2007

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
California

News Releases - 2007

BLM Offering Free, Guided Bald Eagle Viewing Hikes (12-31-2007)

Two Sacramento River Islands Proposed for Withdrawal (12-27-2007)

Imperial Sand Dunes 2007-2008 Monitoring Protocols Announced (12-18-2007)

Bureau of Land Management in Hollister Enters Into New Partnership (12-18-2007)

BLM Releases Cosumnes River Preserve Draft Herbicide Use Analysis (12-11-2007)

BLM Proposes Changing Right-of-Way Rental Fees (12-11-2007)

BLM Fire Crews Will Begin Debris Pile Burning (12-10-2007)

Cosumnes River Preserve Draft Plan Available for Review (12-10-2007)

Geothermal Projects Approved on Inyo National Forest (12-10-2007)

Wet Weather Closure at South Cow Mountain (12-10-2007)

BLM Announces Intent to Prepare Joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Wind Energy Project (12-07-2007)

BLM Releases Eastern San Diego Proposed Resource Management Plan (12-07-2007)

BLM Announces Public Scoping Meeting for Solar Energy Project (12-06-2007)

BLM Citizen Advisory Council Meets Dec. 5 & 6 in Little River (11-30-2007)

Bureau of Land Management to Conduct Prescribed Burn in Laguna Mountain Area (11-27-2007)

BLM Schedules South Coast Resource Management Plan Scoping Meetings (11-21-2007)

National Monument Advisory Committee to Meet in Palm Desert (11-20-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Public Meeting Set (11-15-2007)

Bureau of Land Management to Burn Piles at Fort Ord (11-16-2007)

BLM Plans Several Prescribe Burn Projects This Fall, Winter and Spring (11-16-2007)

Portion of Yuba Goldfields Closed to Off-Highway Vehicles (11-14-2007)

BLM Asks for Oil Industry Expressions of Interest (11-14-2007)

BLM Announces Availability of Oil and Gas Lease Auction Environmental Assessment (11-09-2007)

BLM Recinds Emergency Closure of Public Lands in Eastern San Diego County (11-09-2007)

BLM Enhances Features and Look of GeoCommunicator Website (11-09-2007)

Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Transport Corridor Designations in 11 Western States (11-08-2007)

Public Meeting on Oathill Extension Mine Cleanup (11-07-2007)

BLM Needs Information on Hazardous Waste Dumping at Cow Mountain (11-06-2007)

Prospective Horse, Burro Adopters Can Preview Animals Online (11-06-2007)

BLM Announces Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Project (11-06-2007)

BLM Waives Recreation-related Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day (11-05-2007)

Navy and BLM Team Up to Promote Stewardship (10-31-2007)

BLM Offers Horses, Burros for Adoption at Litchfield Corrals (10-31-2007)

BLM Announces Carrizo Plain Tour (10-30-2007)

Emergency Closure of Public Lands In Eastern San Diego County (10-26-2007)

Safety and Litter Campaigns to Open Dunes Season (10-18-2007)

Appointments Made to BLM Northwest California Resource Advisory Council (10-18-2007)

Appointments Made to BLM Northeast California Resource Advisory Council (10-18-2007)

National Monument Designated as Globally Important Bird Area (10-18-2007)

BLM Advisory Council Plans Meeting in Marina (10-18-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Colusa (10-17-2007)

Environmental Assessment to Re-power Wind Energy Farm Available for Public Review (10-17-2007)

Laguna Beach Coastal Area to Undergo Waterbird Survey (10-16-2007)

Open House Planned Regarding Arsenic Remediation Plans (10-15-2007)

BLM Sets Meeting on National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for November 5 in Portland, Oregon (10-15-2007)

BLM's Folsom Office Lifts Emergency Fire Restrictions (10-15-2007)

Secretary Kempthorne Announces New Appointments to BLM Central California Advisory Council (10-15-2007)

BLM Offering Wild Horse Volunteer Training Session (10-12-2007)

