – Lee Bill Opposition Statement
04/26/19
Daggett Solar Power Facility (State Clearinghouse No. 2018041007)
04/24/19
Red Rock Canyon State Park General Plan Concepts
03/20/19
Status and Trend of Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise Populations
03/19/19
Comments on Grant Funding Applications
2018 Correspondence
05/15/18
Mojave National Preserve Management Plan for Developed Water Resources Environmental Assessment
05/14/18
Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area DOI-BLM-NV-S010-2017-0131-EA
05/08/18
Draft Buckeye Hills Travel Management Plan, Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona
04/02/18
Comments on 2017/2018 Grant Applications (Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation)
03/29/18
Interconnect Towers Ash Hill Communications Site (DOI-BLM-CA-D090-2016-0007-EA)
03/20/18
Do not sign Letter of Intent for the Cadiz Pipeline
03/18/18
Scoping comments to consider changes to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
03/16/18
Paradise Valley Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report No. 506
03/07/18
Scoping Comments for the Lower Colorado River Travel Management Plan
02/13/18
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Lower Centennial Complex
02/12/18
DOI-BLM-CA-D080-2018-003, CalNev Pipeline Dig JT-34440 and JT-38470
2017 Correspondence
02/23/17
Letter to the National Governors’ Association on Protecting the Endangered Species Act
06/20/17
Spectrum Article on Desert Tortoises in the Northern Corridor in Red Cliffs National Reserve, Utah
06/12/17
Coalition Letter on Infrastructure Legislation
06/28/17
Green Planet EA for St. Philip Placer Mine – El Paso Mountains, Kern Co., California
06/20/17
San Bernardino County General Plan Renewable Energy and Conservation Element
Related Documents
1 November 2016: Renewable Energy and Conservation Element of the San Bernardino County General Plan
2016 Correspondence
01/22/16
Scoping comments of the Final Stump Springs Translocation Plan
02/12/16
Pakoon Springs Public Use Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-AZ-A030-2016-0004-EA)
04/18/16
Sign-on letter to Nissin Foods regarding its Cup Noodles “wildlife” flavors
07/05/16
Interstate 11 Corridor – Nogales to Wickenburg
07/06/16
Camino Solar Project
09/22/16
Pakoon Springs Public Use Environmental Assessment (DOI-BLM-AZ-A030-2016-0004-EA)
Related Document: Abella and Berry, 2016: Enhancing and Restoring Habitat for the Desert Tortoise Gopherus agassizii
10/24/16
Scoping comments for proposal to renew Ord Mountain Allotment grazing lease
11/01/16
Renewable Energy and Conservation Element of the San Bernardino County General Plan
2015 Correspondence
03/16/15
Comment on Indian Wells Valley Land Use Management Plan Draft EIR/EIS (IWVLMP)
04/15/15
Nomination for a Soda Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
06/03/15
West Mojave Route Designation Final Comment Letter and Table
06/16/15
Scoping comments on the Lucerne Valley Solar One Project
06/28/15
Formal comments concerning the Aiya Solar Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
09/18/15
Comments on Revisions to Endangered Species Act Petition Regulations
09/20/015
Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Small Mining Operations in Ridgecrest Resource Area
09/24/15
Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative 2.0
12/11/15
Comments on Rands Area Arsenic Cleanup
12/28/15
Scoping comments for Eagle Crest Pumped Storage Project in Riverside County
2014 Correspondence
01/06/14
Draft EIR for the Fremont Valley Preservation Project by AquaHelio Resources, LLC
01/08/14
Review of focused desert tortoise surveys for Searchlight Wind Energy Project
01/21/14
Fremont Valley Preservation Project by AquaHelio Resources, LLC: Public Workshop of 1/20/2014
02/02/14
Fremont Valley Preservation Project by AquaHelio Resources, LLC. Formal Comments
03/07/14
Desert Tortoise Council Support for Keeping the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center Operational
03/13/14
Desert Tortoise Council Support for Keeping the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center Operational
03/20/14
Moapa Solar Energy Center, Final Environmental Impact Statement
05/25/14
Formal comments on the proposed Silurian Valley Solar Project
10/07/14
Soda Mountain Solar and Silurian Valley Solar Project
11/07/14
Soda Mountain Solar and Silurian Valley Solar Project
2013 Correspondence
02/05/13
Public meeting on proposed project: Marisol Energy
04/11/13
Rehabilitate Katherine Landing Access Road EA
04/16/13
Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP)
06/01/13
Shared use of Johnson Valley by Marine Corps and off-highway vehicle recreationists
09/11/13
Vehicle route designation on the Arizona Strip
09/27/13
Public Input on the TransWest Express Transmission Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
10/11/13
Moapa Solar Energy Center, Environmental Impact Statement
10/16/13
Maricopa Solar Park Scoping
10/19/13
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Silver State Solar South Project