PROFILE: John Dearing
Command Sergeant Major John Dearing will be mobilized and deployed for one year beginning May 20th. Read more in our weekly News.bytes feature:
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/newsbytes/profiles/dearing.html


PHOTO ALBUM - Glamis Dunes
The Imperial Sand Dunes is divided into 3 areas. The northern most area is known as Mammoth Wash. South of Mammoth Wash is the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness established by the 1994 California Desert Protection Act. The largest and most heavily used area begins at Highway 78 and continues south just past Interstate 8. The expansive dune formations offer picturesque scenery, opportunities for solitude, a chance to view rare plants and animals, and a playground for OHVs.
http://www6.ca.blm.gov/blm/index.jsp?folderOpen=Public%20Folders%2fNewsbytes%2fHighlights%2fGlamis
Related: "Imperial Sand Dunes"
The Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in California. This dune system extends for more than 40 miles along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley agricultural region in a band averaging five miles in width.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro/ImperialSandDunes/DunesInfo.html
Related: "Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (ISDRA) - also known as Glamis Dunes"
This open area contains over 118,000 acres of sand dunes for OHV play.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/elcentro/ImperialSandDunes/index.html

HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS

"Piedras Blancas Light Station Re-Opens for Limited Public Tours" (BLM Press Release, 04/28/2004)
"The tours follow last year's successful opening of the light station to the public for the first time since 1875."
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2004/04/nr/CCnews24_PiedrasBlancas_reopening_april28.html

"California Indian Leaders Want More Control Over Land" (NBC 4 News, 04/22/2004)
" California Indian leaders told lawmakers Wednesday that they want the authority to cut trees, shore up hillsides and undertake other projects on nearby federal lands in order to keep disasters like wildfires and mudslides off their reservations.
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3030731/detail.html

"Tribes seek federal lands access to keep threats off reservations" (San Jose Mercury News, 04/21/2004)
" California Indian leaders told lawmakers Wednesday that they want the ability to cut trees, shore up hillsides and undertake other projects on nearby federal lands in order to keep disasters like wildfires and mudslides off their reservations.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states /california/counties/alameda_county/
8485943.htm

"Media Classics Begins Principal Photography on 'The Road to War, General Patton's Desert Training Center'" (PR Newswire, 04/26/3004)
"The Road to War" is being produced by the two companies in association with the Bureau of Land Management and will be the first film to document the history of the Desert Training Center."
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-26-2004/0002159603&EDATE=
Related: "WORLD WAR II DESERT TRAINING CENTER - CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA MANEUVER AREA (BLM Calfiornia Website)"
T he Desert Training Center, California-Arizona Maneuver Area (DTC-CAMA) was created in 1942.  This simulated theater of operation was the largest military training ground in the history of military maneuvers. 
http://www.ca.blm.gov/needles/patton.html

"Geothermal Plan has Activists Boiling" (Redding Searchlight, 04/20/2004)
" A plan to stimulate geothermal power by injecting acid deep into the Earth may get a closer look from the government, a small victory for those opposed to the idea. Conservationists say the plan could degrade the purity of Medicine Lake, a sacred landmark for American Indians, as well as the region's many springs and headwaters."
http://archive.redding.com/story.asp?StoryID={F97A08BB-A360-487B-B297-E65144827B39}