Notice of Availability - Final PEA and FONSI (signed) for Integrated, Adaptive Management of the Common Raven on DoD Lands in the California Desert

Notice of Availability - Final PEA and FONSI (signed) for Integrated, Adaptive Management of the Common Raven on DoD Lands in the California Desert

Notice of the Final PEA and signed FONSI for Integrated, Adaptive Management of the Common Raven on DoD Lands in the California Desert (Comment Period Closed). Under the Proposed Action, six Department of Defense installations would conduct integrated raven management on lands owned or used by the DoD in the California desert. Installations include: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow; Edwards Air Force Base; Fort Irwin National Training Center; Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake; Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range. Installations span the following counties: Los Angeles, Kern, Inyo, Riverside, Imperial, and San Bernardino. Raven management under the Proposed Action includes use of non-lethal and lethal raven management actions to reduce raven populations and activities to achieve the Purpose and Need (resolve ecological, economic and health and safety issues). In comparison to the No Action, the Proposed Action represents a shift towards more lethal forms of raven management. The focus of the Final PEA effects analysis is on Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, and Health and Safety. MCAGCC is the NEPA lead agency. Other installations are cooperating agencies. The MCAGCC FONSI is specific to MCAGCC. Other installations would issue separate decisions at a later date. Each agency has discretion to determine the scope of their future raven management approach.

Barstow, Brawley, Calipatria, Indio, Lancaster, Palmdale, Ridgecrest, Twentynine Palms

Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Other (Natural Resource Management)

Natural Resource Management

Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Hazards & Hazardous Materials