Plan under way to protect threatened fish, turtle at Mojave National Preserve

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Plan under way to protect threatened fish, turtle at Mojave National Preserve

By: Joe Nelson ([email protected])

Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 - 8:42 p.m.


A western pond turtle is seen in this stock photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity. (James Bettaso / USFWS photo)
Action or no action? That is what the National Parks Service is seeking the public's help on in an effort to save a threatened species of fish and turtle in the Mojave National Preserve.

The public can now weigh in on a completed environmental assessment for the restoration of wetlands habitat in the Mojave National Preserve with the long-term goal of sustaining the populations of the federally endangered Mohave tui chub and the potentially threatened Western pond turtle. Both species have declined due to their dwindling natural habitat, according to the National Parks Service.

The Parks Service is considering two options: Take no action, which would maintain the current conditions at Soda Springs in the preserve, where the water is a highly concentrated brine due to high rates of evaporation and insufficient water flow into the pond. Should the consensus be to take action, fresh water would be pumped into the pond from a nearby well. Another plan would call for a drain to be installed to periodically remove higher concentrations of salt from the pond.

The public comment period began Thursday and continues through Sept. 19.

Comments can be made online at

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/westpond_ea

or comments can be mailed in, but must be received by the National Parks Service by Sept. 22. Mailed comments can be directed to: Superintendent, Mojave National Preserve, ATTENTION: West Pond EA comments, 2701 Barstow Road, Barstow, Ca. 92311.
 

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