Marines examine plans to eliminate ravens
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By Kurt Schauppner - The Desert Trail
MCAGCC — Members of the public have been invited to comment on an environmental assessment of plans to kill thousands of ravens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and five other military installations in the California desert.
The assessment, examines two alternative plans, the first calling for a continued use of primarily non-lethal raven management actions, including flushing of individuals, increasing levels of stress and disrupting of nesting opportunities.
The second calls for the lethal removal of 11,830 to 13,293 ravens initially and 1,477 to 1,715 ravens annually.
According to information provided by the combat center, the proposed action is needed to mitigate ecological, economic and health and safety impacts of increasing raven populations in the California desert.
Public comments on the proposed action will be accepted through Dec. 18 and may be submitted via email to jesse.w.martinez1@navy.mil or by mail c/o Cardno Government Services, Attention Hesse Martinez, 3888 State Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, California, 93105.
Electronic copies of the draft assessment are available at www.29palms.marines.mil/Staff-offices/Environmental-Affairs under Environmental Assessments.
Hard copies are available at the Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms branches of the San Bernardino County library.
Among other things, the assessment examines the impacts of increasing populations of raven in the desert
“The overpopulation of ravens in both the built and undeveloped areas of the California desert has had several detrimental impacts on the DoD installations within the region,” the report states.
“For instance, increased raven numbers result in higher incidences of predation on juvenile desert tortoises. The desert tortoise is the only federally listed species that occurs within the boundaries of all six DoD installations in the California desert, and the DoD is legally obligated by federal law to ensure the species is protected.
“Ravens are also causing property damage and pose a human health hazard in the built environment, particularly in and around areas where vehicles and aircraft are parked and where DoD personnel must work directly underneath high-use roosting sites.”
Ed. Note - This is the same military base that "lost" to the British during exercises recently: US Marine Corps Fire Back at Claims They Lost Training Exercise to the Royal Marines
(Archive: https://archive.md/ifFyI)
By Kurt Schauppner - The Desert Trail
MCAGCC — Members of the public have been invited to comment on an environmental assessment of plans to kill thousands of ravens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and five other military installations in the California desert.
The assessment, examines two alternative plans, the first calling for a continued use of primarily non-lethal raven management actions, including flushing of individuals, increasing levels of stress and disrupting of nesting opportunities.
The second calls for the lethal removal of 11,830 to 13,293 ravens initially and 1,477 to 1,715 ravens annually.
According to information provided by the combat center, the proposed action is needed to mitigate ecological, economic and health and safety impacts of increasing raven populations in the California desert.
Public comments on the proposed action will be accepted through Dec. 18 and may be submitted via email to jesse.w.martinez1@navy.mil or by mail c/o Cardno Government Services, Attention Hesse Martinez, 3888 State Street, Suite 201, Santa Barbara, California, 93105.
Electronic copies of the draft assessment are available at www.29palms.marines.mil/Staff-offices/Environmental-Affairs under Environmental Assessments.
Hard copies are available at the Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms branches of the San Bernardino County library.
Among other things, the assessment examines the impacts of increasing populations of raven in the desert
“The overpopulation of ravens in both the built and undeveloped areas of the California desert has had several detrimental impacts on the DoD installations within the region,” the report states.
“For instance, increased raven numbers result in higher incidences of predation on juvenile desert tortoises. The desert tortoise is the only federally listed species that occurs within the boundaries of all six DoD installations in the California desert, and the DoD is legally obligated by federal law to ensure the species is protected.
“Ravens are also causing property damage and pose a human health hazard in the built environment, particularly in and around areas where vehicles and aircraft are parked and where DoD personnel must work directly underneath high-use roosting sites.”
Ed. Note - This is the same military base that "lost" to the British during exercises recently: US Marine Corps Fire Back at Claims They Lost Training Exercise to the Royal Marines
