A seagull flies over the California Coastal National Monument which stretches along the entire coast of California and extends 12 miles into the Pacific Ocean. The Monument includes 20,000 rocks, islands, pinnacles and reefs.
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Wagon wheel in the Carrizo Plain National Monument Three Pump Jacks, Midway-Sunset Oilfield Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument. Wild Horses Piedras Blancas Lightstation, San Simeon
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Bakersfield Field Office


Carrizo Plain. Selby Rocks in foreground, Painted Rock and Soda Lake in background.. Photo Credits: BLM - Bob Wick

Carrizo Plain National Monument
Selby Rocks in the foreground, Painted Rock and Soda Lake in background.

The Bakersfield Field Office manages 600,000 acres of public lands in eight Central California counties that stretch from the California Coast to the crest of the Sierra Nevada range, as well as 900,000 acres of federal mineral estate. Public lands managed by the Bakersfield office include the quarter-million-acre Carrizo Plain National Monument, the Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area north of Cambria, the San Joaquin River Gorge and the Atwell Island Land Retirement Demonstration Project located at Alpaugh, Tulare County.

Alpaugh Irrigation Canal, north boundary of the Atwell Island Resoration Project. BLM Photo: Shane Barrow

Atwell Island
Restoration Project

Thumbnail image of Soda Lake on the Carrizo Plain.

Carrizo Plain National Monument

Three pump jacks in the Midway-Sunset oil field.

Division of Minerals

Fire engine and firefighter.
BLM
Fire Program

Piedras Blancas Lightstation

 Piedras Blancas
Light Station

Rafting the Kern River. Recreation in the Bakersfield Field Office.
Recreation
&
Rec. Mining

 

San Joaquin River Gorge. Bridge.
Special Areas
Map of the Bakersfield Field Office. Link to map pdf.
Bakersfield Field Office Map
Page Size / Poster Size
Wildflowers along the Owens Peak Segment of the Pacific Crest Trail, links to Owen Peak Segment webpage.
Pacific Crest Trail

 

 

Tim Smith, Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Bakersfield Field Office
3801 Pegasus Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: (661) 391-6000
Fax: (661) 391-6041
Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m., M-F
Contact us by Email

News and Events

♦ Carrizo Plain National Monument

Nov. 2009 Proposed RMP / Final EIS Volume 1 pdf 7.6 mb

Nov. 2009 Proposed RMP / Final EIS Volume 2  pdf 23.7 mb

News Release:  Carrizo National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan Published

Federal Register:  Notice of Availability of Carrizo Plain National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (includes procedures for filing protests)

Feb. 2009 Carrizo Plain Public Meeting Power Point pdf

Draft Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement

♦ Current Bakersfield Field Office Land Use Planning

♦ Oil and Gas Lease Sales 

December 9, 2009  Final EA,  FONSI,  Record of Decision

March 10, 2010 Competitive Lease Sale EA, 30-day Public Comments

♦  North Fork Kaweah River Closure Order

♦ Seasonal Fire Positions: Recruitment information

   
Last updated: 11-24-2009