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News.bytes
A publication of Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue 522 - 3/16/12
THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- America's Great Outdoors
- Get Outdoors tip of the week
- National Wildlife Week - next week
- Wildlife trivia question of the week
- Wild horses and burros
- Renewable energy
- Traditional energy
- Wildfires and prevention
- Headlines and highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in California
- Selected upcoming events
- National and Department of the Interior items
If this message does not show up properly in your email, you can see
it online at:
www.blm.gov/ca/news/newsbytes/2012/522.html
AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS
"Students learning, building at Little Darby" (News.bytes Extra)
Students from Willits Charter School and Humboldt State University in
Arcata, and members of the California Conservation Corps are pitching
in to help the BLM Arcata Field Office improve the Little Darby Nature
Trail that loops across public lands in Mendocino County. Students
have adopted a mile of the trail and are using it as an outdoor
classroom. BLM staff members have joined the students every Friday for
projects including plant and fungi identification, water quality
monitoring, wildlife camera maintenance and other lessons....
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/522xtra_little_darby_learning.html
"Side trip from Interstate 5: Panoche and Tumey Hills" (KQED, 3/8/12)
"Most people, it's probably fair to say, loathe Interstate 5 between
Redding and Bakersfield .... Traffic can reach dangerous speeds, eyes
get glazed, attention wavers, and tempers grow short. As for me, I
love the chance to enjoy I-5. I make it a full day's trip to get from
the Bay Area to Southern California or the Shasta region, and that
gives me a long enough leash to get off the freeway at least once ....
One [side trip] I've enjoyed several times goes past the Panoche and
Tumey Hills, a big patch of wild land along the east side of the Coast
Range managed by the Bureau of Land Management."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,f3iu,gytt,283f,37zd
RELATED: "Panoche Hills" (BLM Hollister Field Office)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/recreation/panoche.html
RELATED: "Tumey Hills" (BLM Hollister Field Office)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/recreation/tumey.html
"AmeriCorps group trains 29 new members" (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/11/12)
Twenty-nine AmeriCorps members attended "a sort of conservationist
boot camp" in Santa Cruz "as they prepared to head out to projects
around the state ... including "trail maintenance, eradication of
invasive species, habitat restoration and fuel load reduction - on
federal, state and private land." One of the students mentioned, Nico
De Paolo, 23, worked with the BLM El Centro Field Office "restoring
areas damaged by illegal off-roading in the deserts .... home to an
endangered lizard and the desert tortoise."
www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20152384/americorps-group-trains-29-new-members
"Beltway to Sand Highway (at the Imperial Sand Dunes)" (News.bytes Extra)
Three members of the BLM Washington Office's Division of Education,
Interpretation, and Partnerships, "in the neighborhood" after a
conference, visited the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area to learn
more about the area and its programs. "With back-to-back Silver Awards
for Excellence in Interpretation or Education in both 2010 and 2011,
the El Centro Field Office is doing something right, and we had to
visit," said one of the visitors.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/522xtra_beltway_sandway.html
"Roads, trails in Dry Valley area will be used for motorcycle races"
(BLM California, 3/13/12)
On April 1, motorcycle riders of all ages and abilities will race on
routes in the BLM's Dry Valley Special Recreation Management Area
about 60 miles east of Susanville and 60 miles north of Reno. Racers
will use courses ranging from two miles to 42 miles, with all events
scheduled Sunday, April 1. Travel on some roads and trails, including
Dry Valley Road, will be restricted by course marshals while races are
in progress.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/NC1239_dryvalley.html
GET OUTDOORS TIP OF THE WEEK...
...celebrate National Wildlife Week this year by going out to the Bizz
Johnson Trail/Susan River to watch a variety of wildlife in their
natural habitats. Hike or bike the trail to see the multitude of
animals inhabiting the area, including birds, beavers, and muskrats.
Patient observers may catch glimpses of bats, porcupines, coyotes or
even a black bear!
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wildlife/watchable/areas/bizzwild.html
NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK - next week!
