A publication of
Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue date: 4/2/2003
This week in News.bytes:
- Public input on grazing policy, desert plans:
- Grazing: meetings
- Grazing: concept paper
- Western Mojave route plan: comment period extension,
meetings
- Powerline right-of-way
- Recreation on California's public lands:
- Camping reservations: too late - except where
none needed
- "California's Mojave Desert abounds in
interesting sites"
- Turkey
season start[ed] Saturday
- ...and more
- Not For
Educators Only:
- Photo Album - Rock Art
- Bookstore Feature: "Carrizo Plain National
Monument Pin"
- Wildlife Trivia Question: Reptile commoner?
- Volunteers Needed:
- South Cow Mountain Trails Day - April 12
- King Range Trail projects
- Headlines and Highlights, including:
- Artists inspired by desert
- Bill pushes for more wilderness
- Proposed moratorium on more federal land
- Prescribed fire near French Gulch
-
Tuolumne landfill vandalism
- Modoc gates issue
- Selected Upcoming Events, including:
- Earth Day, Trail Day events
- National Monument meetings
- Motorcycle race
- Wildflower hikes
- Wild horse and burro Adoption
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PUBLIC
INPUT: GRAZING POLICY, DESERT
PLANS BLM has extended the 30-day public comment period on the environmental assessment (EA) and draft plan amendment of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan to designate routes of travel within the West Mojave planning area to Friday, May 2, 2003. Two public meetings have been rescheduled to receive comments on the EA and proposed plan amendment. http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/04/nr/CDDnews37_Extended_WestMojave_CommentPeriod/Conv.htm "BLM Seeks Public Comments on Plan Amendment for Proposed Powerline Project" (BLM California news release, 4/1/2003) Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan and right-of-way would permit construction of the Imperial Irrigation District's proposed transmission line to deliver power from proposed Salton Sea geothermal power plant to an existing IID electrical transmission line. The proposed interconnection is a new 16-mile line - about 2.8 miles would cross BLM-managed public lands in Imperial County. http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/04/nr/CDDnews27_Proposed_Transmission_Line_Project/Conv.htm |
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Related:
"Top 10 - Arcata Field Office" (BLM California Web site) Related:
"Search for Recreation Sites" (BLM California database) "BLM to hold public
meeting on off-highway vehicle grant request" (BLM California
news release, 4/2/2003) |
More
people plan camping vacations this year -- "with the weak economy,
concerns about war, threat of terrorism ... even the price of gasoline..."
Most popular spots booked through Labor Day. One exception: "first-come,
first-served" walk-in spaces -- including Backpacker Magazine's "Best
Beach Hike" - The Lost Coast Trail, managed by BLM California. "Hikers
can camp just about anywhere they choose to pitch a tent along the 24-mile,
60,000 acre Lost Coast Trail," says BLM Acting Field Manager.NOT FOR EDUCATORS ONLY
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PHOTO
ALBUM: Rock Art California contains many rock art sites, pictographs (rock paintings), petroglyphs (rock engravings), and geoglyphs (earth-figures), created by our Native American forbearers. Many of these sites are on BLM lands, including some that are open for public visits. http://www6.ca.blm.gov/blm/index.jsp?folderOpen=Public%20Folders%2fImage%20Library%2FArchaeology/Cultural |
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Related:
"Rock Art of Native California: A Visitor's Guide" (BLM California
Web site) This guide will lead you to 24 of these sites, stretching from the Mexican border to Oregon and Nevada. http://www.ca.blm.gov/pa/arch_cult/rockart.html |
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BOOKSTORE
FEATURE: "Carrizo Plain National Monument Pin" http://store.ca.blm.gov/cgi-bin/webc.exe/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1458&p_catid=10 |
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WILDLIFE
TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK: "What is the most 'common reptile'
in California?" (to be more specific: which reptile occurs in the most
types of habitat?)" (See answer near the end of this issue of News.bytes) |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED "Volunteers Needed for South Cow Mountain Trails Day - April 12" (BLM California Web site) The Bureau of Land Management is looking for a few good volunteers. April is Keep California Beautiful Month, and April 12 is California Trails Day. In observance of these events, the BLM Ukiah Field Office will be hosting a volunteer work day at the South Cow Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, 8 miles east of Ukiah on Saturday, April 12. http://www.ca.blm.gov/ukiah/volunteers.html "Volunteers needed for King Range trail projects" (BLM California news release, 3/18/2003) Hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who want to help improve recreation areas on California's Lost Coast are needed for volunteer projects scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27. http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews48_kingrange_volunteerwork_03/Conv.htm |
