Areas proposed for Wilderness Designation by California Wilderness Coalition

(Square Miles, Wind Capacity and Wind Energy Impact)Beauty Mountain WSA (#74)

- 19.93 sq miles

- 106 MW / 279,000 MWH

San Ysidro Mountain WSA (#75)

- 3.33 sq miles

- 24 MW / 68,000 MWH

San Felipe Hills WSA (#76)

- 8.34 sq miles

- 94 MW / 268,000 MWH

Table Mountain WSA (#78)

- 1.59 sq miles

- 30 MW / 92,000 MWH

Hauser Mountain WSA (#81)

- 8.53 sq miles

- 44 MW / 106,000 MWH

Wilderness Study Areas What is a Wilderness Study Area?

In 1976, Congress directed the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) through Section 603(a) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) to inventory and respond to Congress within 15 years;"... those roadless areas of five thousand acres or more and roadless islands of the public lands, identified during the inventory required by section 201(a) of this Act as having wilderness characteristics described in the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 and shall from time to time report to the President his recommendation as the suitability or nonsuitability of each such area or island for preservations as wilderness..."The wilderness characteristics that were used in the inventory as described in the 1964 Wilderness Act were:

- Generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable - Has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition - Has outstanding opportunities for solitude, or a primitive or unconfined type of recreation in at least part of the area - May also contain ecological, geological, other features of scientific, scenic, or historical value- California BLM began the inventory in 1978 and made its suitability recommendations to Congress in 1991. The inventory identified over 210 Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) and made 209 suitability/nonsuitability recommendations. Since the suitability recommendations, Congress has designated wilderness for some of WSAs, has designated new WSAs, and has released others from further WSA management restrictions. As a result, California BLM now manages 80 WSAs totaling over 1,360,000 acres.

How are Wilderness Study Areas managed?The BLM is required by Congress to manage each WSA consistent with the direction provided in Section 603(c) of FLMPA (commonly called the "Interim Management Policy for Lands Under Wilderness Review (or IMP)). In general, BLM is required to maintain the wilderness characteristics of each WSA until Congress decides whether it should either be designated as wilderness or should be released for other purposes.The guidance for managing each WSA is provided in the IMP handbook (H-8550-1). The general management standard is that the suitability of the WSAs for preservations as wilderness must not be impaired. Valid existing rights are recognized, and grandfathered uses such as grazing and mineral uses are allowed but restricted to the same manner and degree as on the date FLPMA was approved. While many activities are allowed within WSAs, some have specific restrictions. For example, recreation vehicle use off existing travel routes and issuing new mineral leases, are not allowed. Most primitive recreation activities are allowed and are encouraged. These include hiking and camping, backpacking, fishing and hunting, rock hounding, boating (with or without motors), horseback riding, and the use of pack animals.

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/eaglelake/wsa.html

2.8 miles

2.5 miles

Beauty Mountain (WSA #74)

1.2 miles

San Ysidro Mountains (WSA #75)

4.2 miles

0.5 miles

San Felipe Hills (WSA #76)

Sawtooth Range (WSA #78)

1.5 miles

Table Mountain (WSA #81)

.4 miles

Complex Turbine Configuration. Estimate .6 miles

Has something changed?

Is global warming known to be less

of a concern now?

Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area

(Outstanding-Superb Resource)

Proposed Federal Energy Corridor

Potential Turbine

Locations

Electrical Interconnection to Proposed Federal Energy

Corridor

Potential Turbine

Locations

Electrical Interconnection to Proposed Federal

Energy Corridor

1.6 miles

0.6 miles

Hauser Mountain (WSA #73)

Wilderness Study AreaWSA

ID Square MilesLineal Miles of Wind Potential

Average Wind Power Class

(1)

Estimated Megawatts of Wind

Capacity (2)

Estimated Megawatt Hours per Year (3)

Tons of CO2

Reduced (4)