"Celebrate extra-ordinary wildlife during National Wildlife Week"
(National Wildlife Federation)
March 19-25: "Held annually since 1938, National Wildlife Week is
National Wildlife Federation's longest-running education program. Even
celebrities such as Shirley Temple, Walt Disney and Robert Redford
have joined National Wildlife Federation to commemorate this unique
event. National Wildlife Week is a signature event of NWF's Be Out
There campaign, an initiative to connect families and communities to
nature, raise healthier kids, instill a conservation ethic, and
inspire a life-long appreciation of wildlife and the environment."
www.nwf.org/wildlife/activities/national-wildlife-week.aspx
"National Wildlife Week" (Science NetLinks, American Association for
the Advancement of Science)
"Science NetLinks has developed and compiled the following resources
we hope you'll find useful when teaching your students about various
aspects of the wilderness around them -- from squirrels in the
schoolyard and local bird populations to more exotic animals that
might require traveling further afield."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,e0ds,2vxf,283f,37zd
giant kangaroo rat
WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION of the WEEK:
If you are two inches tall and a giant kangaroo rat is running at you
full tilt, it probably means you are…
(a.) …a returning family member.
(b.) …trying to steal their food.
(c.) …a male kangaroo rat, running full tilt back at the other one.
(d.) …an exiled member of its mound community.
(e.) …toast.
See answer - and more stories about wildlife, including the giant
kangaroo rat - near the end of this News.bytes.
WILD HORSES AND BURROS
"Wild mustang makeover - one bit at a time" (San Francisco Chronicle, 3/15/12)
"Until about 30 days ago, Syringa had never been touched by human
hands ... Now, when Justin Mott clicks his tongue, the once-wild
mustang comes right up to him, sticks her nose out for a scratch and
lets him put a halter around her head .... It's a good start to taming
her, but he has only 60 more days. That's when he'll compete in the
Extreme Mustang Makeover, a competition designed to find homes for
thousands of feral horses that have been rounded up from the wild
because the United States Bureau of Land Management is trying to thin
their herds."
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/15/MNKO1NKN35.DTL
"Wild Horses and Burros available for adoption in Red Bluff" (BLM
California, 3/9/12)
Young, healthy wild horses from the high deserts of northwest Nevada
and burros from southern California deserts will be available for
adoption Saturday, March 31, at the Tehama County Fairgrounds in Red
Bluff. The BLM will bring its Adopt a Horse or Burro Program to the
fairgrounds as part of the Back Country Horsemen of California State
Rendezvous.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/NC1237_whbredbluff.html
"California wild horse and burro adoption schedule" (BLM California)
This schedule is subject to change. Please check back frequently or
call the contact numbers listed.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro/adoptions.html
"'Ecosanctuary' plans for wild horses add tourism to the mix" (New
York Times, 3/14/12)
"Jana and Rich Wilson, who once raised cattle on their 4,700-acre
Deerwood Ranch" in Wyoming, "hope to be approved by the Bureau of Land
Management for a pilot project to shelter a herd of 250 wild horses."
This "'ecosanctuary' project" by the BLM "could be the first of many
if it works .... Sheltering a herd of 250 wild horses ... is intended
to be at least partly self-sufficient, through tourist visits, and to
be a stabilizing factor in an area where working agriculture is
increasingly threatened."
www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/us/ecosanctuary-plans-for-wild-horses-add-tourism-to-the-mix.html
"BLM offers opportunity to 4-H and FFA youth to train a mustang for
adoption" (BLM Nevada, 3/6/12)
The BLM's Wild Horse and Burro program, in partnership with the
Mustang Heritage Foundation, is offering a unique 12-week employment
opportunity to 4-H and Future Farmers of America youth ages 15-18 to
train a yearling wild horse, while earning up to $750 and preparing
the horse to be showcased at an adoption event during Reno Rodeo week
in June. The program allows youth to earn money, while building their
resume and offering a great experience for college/scholarship
applications. Interested youth need to submit an application packet by
March 20.
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/blm_offers_opportunity.html
"Wild-hearted winner: Mustang seems unlikely dressage horse" (Spokane,
Washington, Spokesman-Review, 3/11/12)
Mariah was a mustang in the "wilds of south-central Oregon" before
Melynnda Thiessen adopted her as a yearling. The "tough little steed,"
as Thiessen calls her, is now "a highly trained dressage horse. The
show pony skillfully performed piaffe, pirouettes and more ... for a
small group ... in Coeur d'Alene .... Most dressage horses come from
carefully bred pedigrees selected for specific traits that make them
good for the sport. But Mariah, rounded up and adopted out as part of
the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse management program, is of
an unknown lineage ... no one had a hand in her breeding."