BLM Ukiah Lifting Northwest California Fire Restrictions (10-12-2007)

Bureau of Land Management in Hollister Lifts Fire Restrictions (10-12-2007)

BLM Lifting Fire Restrictions on California North Coast (10-12-2007)

BLM Issues Decision on Vegetation Treatment and Fuels Reduction Study (10-05-2007)

BLM Proposes Aspen Regeneration and Fuels Reduction Work in Conway Summit Area (10-03-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Public Meeting Set for October 11 (10-04-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Needles (10-04-2007)

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park Joins National Public Lands Day Celebrations (09-27-2007)

BLM Adjusts Long Term Visitor Area Fees (09-26-2007)

BLM Northeast Resource Advisory Council Meets October 4-5 (09-26-2007)

BLM Redding Field Office to Lift Fire Restrictions (09-26-2007)

Volunteers Welcome on Trinity River Cleanup (09-24-2007)

BLM Offers Burros for Adoption at Longears Cele"Bray"tion (09-24-2007)

Fire Restrictions Lifted in Eastern Sierra (09-21-2007)

Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (09-20-2007)

BLM Issues Emergency Closure of Fort Ord Public Lands to New Geocaches (09-19-2007)

Fire Restrictions to be Lifted on BLM-managed Lands in Northeast California (09-20-2007)

BLM Offering Firewood Permits at Arcata Field Office (09-19-2007)

Wild horses, burros available for adoption in Bishop (09-18-2007)

BLM Issues Decision to Provide Water to Bighorn (09-18-2007)

BLM Bishop Proposes Hot Springs Meadow Restoration Project (09-17-2007)

BLM Oil and Gas Lease Auction Tops $700,000 (09-13-2007)

BLM Desert Advisory Council to Meet in Needles (09-12-2007)

Fort Ord National Public Lands Day Event Needs a Few Good Volunteers (09-11-2007)

National Public Lands Day Events Near Bishop Need a Few Good Volunteers (09-11-2007)

Wild Horses and Burros On Way to Camp Pendleton (09-07-2007)

BLM Releases Management Plan for Southern Diablo Mountains and Central California Coast (09-07-2007)

BLM Seeks Public Input for Clear Creek Management Area Resource Management Plan (09-07-2007)

Meetings, Field Tours Planned for Sage-Steppe Management Strategy (09-06-2007)

BLM Plans Benton Fuels Reduction Project (09-06-2007)

Volunteers Needed for Carrizo National Public Lands Day Projects (09-05-2007)

Carrizo Advisory Committee Plans September Meeting (09-05-2007)

BLM Updates Mineral Cost-Recovery Fee Schedule (09-05-2007)

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett Joins Coachella Valley Partners To Dedicate Lands Acquired under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (09-04-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Public Meeting Set (8-27-2007)

Cedar Hill Donation Event Planned (8-27-2007)

BLM Plans California Coastal Cleanup Day Project (8-27-2007)

BLM Reconnection of Non-Indian Well Information System (NIWIS) Website (8-27-2007)

Agencies Release Draft Sagebrush Steppe Restoration Strategy (08-24-2007)

Hunters Should Be Aware of New Wilderness Designation (08-24-2007), Bureau of Land Management California

BLM Hosts Live Broadcast on Preparation of Documents Relating to Oil and Gas Development (08-22-2--7)

BLM Seeks Desert District Advisory Council Nominations (08-17-2007)

National Monument Advisory Committee to Meet in Palm Desert (08-16-2007)

BLM Geothermal Lease Auction Signals New Trend in Renewable Energy (08-14-2007)

Public Invited to Review BLM's OHV Grant Applications (08-14-2007)

Experts to Discuss Aspen Ecology in Public Workshop, Tour (08-14-2007)

Modoc-Washoe Stewardship Steering Committee Meets August 23 (08-13-2007)

BLM Announces Appointments to Three Key Leadership Positions (08-09-2007)

