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Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue date: 3/26/2003
This week in News.bytes:
- Working Landscapes: Grazing, multiple use:
- Policy changes?
- Photos
- Range management: example
- Draft Plans released:
- West Mojave routes of travel
- National Monument
- Advisory groups to meet
- Not for Educators Only:
- Wildlife Trivia Question: Fearsome snake
- Plant of the Week: Holmgren's skullcap
- Bookstore Feature: Scenic Byways
- Headlines and Highlights, including:
- Bizz Johnson Trail featured in major magazine
- Wildflower hikes
- Snapshots: Fire prevention projects
- South Cow Mtn. closed for event
- Selected Upcoming Events, including:
- Earth Day
- Climbing
- Wild horses: adoption event in 2 weeks
- Wild horses: meeting
Also see this issue online at http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/newsbytes/2003/101.html
DRAFT PLANS RELEASED
"BLM Releases Environmental Assessment and Proposed Plan Amendment for Routes of Travel Designations in West Mojave Planning Area" (BLM California news release, 03/24/2003)
The BLM is releasing an environmental assessment and draft plan amendment of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan to complete the routes of travel designation portion of the West Mojave Plan Amendment, to meet an agency deadline. The EA analyzes the proposed routes of travel network that was developed through an extensive public collaborative process as part of the West Mojave Plan.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/CDD34_West_Mojave_EA_Plan_Amend/Conv.htm
Related: The Environmental Assessment is available for review on line at:
http://www.ca.blm.gov/cdd/wemo_ohvdesigproj.html
Related: "BLM study on off-road vehicle routes ready for public eye" (San Bernardino County Sun, 03/24/2003)
"After 18 years of study, an environmental assessment analyzing planned and existing off-road vehicle routes on public land in the vast western Mojave Desert has been completed and is ready for public review. The [BLM} released the assessment Monday as part of a proposed amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan."
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%7E12588%7E1267297,00.html
"Draft Management Plan for Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Released" (BLM California news release, 03/24/2003)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS) announce the availability of the Draft Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/CDD_DEIS_SantaRosa_Natl_Mon/Conv.htm
Related: "Draft plan to manage monument will be released by government" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 03/21/2003)
"The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is still so young that a plan isn't in place to manage its biological, cultural and recreational resources. But all that should change this year."
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_NEWS_ndraft21.a174e.html
ADVISORY GROUPS TO MEET
"National monument advisory committee meeting to be held in Palm Desert" (BLM California news release, 03/20/2003)
The BLM U.S. Forest Service will hold the next meeting of the advisory committee to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument on Saturday, April 5, 2003. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m., at the Palm Desert City Hall Council Chambers, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/SRSJMNMnews07_040503_MAC_Mtg/Conv.htm
"Modoc-Washoe Stewardship Committee meets March 27-28 in Cedarville" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
Members of the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Steering Committee will discuss a wide range of natural resource issues, when they meet Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28, at the Cedarville Community Church Hall, corner of Bonner and Center Streets in Cedarville.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews51_espmeeting_march03/Conv.htm
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS
"Rails to Trails" (Travel+Leisure, 04/01/2003)
"Across the country, old railbeds have been transformed into the ultimate bike paths." One of the 10 featured rides is the Bizz Johnson Trail, managed jointly by BLM's Eagle Lake Field Office.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/family/invoke.cfm?objectID=18CE3060-76E1-492F-8AFA0E273874DF93
"Bizz Johnson Trail" (BLM California Web site)
Related: Bike 25 miles of old railroad line, now adapted for mountain biking and other recreation. (BLM California Web site)
http://www.ca.blm.gov/eaglelake/bizztrail.html
"Joint Ventures: Partners in Stewardship"
A national stewardship conference for citizen, organization, and government participants is scheduled for November 17-20 in Los Angeles. Seven federal agencies will host the conference - National Park Service, Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish & Wildlife Service, and the BLM. You can attend and propose topics now for the conference. See website at: http://www.partnerships2003.org
"BLM will lead free guided wildflower hikes" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
Free guided hikes into wildflower areas will be offered through April by the Bureau of Land Management's Ukiah Field Office. The hikes into the Cache Creek Natural Area of Lake County are scheduled for Saturdays: April 5, 12, 19 and 26.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews53_flowerhikes_ufo_march03/Conv.htm
"South Cow Mountain area to be closed during motorcycle race" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
The Bureau of Land Management will close the South Cow Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area to general use and through traffic during the Outlaw Hare Scrambles motorcycle race set to run Friday, April 4, through Sunday, April 6.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews52_southcow_closure_march03/Conv.htm
"SNAPSHOTS: Highlighting BLM projects that support the National Fire Plan"
BLM California featured prominently, in recent projects to prevent fire on public lands. Items include:
- California project protects community and its rare plants;
- Local efforts result in national workshop (in Bakersfield);
- Fort Ord gains ten more miles of essential fuel break and
- Otay Mountain International Border fuel break.
