Contacts for the Minerals Program, Bureau of Land Management California

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For further information regarding minerals programs in California, please contact the following personnel:

General information (requesting forms, copies of documents, plats, or casefile information):

Gary Catledge
BLM California State Office
2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1623
Sacramento, California 95825
(916) 978-4400
gcatledg@blm.gov

Specific leasing information regarding rules and regulations for oil and gas, geothermal and solid leasables:

Mineral Leasing Adjudication Unit

Laurie Moore	(916) 978-4377 lmoore@blm.gov
Rita Altamira	(916) 978-4378 raltamira@blm.gov

Geology and Operational Information at the BLM California State Office

Name	Title	Program	Telephone No. and E-mail Address
Steve Kupferman	Branch Chief for Energy and Minerals	Minerals	(916) 978-4383 skupferman@blm.gov
Sean Hagerty	Mining Engineer	Solid Leasables	(916) 978-4375 shagerty@blm.gov
James Haerter	Geologist	Geothermal	(916) 978-4366 jhaerter@blm.gov
Mark Springer	Mining Engineer	Mining Law	(916) 978-4369 mspringer@blm.gov
Sean Hagerty	Geologist	Mineral Materials	(916) 978-4375 shagerty@blm.gov
Leroy Mohorich	Geologist	Oil & Gas	(916) 978-4363 lmohorich@blm.gov

Mining Law Patent Specialist

Brenda Kidder

(916) 978-4374
bkidder@blm.gov

Mining Law Adjudication Unit

Field Office Contacts

Name	Office	Phone No. and e-mail
Kathleen Cox Linn Gum Randy Porter	Ridgecrest Field Office	(619) 384-5451 kcox@blm.gov (619) 384-5450 jgum@blm.gov (619) 384-5452 rporter@blm.gov
Kenneth Downing	Needles Field Office	(760) 326-7017 kdowning@blm.gov
Jamie Livingood	Barstow Field Office	(760) 252-6029 jlivingood@blm.gov
Cheryl Martinez	Palm Springs Field Office	(760) 251-4847 skupferm@blm.gov
Tim Carroll	Folsom Field Office	(916) 985-4474 tcarroll@blm.gov
Walter Todd	El Centro Field Office	(760) 337-4427 wtodd@blm.gov
Larry Vredenburgh Ann Falcon Gregg Wilkerson	Bakersfield Field Office	(661) 391-6153 lvredenb@blm.gov (661) 391-6154 afalcon@blm.gov (661) 391-6081 gwilkers@blm.gov
Cheryl Seath	Bishop Field Office	(760) 872-5024 cseath@blm.gov
Gary Sharpe	Ukiah Field Office	(707) 468-4084 Gary_Sharpe@blm.gov
Ronald Rogers	Redding Field Office	(916) 224-2127 rrogers@blm.gov
	Surprise Field Office	(530) 279-2727