Need the Planet's Help! Save Johnson Valley petition

I know it is Dakar time, but we dont have much time to sign this Petition to have the White House look over and reply to why the Marines need to take all 140,000 acres of JV's Off Highway Vehicle area (OHV). If Johnson Valley is lost we will also lose the King of the Hammer's which we all know RG has been a fan of and did last year. Was told he was signed up to do it again this year. Several other off-road race series also use Johnson Valley and those series will lose their place to put on races. BTW the Marines have stated they only need the land for less then 2 months a year, yet it will remain closed forever. How does that make fiscal sense? This only takes minutes to do and the long term effect of Saving Johnson Valley could be saving other area's, as taking open public land seems to have a ripple effect.

Johnson Valley is the largest OHV area in California. More then twice the size of Glamis and all the Imperial Sand Dunes.

Save Johnson Valley Petition / Whitehouse.gov

We petition the Obama administration to:

Save the Johnson Valley OHV Area. Be fiscally responsible. Stop 29 Palms Marine base expansion. Keep public lands open.

With utmost respect for our nation’s military and national defense, we request our government deny any request by the US Marines to acquire 140K acres of public land designated for OHV use in Johnson Valley, CA for the purpose of expanding the 29 Palms Marine base. Expanding the world’s largest Marine base will cost tax payers millions and the Marines have publicly stated the land is only needed 2 months a year. Economic reports show neighboring communities and small businesses could lose $100 Million annually due to base expansion. The Marines current expansion plan is unnecessary and fiscally irresponsible. We request our government encourage the Marines to work with the public and obtain permits from the BLM to meet training objectives instead of closing this land to the public forever.
Created: Jan 15, 2013 Closes Feb 14, 2013

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Permalink Reply by Brian Hunt on January 24, 2013 at 6:26pm

Spot on.

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 24, 2013 at 11:35am

BTW thanks to all who are signing and passing this around!

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 24, 2013 at 11:55am

Please tell me your joking .

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 24, 2013 at 12:15pm

Joking about the Death Star? Nope, Google it! It made headline news! It was one of the reasons why the Government raised the signatures limit from 25,000 to 100,000.

We are lucky this "Save Johnson Valley" Petition was the last petition to get made before they raised the signatures to 100,000. It was processed a matter of hours before the increase. No kidding! So if we don't make this happen, if this is attempted again we will need 100,000 signatures. With how we are struggling to get 25,000 signatures you can bet we will never get a second chance to be heard and be granted an answer from the White House.

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 24, 2013 at 12:39pm

OMG ! I can't believe it ! PLEASE PEOPLE SIGN THIS PETITION . If a bunch of Star Wars geeks can get together then we as an offroad community surely can . If I could sign it twice I would

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Permalink Reply by Chet Raschka on January 24, 2013 at 2:42pm

Done. 6,190 to go.

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Permalink Reply by Ken on January 24, 2013 at 4:27pm

It is hard to believe. When you got over 100,000 people that go to Glamis alone on Thanksgiving weekend. And then add in the vast number of people that off-road race, it shouldn't be that hard.