www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/mar/11/wild-hearted-winner/
"BLM to begin gather of wild burros From Cibola-Trigo Herd Management
Area in Arizona" (BLM Arizona, 3/12/12)
The BLM's Yuma Field Office plans to begin gathering 350 burros from
the area near Yuma, Arizona, and Blythe, California, starting Monday,
April 9. "Our goal is to manage for healthy public lands and healthy
wild burros," said John MacDonald, BLM Yuma Field Manager. "We made
the decision to conduct this gather after extensive public input and
review of the best scientific information available to us." The BLM
will gather approximately 350 wild burros, leaving a total of
approximately 350 wild burros in the area, which is still above the
appropriate management level of 165 for this herd.
www.blm.gov/az/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/CT-gather.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
"Final environmental study available for proposed Ocotillo Express
Wind Project" (BLM California, 3/9/12)
Proposed by Pattern Energy, Inc., through Ocotillo Express, LLC, the
project would produce up to 356.5 megawatts of electricity via wind
turbines sited on 12,410 acres of public lands near Ocotillo, Calif.
and 26 acres of private land in Imperial County. The proposed project
would provide enough electricity to power 140,000 homes and create up
to 246 jobs at peak construction. The project has undergone extensive
environmental review and reflects strong efforts to mitigate potential
impacts.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/CDD1232_OcotilloFEIS.html
"Solar power firms in Mojave desert feel glare of tribes and
environmentalists" (Guardian UK, 3/11/12)
Of the many renewable energy projects "commissioned by the Obama
administration ... few are as grandly futuristic as the
multibillion-dollar solar power projects under construction across
broad swaths of desert on the California-Arizona border. But at least
two developments, including ... Genesis Solar near Blythe ... and the
Solar Millennium project, are beset with lengthy construction delays,
while others are facing legal challenges lodged by environmental
groups and Native American groups who fear damage to the desert
ecology as well as to ancient rock art and other sacred heritage
sites."
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/11/solar-power-mojave-desert-tribes
"Black Hills a blank spot on map of Imperial County" (KCET, 3/13/12)
"The Black Hills are at the leeward end of a long valley, which
channels prevailing winds between the Orocopia and Chocolate Mountains
to the south and the Chuckwallas and Little Chuckwallas to the north.
And since the majority of that valley is run by the Bureau of Land
Management, there are wind proposals .... A confusing trail of
shifting projects proposed by corporations that change their names,
buy each other and go under dot the valley."
www.kcet.org/updaily/the_back_forty/commentary/black-hills-a-blank-spot-on-the-map-of-imperial-county.html
"Renewable energy benefits are numerous" (Imperial Valley Press, 3/15/12)
Panel presentations at the fifth annual Imperial Valley Renewable
Energy Summit & Expo included "how to navigate through government
policy and the economic impacts of renewable energy projects." On one
panel, Thomas Zale, associate field manager of BLM's El Centro Field
Office, "discussed guidelines for developers, such as consulting with
Native Americans and have biological and archaeological surveys done
early."
www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-news-renewable-energy-benefits-are-numerous-20120315,0,3802243.story
RELATED: "Protest calls for rooftop solar development" (Imperial
Valley Press, 3/15/12)
As attendees drove to the fifth annual Imperial Valley Renewable
Energy Summit on Wednesday morning, a group of about 25 residents
stood next to the main road to the venue, holding signs that called
for a stop to wind energy projects in Ocotillo, and for solar projects
to be 'on rooftops, not in our yard'."
www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-protest-calls-for-rooftop-solar-development-20120315,0,6757136.story
RELATED: "Renewable Energy Summit begins" (Imperial Valley Press, 3/13/12)
Imperial Valley Renewable Energy Summit & Expo was "expected to have
more than 450 businesses present," with "workshops, mixers and panels
of industry experts .... 'The expo is very important,' said Tim
Kelley, Imperial Valley Economic Development Corp. chief executive
officer. Business owners coming to the event want to meet the
community and the expo 'is a great opportunity for them,' he said.
www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-renewable-energy-summit-begins-20120313,0,6589379.story
"Solar Energy: Federal loan guarantee program faces scrutiny"
(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 3/13/12)
"In a lengthy and sometimes testy Senate hearing on Capitol Hill, one
legislator said the program has been mismanaged, and another said the
federal government should not be in the energy investment business
.... Proponents of the loan program say it is creating thousands of
jobs in a burgeoning industry that will reduce the nation's dependence
on foreign oil."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,caeg,lzsp,283f,37zd
"Solar installations doubled last year, with California leading the
way" (San Jose Mercury News, 3/14/12)
"Installation figures for photovoltaic, or PV, solar panels, which
convert sunlight directly into electricity, include those on homes and
businesses as well as much larger, utility-scale power plants ....
