Contacts for the Minerals Program, Bureau of Land Management California

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

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