Car Miles Powered per Year (5)

Equivalent Cars Not

Using Oil (6)

Barrels of Oil not Imported

(7)Beauty Mountain 74 19.93 5.3 4 106 278,568 175,890 403,923,600 26,928 480,861San Ysidro Mountains 75 3.33 1.2 5 24 68,328 43,143 99,075,600 6,605 117,947San Felipe Hills 76 8.34 4.7 5 94 267,618 168,976 388,046,100 25,870 461,960Sawtooth Range 78 6.08 0 0 0 0 0 0Table Mountain 81 1.59 2.5 6 50 153,300 96,795 222,285,000 14,819 264,625Hauser Mountain 73 8.53 2.2 3 44 105,996 66,927 153,694,200 10,246 182,969

47.8 15.9 318 873,810 551,730 1,267,024,500 84,468 1,508,363

Notes1 Average Wind Power Density ("Wind Class") based on CEC Mesomap over specified turbine locations2 Assumes 2 MW turbine with 80 meter rotor diameter and turbine spacing of 2-3 rotor diameter (depending on ridge orientation relative to prevailing winds3 Megawatt-Hours of annual energy production per Megawatt of installed nameplate cacity calculated as follows

Wind Class Capacity Factor MWH/MW

2 25.0% 2,1903 27.5% 2,4094 30.0% 2,6285 32.5% 2,8476 35.0% 3,0667 37.5% 3,285

Example Calculation: Wind Class 4 = 300 kW average production for 8,760 hours/year for a 1 MW turbine (300 kW x 8,760 hours/year = 2,628,000 kWh/yr)

4 1,392 lbs CO2 per megawatt-hour delivered * 1 metric ton/2204.6 lb (http://www.energyforhumanity.info/)5 50% of energy for plug in hybrid. 2.9 miles per kilowatt-hour, (http://ecoworld.com/blog/2006/08/04/electric-car-cost-per-mile/)6 15,000 miles per year per car7 20 MPG per car

Summary of GHG and Energy Security Benefits Lost from Wilderness Designation in San Diego County

San Diego County Wilderness Study Areas The links at the bottom of this page allow review of the studies conducted in the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s. The studies follow a standard format that addresses the items below:

A. Wilderness Characteristics 1. Naturalness 2. Solitude 3. Primitive and Unconfined Recreation 4. Special Features

B. Diversity in the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS)

1. Assessing the diversity of natural systems and features as represented ecosystems 2. Expanding the opportunities for solitude or primitive recreation within a days driving

time (five hours) of the major population centers. 3. Balancing the geographic distribution of wilderness areas

C. Manageability D. Energy and Mineral Resource Values

1. Summary of Information Known at the Time of the Preliminary Suitability Recommendation

2. Summary of Significant New Mineral Resoruce Data Collected Since the Preliminary Suitability Recommendation Which Should be Considered in the Final Decision.

Links for Wilderness Study Area Reports and Recommendations

Beauty Mountain Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-029) San Ysidro Mountain Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-022) San Felipe Hills Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-023) Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-026) Hauser Mountain Wilderness Study Area (CA-060-027)

Wilderness Study AreasRenewable Study Areas?