BLM Intends to Revise South Coast Management Plan and Associated Environmental Impact Statement (08-08-2007)

Single Tree Smoldering Atop Inyo Mountains Under Watchful Eyes (08-07-2007)

Agenda Finalized for Tour of Carrizo Plain National Monument (08-07-2007)

BLM Announces Sale of Rock and Sand from Imperial County Parcels (08-03-2007)

Public Invited to Resource Tour of Carrizo Plain National Monument (07-30-2007)

Cedar Hill Is Now Public Land (07-27-2007)

BLM Plans Oil and Gas Lease Auction (07-27-2007)

Headwaters Elk River Trail to Re-open July 30 (07-20-2007)

BLM California and Nevada to Hold Combined Geothermal Lease Sale (07-20-2007)

BLM Cedarville Crews Busy with Fires, Hazardous Fuels Projects (07-17-2007)

BLM Continues to Seek Representatives to Serve on a Tecnical Review Team for the Meccacopia Special Recreation Management Area (07-17-2007)

Tidepool Walks Scheduled Near Mal Coombs Park (07-17-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Lakeside (07-16-2007)

Portions of Pine Hill Preserve Closed Due to Fire Danger (07-12-2007)

Lassen SWAT Offers Bugs to Battle Puncturevine (07-11-2007)

BLM Adds Energy Map Viewer to Popular NILS GeoCommunicator Web Site (07-05-2007)

Environmental Assessment to Relinquish Grazing Lease Available for Public Review (07-03-2007)

Authorities Investigate Chainsaw Theft from BLM Fire Station (07-02-2007)

BLM Releases Final EIS on Vegetation Treatment/Fuels Reduction on Western Public Lands (06-29-07)

Fire officials stress caution for July Fourth holiday (06-29-07)

Bus shuttle Planned for Saturday, July 7 at Bizz Johnson Trail (06-28-2007)

Carrizo Advisory Committee Plans July Meeting (06-27-2007)

BLM Provides Alternate Route for Public Safety at Rand Mountain (06-27-2007)

Fire Restrictions Go Into Effect for Eastern Sierra (06-27-2007)

BLM Announces Intent to Collect Fees at Clear Creek Management Area (06-27-2007)

BLM Seeks Bids for One or More New Pasture Facilities in West to Care for and Maintain Wild Horses (06-25-2007)

BLM Sets Fire Restrictions on Northwest California Public Lands (06-21-2007)

Fire Restrictions Begin July 2 on Area Public Lands (06-21-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Meeting Set (06-20-2007)

Fire Officials Stress Caution for July Fourth Holiday (06-20-2007)

Free Horse Training Demonstration Scheduled for Chico (06-19-2007)

BLM to Begin Improvement Project at Headwaters' Elk River Trail (06-19-2007)

Stewardship Steering Committee to Host Range Monitoring Training (06-18-2007)

California to Receive $21 Million from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program (06-15-2007)

BLM Special Fire Restrictions in Effect for Mother Lode Region (06-15-2007)

BLM Releases Proposed Plans for Northeast California Public Lands (06-15-2007)

Call for Final BLM Public Land Sale Bids (06-13-2007)

BLM Launches Effort to Facilitate Renewable Energy Development on Federal Lands (06-13-2007)

BLM Opens New Segment of Sacramento River Rail Trail (06-12-2007)

BLM Puts Seasonal Fire Restrictions in Place for Public Lands (06-11-2007)

BLM Ukiah Field Office Announces Seasonal Fire Restrictions (06-11-2007)

BLM Releases Sierra Proposed Resource Management Plan (06-08-2007)

BLM Seeks Representatives to Serve on a Tecnical Review Team for the Meccacopia Special Recreation Management Area (06-07-2007)

BLM Seeks Comment on Amargosa Implementation Plan (06-05-2007)

Chuck Haugen Conservation Fund Picnic set for June 23 (06-05-2007)

Wild horses and burros offered for adoption in King City (06-05-07)

