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California's 10 Most Threatened Wild Places -- 2006
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California's 10 Most Threatened Wild Places in 2006 include:
Furnace Creek
A proposed road through this rare desert oasis would impair the fragile life support system it provides for plant and animal life, while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Surprise Canyon
Plans to allow extreme off-road driving in this popular hiking and nature photography destination would degrade one of the last remaining wild streams in the Mojave, and endanger the reclusive bighorn sheep.
Red Rock Canyon
Intensive off-road vehicle use threatens the unique vegetation, wildlife and geology of this scenic state park, a significant paleontology and archeology study site.
Indian Pass
A massive open-pit gold mine has been proposed for this Native American sacred place, creating holes up to 900 feet deep, and massive waste rock piles.
Anza Borrego Desert
San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) plans to erect a string of 16-story transmission lines through the heart of California’s largest state park, industrializing magnificent desert vistas that attract visitors from around the world.
Shavers Valley
Development of a sprawling new city would turn thousands of acres of pristine desert landscape into pavement, and dry up the scarce water resources critical to the desert’s web of life.
Southern California Forests
Proposed freeways, power transmission lines, and off road vehicle routes threaten some of the last remaining open space in the Golden State’s most densely populated region.
Owens Valley
Continued groundwater pumping by Los Angeles Department of Water is turning this Sierra Nevada jewel into a dust bowl, drying up the last remaining meadows and wetlands.
Stanislaus National Forest
Accelerated logging and illegal snowmobile use in the sensitive Pacific Valley roadless area threaten to compromise the forest’s rare wildlife, rushing streams, lush meadows, and colorful wildflower displays.
Klamath River Basin
Excessive water diversion is killing thousands of salmon and imperiling the livelihoods of fisherman, farmers and tribes in what was once among the world’s most productive salmon fisheries.
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