BLM seeks data to inform management plan for northwestern California
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REDDING, Calif. – As work continues on developing a new land use plan for public lands in northwest California, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking information about the BLM-managed lands in the eight-county planning area.
"We are asking members of the public to share data such as resource inventories and geo-spatial databases," said Lisa Grudzinski, project leader for the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan. "We hope that groups and individuals might have information that will add to our existing knowledge, giving us a more complete understanding of the public lands involved in this planning process."
Anyone with data or information can provide it to Grudzinski in the Redding Field Office, lgrudzinski@blm.gov, or to David Fuller in the Arcata Field Office, at dfuller@blm.gov.
The BLM's Redding and Arcata field offices are developing the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan and an environmental impact statement that will guide future management of about 400,000 acres of public land in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama and Butte counties. The plan will also guide management of about 300,000 acres of subsurface, or minerals, in the same planning area.
The new plan will replace the Arcata and Redding resource management plans that were adopted in the early 1990s.
To learn more about the plan or to sign up for the project mailing list, contact Grudzinski at (530) 224-2140, or Fuller at (707) 825-2313. Both can be reached at the email addresses above.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.