News.bytes
A publication of
Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue date: 5/16/02
This week in News.bytes:
- PROPOSED CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS BILL WOULD IMPACT BLM
- BOOKSTORE FEATURE: Location and Patenting of Mining Claims and Mill Sites
- WILDFIRE, including:
--- Season starts in southern California
--- Now hiring: firefighters
--- Public can reduce fire risk
- VISIT US: Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains
- OTHER BLM RECREATION AREAS IN THE NEWS, including:
--- Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
--- Sacramento River
--- OHV areas
- NOT FOR EDUCATORS ONLY: Leave No Trace
- WEED OF THE WEEK - Scotch broom
- HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS, including:
--- BLM seeks Desert District manager
--- California strikes it rich in volunteers
--- Transit Mixed gravel mine
--- Former BLM California desert district manager becomes Alaska director
--- Former BLM California assistant director retires
- SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
Sen.
Boxer's proposal to designate 77 California areas as wilderness, and place
portions of 22 rivers under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, would include
several areas managed by BLM California.
and
Mill Sites
These
are permanent, full-time positions announced by BLM California's Bakersfield
Field Office.
VISIT
US: Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains
(Hi-Desert
Star, 05/15/2002)
Sacramento
River Conservation Area Forum helps hunters and fishermen figure out puzzle
of "what is public land, which land they can access and which land
they can avoid." Public lands include areas managed by BLM California's
Redding Field Office: 
As
cities grow and populations encroach upon wildlands and recreation areas,
we must do more than just pick up litter and extinguish campfires; we
must learn how to maintain the integrity and character of the outdoors
for all living things. Leave No Trace is a national outdoor skills and
ethics education program that promotes land stewardship, minimum-impact
skills, and wilderness ethics. Here are some tips to help you "Leave
No Trace." 
When
mature, seed pods split noisily, ejecting the seeds some distance from
the plant. Commonly found by roadsides, this noxious weed can move into
shrub and woodland areas. Native to south Europe and northern Africa,
Scotch Broom is a branched perennial that grows up to eight feet tall.
Branches are slender and dark green with small leaves. Flowers are abundant
and yellow in color, and are pea-like.