[CottonBall]

Between military expansion, OHV use, and renewable energy development, the desert is about to be completely carved up.

Sounds like more of liberal exaggerations in order to get an emotional knee-jerk reaction. I lived in the desert both in Texas and California for years - and drove through the Arizona and New Mexico deserts to get back and forth countless times. None of them seemed even very inhabited, but less 'used up'. And I didn't realize Obama was going to expand our military. /s

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Between military expansion

That is likely the Fort Irwin expansion...Desert tortoise territory.