BLM to Hold Public Meeting on Wild Horse Gathering (06-05-2007)

Wild horses and burros headed for Chico (06-05-2007)

BLM Closes Hazardous Mine Tunnels on Quartz Mountain (06-04-2007)

BLM Offers OHV Sound Tests in Bishop (06-04-2007)

BLM Announces Upcoming Prescribed Burn in Clear Creek Canyon (05-31-2007)

National Monument Advisory Committee to Meet in Palm Desert (05-29-2007)

BLM Approves Sale of Public Lands near Palm Springs (05-23-2007)

BLM Announces Availability of Oil & Gas Lease Auction Environmental Assessment (05-22-2007)

BLM Launches New Initiative to Connect Children and Families to Public Lands (05-22-2007)

Media Advisory - Wild Horses and Burros Headed for Napa (05-17-2007)

BLM, Lassen Rural Bus Set Summer Trail Shuttle Schedule (05-17-2007)

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Fortuna (05-17-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Field Trip Set (05-16-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Bishop (05-16-2007)

BLM Implements Stage I Fire Restrictions for the California Desert District (05-11-2007)

BLM's Northeast California Resource Advisory Council Meets May 31-June 1 in Burney (05-11-2007)

BLM to Enforce Dry Season Use Restrictions in the Clear Creek Management Area (05-10-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in King City (05-10-2007)

BLM Releases Proposed Plan Amendment for Furnace Creek Road (05-10-2007)

Sacramento Open House to Introduce Government Website for Public Land Data and Maps (05-09-2007)

BLM Temporarily Closes Recreation Sites Along the North Fork of the Kaweah River (05-08-2007)

Ocean Day - Kids' Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 (05-07-2007)

BLM Plans Oil and Gas Operator Seminar (05-02-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Clovis (04-30-2007)

Wild Horse Gentling Training Offered in Roseville (04-24-2007)

Bureau of Land Management Announces Dog Day at Fort Ord (04-23-2007)

Public Welcome to Share Ideas for Lacks Creek Management (04-20-2007)

Department of the Interior Honors California BLM Abandoned Mine Lands Team (04-19-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Public Meeting Set (04-18-2007)

Suspects Arrested in Major Dunes Drug Smuggling Bust (04-17-2007)

Carrizo Scoping Meeting Location Changed (04-16-2007)

Horses, Burros Up for Adoption at 'Meet the Mustangs Day' (04-16-2007)

BLM Offers Free, Guided Hikes at Headwaters Forest Reserve (04-12-2007)

Shane DeForest Named BLM's Surprise Field Office Manager (04-12-2007)

Wild Horese, Burros Available for Adoption in Roseville (04-12-2007)

Mules and Humans Restore Historic BLM Wilderness Site (04-11-2007)

BLM Policy Encourages Solar Energy Development on Public Lands (04-11-2007)

BLM Imposes Fire Restrictions in Central California (04-09-2007)

BLM Offers Free, Guided Wildflower Hikes (04-09-2007)

Tim Smith Named New BLM Bakersfield Field Manager (04-09-2007)

John Kalish Named New BLM Palm Springs South Coast Field Manager (04-09-2007)

Arsenic Remediation Project Progresses at Red Mountain (4/5/07)

BLM Schedules Scoping Meetings for Carrizo Plain Plan (04-04-2007)

BLM and Museum Plan Tour of Mono Basin and Owens Valley (04-04-2007)

BLM to Open Firewood Cutting Areas (04-04-2007)

BLM Advisory Council Plans Meeting in Exeter (04-03-2007)

Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Medford (04-02-2007)

South Cow Mountain Area to be Closed During Prescribed Burn (04-02-2007)

BLM Needs Volunteers to Lead Hikes at Cache Creek, Coastal Bluffs (04-02-2007)

BLM Closes Kettleman Hills to Off-Highway Vehicle Use (03-28-2007)

Wild Horses, Burros Available for Adoption in Norco (03-26-2007)

