Bakersfield Field Office

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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.

Atwell Island Restoration Project

Carrizo Plain National Monument

Division of Minerals

BLM Fire Program

Piedras Blancas Light Station

Recreation & Rec. Mining

Special Areas

Bakersfield Field Office Map Page Size / Poster Size

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

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♦ 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