Soda Mountain Solar Project

Tell California State BLM Director Kenna, National BLM Director Kornze and Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor "NO" on the Soda Mountain Solar Project!

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Dear California State BLM Director Kenna, National BLM Director Kornze and Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor:

The Soda Mountain Solar project deserves its nickname- “The worst of the worst” renewable energy proposals in the California desert because of its significant adverse impacts to bighorn sheep, desert tortoise, kit fox, burrowing owl, avian species, groundwater resources, air quality and the scenic vistas of the Mojave National Preserve.

Not only does the proposed project encroach on the boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve (approximately ¼ mile away), but it undermines the Department of Interior’s own initiative for thoughtful, landscape -level planning for renewable energy projects.

Please do the right thing and protect the natural resources of the Soda Mountain area in perpetuity by designating a Soda Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern, selecting the “No Action” alternative for the environmental process and relocating it to an area without significant impacts to desert ecosystems, archaeological resources, communities and recreational interests.