PDF File, one megabyte:
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/pdfs/newsbytes_pdfs/SNAPSHOTs_3-21-03-CA-only.pdf
"BLM Schedules Special Wild Horse and Burro Adoption for Easter" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
Some people may think of chicks and bunnies for Easter, but the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a better idea - - how about adopting a wild horse or burro to celebrate the arrival of spring?Â_It may not fit in an Easter basket, but the animals can offer many years of pleasure to their adopters.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/32_1st_Ridgecrest_Corral_Adoption_Release/Conv.htm
"Old shafts post threat" (Bakersfield Californian, 03/23/2003)
Various experts including a deputy coroner, add their voices to recent warnings about the dangers of abandoned mines in the California desert. Dangers include holes where the unwary can fall more than 100 feet straight down into the earth. Agencies are working to close the most dangerous, but face a backlog of perhaps 40,000 sites.
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%7E12588%7E1265077,00.html
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
(Note: the Upcoming Events database is on a secure Web server, and your browser may state "You are about to view pages over a secure connection" and ask you to "Trust a Security Certificate" from the Department of Interior that hosts this site. To view the pages, you must select "Yes" or "OK" for both questions.)
03/27/2003 and 03/28/2003 - Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Committee
Cedarville
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/26077822?OpenDocument
03/29/2003 - Alabama Hills Climbing Event
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/81225910?OpenDocument
04/01/2003 - Wild horse gather public meeting
Cedarville
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/3161365?OpenDocument
04/02/2003 - Wild Horse gather plan public meeting
Susanville
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/3871367?OpenDocument
04/02/2003 and 04/03/2003 - Northwest California Advisory Council meeting
Williams
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/49145343?OpenDocument
04/04/2003 - South Cow Mountain OHV Area - Outlaw Hare Scrambles motorcycle race
Ukiah
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/54127719?OpenDocument
04/05/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/27109179?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Earth Day Event
Barstow
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/44757611?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Trails Day/Earth Day event
Redding
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/81065233?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/80654613?OpenDocument
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Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue date: 3/26/2003
This week in News.bytes:
- Working Landscapes: Grazing, multiple use:
- Policy changes?
- Photos
- Range management: example
- Draft Plans released:
- West Mojave routes of travel
- National Monument
- Advisory groups to meet
- Not for Educators Only:
- Wildlife Trivia Question: Fearsome snake
- Plant of the Week: Holmgren's skullcap
- Bookstore Feature: Scenic Byways
- Headlines and Highlights, including:
- Bizz Johnson Trail featured in major magazine
- Wildflower hikes
- Snapshots: Fire prevention projects
- South Cow Mtn. closed for event
- Selected Upcoming Events, including:
- Earth Day
- Climbing
- Wild horses: adoption event in 2 weeks
- Wild horses: meeting
Also see this issue online at http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/newsbytes/2003/101.html
DRAFT PLANS RELEASED
"BLM Releases Environmental Assessment and Proposed Plan Amendment for Routes of Travel Designations in West Mojave Planning Area" (BLM California news release, 03/24/2003)
The BLM is releasing an environmental assessment and draft plan amendment of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan to complete the routes of travel designation portion of the West Mojave Plan Amendment, to meet an agency deadline. The EA analyzes the proposed routes of travel network that was developed through an extensive public collaborative process as part of the West Mojave Plan.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/CDD34_West_Mojave_EA_Plan_Amend/Conv.htm
Related: The Environmental Assessment is available for review on line at:
http://www.ca.blm.gov/cdd/wemo_ohvdesigproj.html
Related: "BLM study on off-road vehicle routes ready for public eye" (San Bernardino County Sun, 03/24/2003)
"After 18 years of study, an environmental assessment analyzing planned and existing off-road vehicle routes on public land in the vast western Mojave Desert has been completed and is ready for public review. The [BLM} released the assessment Monday as part of a proposed amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan."
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%7E12588%7E1267297,00.html
"Draft Management Plan for Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Released" (BLM California news release, 03/24/2003)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS) announce the availability of the Draft Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/CDD_DEIS_SantaRosa_Natl_Mon/Conv.htm
Related: "Draft plan to manage monument will be released by government" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 03/21/2003)
"The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument is still so young that a plan isn't in place to manage its biological, cultural and recreational resources. But all that should change this year."
