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Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act
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TO:

WJT@wildlife.ca.gov

BCC:

bates@solarindustrymag.com,slaytonk@kerncounty.com, mcnamarad@kerncounty.com, simona@kerncounty.com, planning@kerncounty.com, zoning@kerncounty.com, aratina@avantus.com, WJT@wildlife.ca.gov , Kari.Daniska@wildlife.ca.gov, fgc@fgc.ca.gov, info@seia.org, cainfo@precisionresource.com, website@calssa.org, info@calmatters.org, publicadvisor@energy.ca.gov, tdp@cpuc.ca.gov, assignmentdesk@kqed.org, info@calssa.org, district1@kerncounty.com, district2@kerncounty.com, fgc@fgc.ca.gov , Fosterja@kerncounty.com, antonarosj@kerncounty.com, sandersk@kerncounty.com, saidib@kerncounty.com, ekapcd@kerncounty.com, loreleio@kerncounty.com, info@joshuatreeonfilm.com

SUBJECT LINE:

CDFW - STOP DEFORESTATION BY THE SOLAR INDUSTRY - YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT!

BODY:

To whom it may concern:

Restore our Joshua Tree Protections under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA)! We did not give Solar permission to cut down our Protected Western Joshua Tree Forests.

The World is Watching: - https://www.change.org/Joshuatrees

FACTS:
1) WJTCA is circumventing CESA Protections that we fought for. We want our CESA Protections back!

2) WJTCA has actually incentivized Solar farms to target Joshua Tree forests for development, because individual land owners cannot pay the fees to clear the land of Protected Species - so they sell their forested land cheap to solar.

3) "Transplanting" / "Replanting" / "Adoption" are not viable options. These non-proven approaches are just greenwashing to make the Solar Industry look good.

4) Solar is destroying native artifacts and sacred lands, along with Joshua Trees.

5) When Top Soil is disturbed, it releases microbes which cause Valley Fever in down-wind communities.

6) The WJTCA template is only in place because the Solar Industry has created these False Dichotomies.

-Joshua Trees vs Solar Farms
-Joshua Trees vs Jobs

7) Solar farms are built all over the world, but the only place where they cut down Joshua Tree Forests (for any reason) is in California to build Solar farms. And CDFW Approves them.

8) California Solar Infrastructure throws away energy daily - Remove the Emergency Order allowing them to Bulldoze Joshua Trees.

Blaming / Punishing Joshua Trees needs to stop.

Do you realize how bad this looks for CDFW/California/Bohnam/Kern County/Newsom as the Solar Industry bulldozes yet another Ancient "Protected" Joshua Tree forest and says it is "APPROVED"?

Take Responsibility!