Home Page     1. Introduction     2. Privacy and Security Act Information     3. Add name to the Land Expansion Mailing List         Background Page     1. Why the NTC needs to expand       Link to a detailed land expansion article     2. Nonmaneuverable acreage of NTC       Breakdown diagram of the current NTC net maneuverable area     3. How the Army determines acreage requirements       Net Maneuverable Acres Required--NTC FY 1993 Rotations     4. Previous NTC Land Expansion Proposals       Link to the 1997 Draft Environmental Impact Statement     5. Current Land Expansion Proposal       Link to the Proposed East/West Alternative Map       Link to House Resolution 5666       Link to Key Elements Report           Maps Page     1. Land Ownership Map     2. Alternative I: East/West Alternative (DA/DOI Proposed) Map     3. Alternative I: Written Legal Description     4. Alternative II: East Gate Southern (BLM 1997) Map     5. Alternative III: East Gate Map     6. Alternative IV: Army Proposed Map     7. Alternative V: East Gate--UTM 90 Map     8. Alternative VI: No Action Map         Articles and Environmental Stewardship Page   Programs on Fort Irwin:     1. Desert Tortoise Information     2. Recycling Programs       Link to US Army Environmental Center   Articles and Links:     1. Link to the U.S. Army Environmental Center     2. "Tortoise Plan helps Irwin Expansion"       16 December 2000 article in the Desert Dispatch     3. "Proposed Expansion of the National Training Center"       31 October 2000 article in the Army Times     4. "Tortoise vs. Tanks: No Truce"       23 April 2001 article in the Press-Enterprise     5. The NTC and Fort Irwin Land Expansion Article         Documents Page     1. 1997 Draft Environmental Statement (DEIS):       Appendix A--Land Use and Requirements Study (LURS)       Appendix B--Revised Final Draft Tortoise Biological Assessment and Conservation Plan       Appendix C--U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion on the Proposed Action       Appendix D--Plant Species List for the Study Area       Appendix E--General Air Conformity Requirements Study           2. 2003 Biological Assessment     3. 2004 Biological Opinion - US Fish & Wildlife Service     4. 2004 Supplemental DEIS     5. Public Law 106-554, H.R. 5666, Section 323     6. Key Elements Report     7. FWS Preliminary Review     8. Final Legislation (Submitted to Congress on 13 July 2001)     9. Proposed Expansion Plan (Sumbitted to Congress on 13 July 2001)         Links Page     1. Army Corps of Engineers     2. Army Link News--PAO     3. Army Homepage     4. California Bureau of Land Management     5. Fort Irwin Homepage     6. Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program     7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services     8. West Mojave Plan         Notices Page     1. Department of the Army Notice of Intent to prepare a Supplemental DEIS     2. Interested Party Letter     4. Notice of Public Scoping Meeting (November 2001)     5. Notice of Public Scoping Meeting (January 2002)     6. Submit written scoping comments (thru 19 February 2002)     7. Notice of Availability - 9 April 2004     8. Public Hearings Schedule - April 2004