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_NEWS_ndraft21.a174e.html
ADVISORY GROUPS TO MEET
"National monument advisory committee meeting to be held in Palm Desert" (BLM California news release, 03/20/2003)
The BLM U.S. Forest Service will hold the next meeting of the advisory committee to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument on Saturday, April 5, 2003. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m., at the Palm Desert City Hall Council Chambers, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/SRSJMNMnews07_040503_MAC_Mtg/Conv.htm
"Modoc-Washoe Stewardship Committee meets March 27-28 in Cedarville" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
Members of the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Steering Committee will discuss a wide range of natural resource issues, when they meet Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28, at the Cedarville Community Church Hall, corner of Bonner and Center Streets in Cedarville.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews51_espmeeting_march03/Conv.htm
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS
"Rails to Trails" (Travel+Leisure, 04/01/2003)
"Across the country, old railbeds have been transformed into the ultimate bike paths." One of the 10 featured rides is the Bizz Johnson Trail, managed jointly by BLM's Eagle Lake Field Office.
http://www.travelandleisure.com/family/invoke.cfm?objectID=18CE3060-76E1-492F-8AFA0E273874DF93
"Bizz Johnson Trail" (BLM California Web site)
Related: Bike 25 miles of old railroad line, now adapted for mountain biking and other recreation. (BLM California Web site)
http://www.ca.blm.gov/eaglelake/bizztrail.html
"Joint Ventures: Partners in Stewardship"
A national stewardship conference for citizen, organization, and government participants is scheduled for November 17-20 in Los Angeles. Seven federal agencies will host the conference - National Park Service, Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish & Wildlife Service, and the BLM. You can attend and propose topics now for the conference. See website at: http://www.partnerships2003.org
"BLM will lead free guided wildflower hikes" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
Free guided hikes into wildflower areas will be offered through April by the Bureau of Land Management's Ukiah Field Office. The hikes into the Cache Creek Natural Area of Lake County are scheduled for Saturdays: April 5, 12, 19 and 26.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews53_flowerhikes_ufo_march03/Conv.htm
"South Cow Mountain area to be closed during motorcycle race" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
The Bureau of Land Management will close the South Cow Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area to general use and through traffic during the Outlaw Hare Scrambles motorcycle race set to run Friday, April 4, through Sunday, April 6.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/NCnews52_southcow_closure_march03/Conv.htm
"SNAPSHOTS: Highlighting BLM projects that support the National Fire Plan"
BLM California featured prominently, in recent projects to prevent fire on public lands. Items include:
- California project protects community and its rare plants;
- Local efforts result in national workshop (in Bakersfield);
- Fort Ord gains ten more miles of essential fuel break and
- Otay Mountain International Border fuel break.
PDF File, one megabyte:
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/pdfs/newsbytes_pdfs/SNAPSHOTs_3-21-03-CA-only.pdf
"BLM Schedules Special Wild Horse and Burro Adoption for Easter" (BLM California news release, 03/21/2003)
Some people may think of chicks and bunnies for Easter, but the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a better idea - - how about adopting a wild horse or burro to celebrate the arrival of spring?Â_It may not fit in an Easter basket, but the animals can offer many years of pleasure to their adopters.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/2003/03/nr/32_1st_Ridgecrest_Corral_Adoption_Release/Conv.htm
"Old shafts post threat" (Bakersfield Californian, 03/23/2003)
Various experts including a deputy coroner, add their voices to recent warnings about the dangers of abandoned mines in the California desert. Dangers include holes where the unwary can fall more than 100 feet straight down into the earth. Agencies are working to close the most dangerous, but face a backlog of perhaps 40,000 sites.
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%7E12588%7E1265077,00.html
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
(Note: the Upcoming Events database is on a secure Web server, and your browser may state "You are about to view pages over a secure connection" and ask you to "Trust a Security Certificate" from the Department of Interior that hosts this site. To view the pages, you must select "Yes" or "OK" for both questions.)
03/27/2003 and 03/28/2003 - Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Committee
Cedarville
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/26077822?OpenDocument
03/29/2003 - Alabama Hills Climbing Event
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/81225910?OpenDocument
04/01/2003 - Wild horse gather public meeting
Cedarville
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/3161365?OpenDocument
04/02/2003 - Wild Horse gather plan public meeting
Susanville
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/3871367?OpenDocument
04/02/2003 and 04/03/2003 - Northwest California Advisory Council meeting
Williams
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/49145343?OpenDocument
04/04/2003 - South Cow Mountain OHV Area - Outlaw Hare Scrambles motorcycle race
Ukiah
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/54127719?OpenDocument
04/05/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/27109179?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Earth Day Event
Barstow
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/44757611?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Trails Day/Earth Day event
Redding
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/81065233?OpenDocument
04/12/2003 - Cache Creek wildflower hike
Lake County
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/80654613?OpenDocument
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