Number: 1980-40
WHEREAS, the MX Missile National Defense System will have severe impacts on a 10-25,000 square mile area of Nevada and Utah; and
WHEREAS, the MX will demand large amounts of water, to the detriment of instream uses; and
WHEREAS, wildlife, endangered plants, recreational values, mining and ranching operations, archeological sites, proposed wilderness inventory areas, and the proposed Great Basin Park will be greatly disturbed; and
WHEREAS, the huge work force required for the project will dramatically alter the life style of the present residents and overload the carrying capacity of the area’s natural resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the National Wildlife Federation in annual meeting assembled March 20-23, 1980, in Miami Beach, Fla., hereby strongly recommends that all feasible alternatives, including systems and sites, be vigorously evaluated in an Environmental Impact Statement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all legal requirements, especially those under the Federal Land Policy Management Act, be scrupulously adhered to; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NWF urges that, should the current MX proposal be adopted, all reasonable measures be adopted to avoid, mitigate and compensate the loss of fish and wildlife values.