Report addresses marriage of military, conservation protection in California desert (Victorville Daily Press)

Victorville Daily PressJune 30th, 2017 3:07 pmThe Mojave Desert Land Trust, a Joshua Tree-based Mojave Desert protection group, partners with the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms — a collaboration “built on the idea that by protecting wildlife corridors, we also protect the installation’s training ability,” according to Frazier Haney, conservation director for the land trust.“We are now working together on a five-year plan to continue to align our land protection efforts,” Haney said in an email. “This is the kind of success the Sonoran Institute report shows — that by protecting land around military installations through smart land use — we also protect the effectiveness of those installations to train our armed forces.”Read Full Article