Argus Range Wilderness AreaBig Maria Mountains Wilderness AreaBigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness AreaBighorn Mountain Wilderness AreaBlack Mountain Wilderness AreaBright Star Wilderness AreaBristol Mountains Wilderness AreaCache Creek Wilderness AreaCadiz Dunes Wilderness AreaCarrizo Gorge Wilderness AreaCedar Roughs Wilderness AreaChemehuevi Mountains Wilderness AreaChimney Peak Wilderness AreaChuckwalla Mountains Wilderness AreaCleghorn Lakes Wilderness AreaClipper Mountain Wilderness AreaCoso Range Wilderness AreaCoyote Mountains Wilderness AreaDarwin Falls Wilderness AreaDead Mountains Wilderness AreaDomeland Wilderness AreaEl Paso Mountains Wilderness AreaFish Creek Mountains Wilderness AreaFuneral Mountains Wilderness AreaGolden Valley Wilderness AreaGrass Valley Wilderness AreaHollow Hills Wilderness AreaIbex Wilderness AreaIndian Pass Wilderness AreaInyo Mountains Wilderness AreaIshi Wilderness AreaJacumba Wilderness AreaKelso Dunes Wilderness AreaKiavah Wilderness AreaKing Range Wilderness AreaKingston Range Wilderness AreaLittle Chuckwalla Mountains Wilderness AreaLittle Picacho Wilderness AreaMachesna Mountain Wilderness AreaMalpais Mesa Wilderness AreaManly Peak Wilderness Area

Agua Tibia Wilderness Study AreaAvawatz Mountains Wilderness Study AreaBear Canyon Wilderness Study AreaBear Mountain Wilderness Study AreaBeauty Mountain Wilderness Study AreaBig Butte Wilderness Study AreaBitterbrush Wilderness Study AreaBlack Mountain Wilderness Study AreaBodie Mountain Wilderness Study AreaBodie Wilderness Study AreaBuffalo Hills Wilderness Study AreaCady Mountains Wilderness Study AreaCaliente Mountain Wilderness Study AreaCarrizo Gorge Wilderness Study AreaCarson Iceberg Wilderness Study AreaCasa Diablo Wilderness Study AreaCerro Gordo Wilderness Study AreaChidago Canyon Wilderness Study AreaCrater Mountain Wilderness Study AreaDeath Valley 17 Wilderness Study AreaDry Valley Rim Wilderness Study AreaEden Valley Wilderness Study AreaExcelsior Wilderness Study AreaFish Slough Wilderness Study AreaFive Springs Wilderness Study AreaGarcia Mountain Wilderness Study AreaGranite Mountain Wilderness Study AreaGreat Falls Basin Wilderness Study AreaHauser Mountain Wilderness Study AreaIndependence Creek Wilderness Study AreaKingston Range Wilderness Study AreaLava Wilderness Study AreaMachesna Wilderness Study AreaMasonic Mountain Wilderness Study AreaMerced River Wilderness Study AreaMilk Ranch/Case Mountain Wilderness Study Area

Mecca Hills Wilderness AreaMesquite Wilderness AreaNewberry Mountains Wilderness AreaNopah Range Wilderness AreaNorth Algodones Dunes Wilderness AreaNorth Mesquite Mountains Wilderness AreaOld Woman Mountains Wilderness AreaOrocopia Mountains Wilderness AreaOtay Mountain Wilderness AreaOwens Peak Wilderness AreaPahrump Valley Wilderness AreaPalen/McCoy Wilderness AreaPalo Verde Mountains Wilderness AreaPicacho Peak Wilderness AreaPiper Mountain Wilderness AreaPiute Mountains Wilderness AreaResting Spring Range Wilderness AreaRice Valley Wilderness AreaRiverside Mountains Wilderness AreaRocks and Islands Wilderness AreaRodman Mountains Wilderness AreaSacatar Trail Wilderness AreaSaddle Peak Hills Wilderness AreaSan Gorgonio Wilderness AreaSanta Lucia Wilderness AreaSanta Rosa Wilderness AreaSawtooth Mountains Wilderness AreaSheephole Valley Wilderness AreaSouth Fork Eel River Wilderness AreaSouth Nopah Range Wilderness AreaStateline Wilderness AreaStepladder Mountains Wilderness AreaSurprise Canyon Wilderness AreaSylvania Mountains Wilderness AreaTrilobite Wilderness AreaTrinity Alps Wilderness AreaTurtle Mountains Wilderness AreaVentana Additions Wilderness AreaWhipple Mountains Wilderness AreaYolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness AreaYuki Wilderness Area

