Joshua Tree National Park

• 1936 Designated a National Monument by Presidential Proclamation
• 1977 Received Class 1 airshed status
• 1984 Designated as a World Biosphere Preserve
• 1994 Designated a NATIONAL PARK
• Home to Bighorn Sheep and the threatened Desert Tortoise
• The only National park in the world with the unique flora and fauna of the Mojave Desert and the Colorado portion of the Sonoran Desert Vs. The Eagle Mountain Landfill
• Located 500 feet from an open portion of the Colorado Aqueduct, the source of water for 16 million Southern Californians.
• Surrounded on three sides by Joshua Tree National Park; the closest part is within 2600 yards.
• Dumping 40 MILLION pounds of solid waste EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS; waste will come from Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.
• Delivered by SEVEN one mile-long double-decker trains roaring across the desert bisecting critical desert tortoise habitat 14 trips per day; plus more trash in an additional 200 garbage trucks per day.
• Trash to be dumped onto open desert vulnerable to high winds, NOT only in the East Pit.
• Situated within range of the San Andreas and Lavic Lake Faults the latter generating a 7.1 Magnitude earth-quake on October 16, 1999
• The dump will send an open invitation to new predators and scavengers, destroying the environment's natural balance.
• Trains, trucks and facilities are expected to pump 5000 tons of air pollution annually.

More information:

Stop the dump

Eagle Mountain--A Proposed Giant Landfill in the Mojave

Joshua Tree dodges a bullet: The Eagle Mountain landfill

Help Stop the Eagle Mountain Landfill
The Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice (CCAEJ) has filed a lawsuit to stop the Eagle Mountain Dump. Local activist Donna Charpied in Desert Center is the main contact.

Help stop the dump!
Your donation is needed, appreciated and tax-deductible. Make checks payable to "Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice", be sure to write on the check "Stop the Eagle Mountain Dump"!!

Please send to:

Center for Community Action & Environmental Justice
Post Office Box 33124
Riverside, CA 92509

Telephone: (909) 360-8451

WHO TO CONTACT:

PRESIDENT BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
WASHINGTON, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1414
E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov

MR. PHILLIP ANGELIDES
TREASURER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
915 CAPITOL MALL ROOM 110
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814

VICE-PRESIDENT CHENEY
THE WHITE HOUSE
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
WASHINGTON, DC 20501
Phone: (202) 456-2326

SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
UNITED STATES SENATE
112 HART SENATE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
E-mail: senator@boxer.senate.gov
Phone: (909) 888-8525
Fax: (909) 888-8613

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN
UNITED STATES SENATE
331 HART SENATE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
Phone: (310) 914-7300
Fax: (202) 228-3954
E-mail: senator@feinstein.senate.gov

CONGRESSWOMAN MARY BONO
516 CANNON HOUSE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515
Phone: (760) 320-0596
Website: www:house.gov.bono