I’ve asked Congressman Cook’s office what is actually planned, if anything. It‘s in his district and his field office is in my building. We have a good relationship so I’m sure they’ll look into it and let me know.
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I’ve asked Congressman Cook’s office what is actually planned, if anything. It‘s in his district and his field office is in my building. We have a good relationship so I’m sure they’ll look into it and let me know.
The maps show the wilderness boundary on either side of the Mojave road. What is unclear is how far off the road does the "wilderness" begin. I would imagine that road corridors through wilderness areas would have to be at least 200' wide to allow for some road realignment do to washouts and other issues that would require movement of the road path. If so, then these "gardens" would be outside the wilderness area.
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In the end, I think they will probably take everything away other than the mailbox. People will continue to come by and leave more frogs and the like only to be swept up wash rinse repeat. I'm just a little saddened that something that kids and adults really like to stop and see probably won't be able to do so in the future. I guess for many of us it's just more government over reach because afterall they really do know what's best for us all,..,...,......,..........
it says nothing about leaving any items at the "Mailbox" or the "Penny can" ........
FWIW The "Penny Can" is on private property (as far as my gis data review shows).
Thank you for posting that. I suspected they were going to remove the frogs, gnomes and vehicles and not the mailbox. It's interesting to me that it's been moved to February. It also sounds like this was started from the Mojave Desert Association. I'm a little disturbed that it seems like they are the ones who initiated this. I wish they would concentrate their efforts in other areas. I'm sure they do a lot of maintenance and preservation work as needed but it's not a popular decision. I'll be out there in a few days so I can do a follow up if anything has changed. In the end, it's not a huge deal but I wish they would just leave it alone because it a fun stop especially for the kids that in reality isn't hurting anything.
Thank you for posting that. I suspected they were going to remove the frogs, gnomes and vehicles and not the mailbox. It's interesting to me that it's been moved to February. It also sounds like this was started from the Mojave Desert Association. I'm a little disturbed that it seems like they are the ones who initiated this. I wish they would concentrate their efforts in other areas. I'm sure they do a lot of maintenance and preservation work as needed but it's not a popular decision. I'll be out there in a few days so I can do a follow up if anything has changed. In the end, it's not a huge deal but I wish they would just leave it alone because it a fun stop especially for the kids that in reality isn't hurting anything.