Sierra Club commends Senator Feinstein for her dedication to protecting the California desert.

The California Desert Protection Act of 2010, which The Wilderness Society supports, comprehensively addresses the many needs of both society and nature in one of our country's most dramatic landscapes.

we acknowledge the courtesy and professionalism of Senator Diane Feinstein and her staff for including our members

Chairman Bingaman and members of the Committee, thank you for your consideration of our comments and we look forward to working with you and Senator Feinstein to both improve and pass this important legislation.

NRDC supports the goals of Senator Feinstein's legislation and believes that it is an important step toward balancing America's need to shift to clean energy with the need to protect unique and sensitive lands.

We tried to achieve a careful balance between conserving the desert's pristine heritage, while creating an efficient process for renewable energy development.

we appreciate and support Senator Feinstein's acknowledgment that mitigation efforts and funding are essential to a comprehensive and robust renewable energy program.

We urge the Congress to work with us.

We appreciate Senator Feinstein's commitment to both protect conservation land and promote responsible yet rapid generation of renewable energy on appropriate lands.

The areas protected in Senator Feinstein's conservation bill will help numerous imperiled animals and declining desert plants.

We would appreciate the opportunity to work with Senator Feinstein and the Committee on minor and technical amendments to this section.

I appreciate your desire to protect the California desert region from development that would reduce its essential character.

Senator Feinstein's legislation can be a vehicle for ensuring some of that cooperation.

I want to thank Senator Dianne Feinstein for her leadership and tireless effort in drafting this bill, the California Desert Protection Act of 2010.

You have heard testimony from some who say that the protection of these lands will significantly harm the prospects for renewable energy development in the California desert. Our review of the bill in the context of other efforts currently…

Title I of S. 2921 is the outcome of Senator Feinstein's extensive local collaborative effort.

We agree with Senator Feinstein that the nation needs to increase the generation and use of renewable energy as quickly as we can.

We would also urge the Committee and Senator Feinstein to encourage BLM to clear out speculative lease applications.

Senator Feinstein's staff asked for our input early and often, as they did with other stakeholders.

Senator Feinstein's legislation is an important step toward balancing America's need to shift to clean energy as quickly as possible with the need to protect our precious wildlands.

Senator Feinstein is to be commended for her leadership in developing a comprehensive approach that will spur renewable development in California and will provide new protections for vast portions of the desert.

I would like to commend Senator Feinstein for, particularly her statement this morning about adding a new solar energy study zone for the west Mojave area.

We strongly urge the Committee and Senator Feinstein to direct the BLM to revisit the West Mojave Plan's provisions limiting solar development.

we do not need to sacrifice special places on public lands to obtain the renewable energy necessary to meet the unprecedented challenge of global warming

I want to assure the Committee that SCE would not support this legislation if we believed it would endanger our ability to increase delivery of renewable energy to our customers.