The Wilderness Society urges the military to not expand its low-level airflights over the refuge or to conduct ground exercises inside the refuge. In addition, the Fish and Wildlife Service needs to limit ORV use, both by visitors and staff. The longer such use continues, the more difficult it becomes to restrain. The agency is finalizing a management plan for Cabeza Prieta this summer. Since 1998 The situation is worse - both the threat and the amount of land at stake is increased.
More land is threatened with withdrawal from public use for military purposes.
The Department of Defense appears adamant about obtaining Congressional approval to permanently cede 2.7 million acres of the desert to the military for its unrestricted use.