BLM, Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve Offer Free Outings (03-26-2007)

BLM Proposes to Sell Land Near Palm Springs (03-22-2007)

Shooting Hours Restrictied During Fuel Break Construction (03-21-2007)

Wild Horse Gentling Training Offered at Turlock Adoption (03-19-2007)

Sterling White Selected as BLM Needles Field Office Manager (03-19-2007)

Fort Sage OHV Area Will Be Closed During Weekend Races (03-13-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Public Meeting Set (03-12-2007)

Final Decision on Shotting Area Safety Closure (03-09-2007)

Correction to Effective Date of Revised Onshore Oil and Gas Order Number 1 (03-08-2007)

Final Update of Federal Oil and Gas Regulations Will Improve Energy Development on Public Lands (03/07/2007)

Eastern San Diego Draft Resources Management Plan Available for Review (03-02-2007)

BLM Resumes Planning Process for Carrizo Plain (03-02-2007)

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Ukiah (02-27-2007)

Geology, History Field Trip Schedule Announcment for 2007 (02-27-2007)

BLM Seeks Members for Northwest California Advisory Council (02-23-2007)

BLM Seeks Members for Northeast California Advisory Council (02-23-2007)

Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Wind energy Project Available for Public Review and Comment (02-23-2007)

BLM Seeks Central California Resource Advisory Council Nominations (2-22-2007)

Wild Horses, burros available for adoption in Turlock (02-22-2007)

Dumont Dunes Technical Review Team Meeting Scheuled (02-16-2007)

BLM Announces Upcoming Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Schedule (02-13-2007)

Spring Wildflower Tours at Pine Hill Preserve (02-13-2007)

Public Meetings Scheduled for Proposed Geothermal Project (02-13-2007)

BLM Seeking Input on Cow Mountain Recreation Area Management Plan (02-13-2007)

Alabama Hills Stewardship Meeting Planned (02-07-2007)

Los Padres Oil Spill Fact Sheet (02-07-2007)

BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Scheduled for March 14 (02-06-2007)

BLM Reopens Pacific Crest Trail through Mission Creek (02-05-2007)

Third Annual Valentine's Day Adoption Scheduled for February 10 (02-05-2007)

President Bush's FY 2008 Budget Proposes $1.8 Billion for BLM to Provide Energy, Enhance Habitat, and Improve Efficiency (02-05-2007)

Environmental Assessment to Renew Grazing Leases Available for Public Review (02-02-2007)

Energy Companies Study Wind Energy Potential in Northeast California (02-01-2007)

BLM and Forest Service Announce 2007 Federal Grazing Fee (02-02-2007)

Dry Winter Conditions Cause Fire Danger Concerns (02-02-2007)

BLM and Forest Service Announce 2007 Federal Grazing Fee (02-02-2007)

BLM Needs Camp Hosts at Trinity River, Pit River Sites (02-01-2007)

BLM Manager Billingsley Announces Retirement (01-30-2007)

BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for February 26 in Washington, D.C. (01-29-2007)

Prescribed Fire Set for Cow Mountain; Temporary Closure Set (01-29-2007)

BLM's Northeast California Resource Advisory Council Meets Feb. 8-9 (01-22-2007)

BLM Seeks Central California Resource Advisory Council Nominations (01-22-2007)

BLM Proposes Fuels Reduction Work in Benton Area (01-18-2007)

Nominations Being Accepted for Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Advisory Committee (01-18-2007)

Volunteers Needed for Clean Up of Colfax Shooting Area (01-17-2007)

Decision Record Signed for Wild Burro Removal (01-16-2007)

BLM Announces Openings for Summer "Weed Warrior" Jobs (01-14-2007)

BLM Names Managers for Headwaters Forest Preserve (01-14-2007)

BLM Offers Free, Guided Bald Eagle Viewing Hikes (01-08-2007)

Stewardship Steering Committee Meets January 18 (01-08-2007)