West Mojave Plan FEIR/S - Desert Managers Group

BLM/Wildlands Conservancy purchase of lands from Catellus Development Corporation inJanuary 2000 put three occurrences into public ownership. Populations at Twentynine PalmsMCAGCC have been disturbed by military activities in the past. A new population was recordedfrom the base in 1998.Regulatory Status: BLM Sensitive.Threats Affecting the White-margined Beardtongue: Vehicle use of the occupiedhabitat is a threat. Maintenance of utility access roads and facilities has been a threat in the past.Military operations at Twentynine Palms MCAGCC have potential to damage the smallpopulation(s) on the base.3.4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC3.4.1 Regional Economic ProfileThe following information pertaining to existing economic and demographic conditionsin the panning area is excerpted from the Socio-Economic Analysis of the project alternatives,prepared by Alfred Gobar and Associates. The complete socio-economic technical report iscontained in Appendix N of this FEIR/S. Further detail and technical data is contained therein.Encompassing nearly 9.36 million acres, the planning area (also WEMO) is a substantialgeographic region. This large study area includes over 733,000 residents (2000 Census) andencompasses portions of five separate counties. The corresponding land area and residentpopulation base within each of the respective county subareas that comprise the planning area isgraphically shown below.WEMO LAND AREA DISTRIBUTIONInyo9%Riverside3%SanBernardino64%2000 POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONKern10.6%Inyo0.1%SanBernardino48.5%Kern17%14,624 Square Miles733,476 ResidentsLos Angeles7%Los Angeles40.8%Chapter 3 3-196