Wilderness Areas

Mormon Meadow Wilderness Study AreaMoses Wilderness Study AreaMount Biedeman Wilderness Study AreaOwens Peak Wilderness Study AreaPanoche Hills North Wilderness Study AreaPanoche Hills South Wilderness Study AreaPit River Canyon Wilderness Study AreaPiute Cypress Wilderness Study AreaRockhouse (a) Wilderness Study AreaRockhouse (b) Wilderness Study AreaRocky Creek/Cache Creek Wilderness Study AreaSacatar Meadows Wilderness Study AreaSan Benito Mountain Wilderness Study AreaSan Felipe Hills Wilderness Study AreaSan Ysidro Mountain Wilderness Study AreaSawtooth Mountains A Wilderness Study AreaSawtooth Mountains C Wilderness Study AreaScodie Wilderness Study AreaSheep Ridge Wilderness Study AreaSkedaddle Wilderness Study AreaSlinkard Wilderness Study AreaSoda Mountains Wilderness Study AreaSouth Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study AreaSouthern Inyo Wilderness Study AreaSymmes Creek Wilderness Study AreaTable Mountain Wilderness Study AreaThatcher Ridge Wilderness Study AreaTimbered Crater Wilderness Study AreaTule Mountain Wilderness Study AreaTunnison Mountain Wilderness Study AreaTwin Peaks Wilderness Study AreaVolcanic Tablelands Wilderness Study AreaWalford Springs Wilderness Study AreaWhite Mountains Wilderness Study AreaYolla Bolly Contiguous Wilderness Study Area

Julian – Opportunity for Showcase Project / Will the Locals Support it?“She is a brilliant strategist,” said Hartman, who met Fuller when the two worked to block development of wind energy project near Volcan Mountain. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060321-9999-1b21fuller.html

Sierra Club to tackle issues on wind-turbine locationsBy Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER June 23, 2005

"This is completely raw, undeveloped land," Fuller said. "If you put a wind farm in there, it would be like somebody going in a museum and slashing 'Mona Lisa's' face."

But Fuller said the group would like to see wind farms at developed sites, not at remote locations where they might harm wildlife or the ruins of ancient Indian villages.

Is Julian a ‘developed

site’?

Hi XXXX,  I am very pleased to have provided such a proactive guy with the maps and information.  Many times in my career with XXX I have met people that talk like they will do something but never do it.  From the moment I met you I knew that you were cut from a similar piece of leather as me.  I thank you for taking action when action needs to be taken.  It would be me at this moment out there doing what you are if I could.  On XXX I will be leaving XXX after 30+ years of service.    I spent 10+ years as the President of my XXX while with XXX, I know the management team, the strategies they employ, the delay tactics and what makes them jump.  I own their buttons from California to Washington DC.    When I first put my hand up and swore the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and defend my Country, I took that oath for life.  Currently within our nation and within our own government, enemies of our future as a nation and the true security of this nation have become leaders within key agencies.  This wilderness bill is an example of that.  Our nation should not be setting aside more acres for preservation until we have removed the threat of control by oil from other nations.  Oils only value to us is our own addiction.  The war on drugs, foreign oil should be added to the list.  XXX has effectively delayed all applications for renewable energy until the Wilderness Groups have had a chance to put this bill forward.  The lands that are within this new Wilderness Bill are the lands that were unsuitable in 1994 after 15 years of study.  They don’t contain the values of wilderness but they do prevent the development of renewable energy and power line corridors from impacting the desert.  The XXX staff had to use records that were from before 1994 and only had 24 hours to respond to the request for information on these lands.  On top of this it was during the peak of fire season when the resource teams were assigned to fires.  This is what an enemy does, sneak attack.  This is the renewable energy’s Pearl Harbor.  It is a day that will live in infamy if it is allowed. So keep up the pressure. Be sure to add as many solar companies as possible, the combined voices with many letters will make the difference.