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HEADLINES
AND HIGHLIGHTS "Artists inspired by
desert"(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 4/2/2003) Bill introduced Thursday in Congress, to make hundreds of thousands of acres of California public lands into wilderness areas. Companion to U.S. Senate bill. Bill would affect BLM-managed lands, including "41,614 acres in the King Range." http://www.times-standard.com/Stories/0,1413,127%257E2896%257E1280585,00.html "Lawmaker seeks moratorium on more federal land" (Kansas City Star, 04/01/2003) "A Missouri congressman is trying to stop the federal government from acquiring more land until it does a better job of maintaining the millions of acres it already has." Bill would place moratorium on purchases through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (taxes on offshore oil and gas drilling helps four agencies - including BLM - buy property for conservation and recreation). Congressman says "he is motivated primarily by a $15 billion backlog on maintenance and improvements on federal lands. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/5534855.htm "BLM plans prescribed fire project near French Gulch" (BLM California news release, 03/31/2003) Fire crews from the U. S. Bureau of Land Management and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection plan to begin a slash pile-burning project near French Gulch during the week of April 7. http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews56_clinegulch_rxburn/Conv.htm "Tuolumne seeks to halt landfill vandalism" (Modesto Bee, 03/27/2003) Vandalism and trespassing with off-road vehicles threaten to damage topsoil cover and increase costs of closing landfill. The 10 acres are leased from BLM by city, which wants to purchase the land. http://www.modbee.com/local/story/6453841p-7398371c.html "Day area gates issue may go to county" (Modoc Record, 03/27/2003) Petition to Modoc County says access to popular areas managed by BLM and U.S. Forest Service has crossed private lands -- whose owners recently installed gates. Petitioners want gates removed. Owners say gates on the route are not new, have been locked during parts of the year already without problems, and that there are other routes into public lands nearby. (Note: this link will take you to the middle of a rather long Web page of news items.) http://www.modocrecord.com/NEWS.html#Day |
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ANSWER
TO WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK: "What
is the most common reptile in California? (that is: which occurs in the
most types of habitat?)" |
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Western fence lizards: They
occur in all habitat types below 10,000 feet with the exception of desert
areas. However, they do occur in riparian and mountainous habitats within
the desert. |
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
(Note: the Upcoming Events database is on a secure Web server,
and your browser may state "You are about to view pages over a secure connection"
and ask you to "Trust a Security Certificate" from the Department
of Interior that hosts this site. To view the pages, you must select "Yes"
or "OK" for both questions.)
04/03/2003 - Northwest California Advisory Council meeting
Williams
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/7687801?OpenDocument
04/04/2003 - South Cow Mountain OHV Area - Outlaw Hare Scrambles motorcycle
race
Ukiah
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/54127719?OpenDocument
04/05/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/27109179?OpenDocument
04/05/2003 - Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory
Committee meeting
Palm Desert
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/22180362?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Barstow Earth Day Event
Barstow
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/44757611?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Redding Trails Day/Earth Day event
Redding
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/81065233?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/80654613?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Wild Horse and Burro Adoption
Ridgecrest
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/1704281?OpenDocument
04/19/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/65994507?OpenDocument
04/22/2003 - Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument draft management
plan public meeting
Idyllwild
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/8292058?OpenDocument
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