. >> reporter: and to howard myers with present our preserve, it is priceless. >> that's what people come here for, they come here to escape the urban pressures. >> reporter: to myers, this land is a preserve for a reason. >> it is in the preserve and it is formed to prevent development from being in it. it is number one, it contradicts that whole aspect of it. >> reporter: the desert discovery center would be in sort of this direct desert scorey center claims everyone wants the same thing. they just have different definitions of preservation. >> what we want to do is preverve and protect. preserve that we have set aside. we all want to do that. you know, i think that the other side says stay out, you know that is the way to preverve and present and we say come and learn about it. >> reporter: myers says he has no problem with the museum, just not here. >> and i personally like the concept of the desert discovery center. real experience they're here for. >> reporter: adding to the confusion of residents that there is no concrete plan for the center yet. >> we are halfway through an 1