West Mojave Plan FEIR/S - Desert Managers Group

Wildlife and Wildflower Sanctuaries: The Los Angeles County Department ofRegional Parks owns several scattered tracts of land that are managed as wildlife and wildflowersanctuaries and are zoned as open space. Some of these sanctuaries are within existing SEAs orthe proposed Antelope Valley SEA. Others are within the proposed Big Rock Creek or Mohaveground squirrel conservation areas, and one is within a proposed DWMA.• Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary – 320 acres within proposed SEA and MGS CA• Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary – 320 acres• Payne Wildlife Sanctuary – 320 acres within existing SEA #55• Mescal Wildlife Sanctuary– 100 acres within existing SEA #55• Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary– 320 acres within existing SEA #52• Desert Butte Wilderness –within existing SEA #53• Pinyon Hills Wildlife Sanctuary –within existing SEA #55• East Bob’s Gap Nature Preserve• Longview Wildlife Sanctuary• Littlerock Wildlife Sanctuary• Phacelia Wildlife Sanctuary –within proposed SEA and DWMA3.1.3.4 San Bernardino CountyDevelopment and land disturbance within the unincorporated areas is located primarilyaround the incorporated cities, near the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains (Phelan, OakHills, Pinion Hills, Lucerne Valley), in the Morongo Basin and areas south of the Marine CorpsAir Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, and east of Barstow in the Newberry SpringsArea.San Bernardino County General Plan: The San Bernardino County General Plandivides the desert region of the county into five subregional planning areas that are coterminouswith the boundaries of five Regional Statistical Areas (RSAs) for the desert portion of SanBernardino County. The County General Plan anticipates very little growth to occur within theBaker Subregional Plan Area (RSA31). The plan cites the lack of infrastructure facilities as amajor constraint to development in this subregion, and expects the little growth that occurs to bearound the existing communities of Newberry Springs, and the Searles Valley (San BernardinoCounty General Plan at page III-D1-1). Within the Barstow Subregional Planning Area (RSA32a), the plan anticipates most of the future growth to occur in the incorporated City of Barstowand in Lenwood and other adjacent unincorporated communities (Id. III-D2-1). The SanBernardino County General Plan identifies the Victor Valley Subregional Planning Area (RSA32b) as one of the fastest growing areas in San Bernardino County, with most of the growthoccurring within the incorporated cities with long term development potential identified for theunincorporated areas of Phelan and Lucerne Valley (Id. at page III-D3-1). Most of thedevelopment within the Morongo Basin Subregional Planning Area (RSA 33) is concentrated inthe Town of Yucca Valley and the city of Twentynine Palms, with scattered developmentoccurring within the unincorporated areas (Id. at page III-D4-1). General Plan land usedesignations and densities generally reflect the growth patterns described above. Densities rangefrom urban residential (maximum of 16 dwelling units per acre) to resource conservation with aChapter 3 3-19