Keep pushing back, locals. Your area doesn't need more traffic, more people and more developer exploitation. I lived on Yucca Mesa for a few years, wrote "From the Mesa", a column for the HiDesert Star and saw the effects of more and more people coming into the area - so often to build their vacation homes. Your area is a delicately balanced environment, with wildlife and vegetation that are easily disturbed. It is not a playground for short-time people who don't have a commitment to the desert. Keep it local.
Insightful. It's wild how often the long-term sustainability and existing community fabric get ignored for short-term profits. What if the planning process had to truly optimize for local ecosystems and quality of life, not just revenue projecions?
Thank you for providing these updates.
We tend to forget these are ongoing developments and we need to stay vigilant.
Keep pushing back, locals. Your area doesn't need more traffic, more people and more developer exploitation. I lived on Yucca Mesa for a few years, wrote "From the Mesa", a column for the HiDesert Star and saw the effects of more and more people coming into the area - so often to build their vacation homes. Your area is a delicately balanced environment, with wildlife and vegetation that are easily disturbed. It is not a playground for short-time people who don't have a commitment to the desert. Keep it local.
Insightful. It's wild how often the long-term sustainability and existing community fabric get ignored for short-term profits. What if the planning process had to truly optimize for local ecosystems and quality of life, not just revenue projecions?