California continued to lead the nation ... accounting for 29 percent
of all installations in the country." Next came New Jersey, Arizona
and New Mexico.
www.siliconvalley.com/green-energy/ci_20169605/solar-installations-doubled-last-year
"Supervisors give green light to solar farm, join fight against gov't
over land closures" (Lake Havasu, AZ News-Herald, 3/12/12)
At a Mohave County, AZ. Board of Supervisors meeting, Sterling Solar
requested "a language change" to the 2010 zoning approval for its
proposed solar farm, from "E-SE, or Energy-Stirling Engines, to E-PV,
or Energy Photovoltaic, because the Stirling Engine technology is no
longer available." The company manager "said the Stirling Engines are
larger in size and more visually obtrusive than the low-profile
photovoltaic panels. Furthermore, the panels would face south and
eliminate glare" for nearby residents.
www.havasunews.com/articles/2012/03/13/news/doc4f5edcc542181241501359.txt
"Kennedy calls for shift from 'fuel from hell' to 'patriotic fuels from heaven'"
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaking at a "Forging a Sustainable Future"
conference at San Diego State University, said that coal companies
have cut down mountains, buried miles of rivers and streams and
poisoned more, while "nine out of 10 coal mining jobs have been
replaced by ... enormous machines." He pointed to " countries that
have led the way in switching from fossil fuels such as coal and oil
to non-fossil fuels such as geothermal, wind, or solar."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,c6mm,9v3d,283f,37zd
TRADITIONAL ENERGY
"BLM oil and gas lease auction brings in more than $300 thousand" (BLM
California, 3/16/12)
Two oil and gas lease parcels located in Kern County were auctioned
for a total of $340,359.00, including administrative fees, by the
Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday. The oil and gas industry is
encouraged to submit an "expression of interest" for federal land
parcels in California that have potential for development. An
"expression of interest" is a letter or a form listing the legal
description of lands an individual or company is interested in seeing
offered for lease. Expressions of interest for the lease auction
planned for March 2013 should be sent to the BLM
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,k21x,59rg,283f,37zd
"Results of BLM's March competitive oil and gas lease sale;
Preliminary parcel list available for June sale" (BLM Nevada, 3/14/12)
The BLM (Nevada) generated $1,788,595 at its quarterly oil and gas
competitive lease sale in Reno on March 13, selling 42 parcels that
comprised 72,144.09 acres. Half of the bid and rental receipts go to
the state of Nevada. The BLM Nevada also posted the preliminary parcel
list for the June 12 competitive oil and gas lease sale. Fifty-nine
parcels totaling nearly 99,089 acres are listed for sale.
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/nevada_state_office0.html
WILDFIRES AND PREVENTION
"Life after wildfire: Studying how plants bounce back" (KQED San
Francisco, 3/11/12)
Since the Lick Fire of September 2007 in Santa Clara County, "citizen
scientists who volunteer for the park have been paying close attention
to see how the burned land bounces back." They have "pored over
satellite imagery to document the impact of the fire on various plant
communities in Henry Coe Park." and "found something interesting:
plant life bouncing back after a fire, 'tops off' at the same point as
before the fire."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,dcxk,57cw,283f,37zd
HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS
"First-hand look at issues facing BLM Mother Lode Field Office"
(News.bytes Extra)
California BLM Director Jim Kenna saw land management challenges in
the Sierra foothills -- from rare plants to recreation -- on a tour of
the Mother Lode Field Office last week. The tour included rare plants
and fire fuels at the Pine Hill Preserve in Cameron Park, the
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony project near Coloma, and recreation
sites along the South Fork of the American River.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/522xtra_jim_kenna_motherlode_fo.html
RELATED: "New state director of BLM tours county" (Placerville
Mountain Democrat, 3/11/12)
Kenna said "those three sites were selected because the preserve
demonstrated the value of interagency cooperation between the BLM and
other agencies, Wakamatsu because of its historical relevancy, and the
American River site because it is one of the most popular recreation
areas they manage."
www.mtdemocrat.com/?p=155042
"Keith Urban Video Shoot at Silurian Dry Lake" (News.bytes Extra)
The music video for Keith Urban's song, "For You" was shot on Silurian
Dry Lake, managed by the BLM's Barstow Field Office. The song and
video were for "Act of Valor," an action movie starring U.S. Navy
SEALs. The setting on the dry lake bed mirrored scenes from the movie
itself -- especially once technicians started setting off explosions
behind the band....
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/522xtra_keith_urban_video_shoot.html
"Dogs may be allowed on popular Hopalong Cassidy Trail stretch - on a
leash" (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 3/14/12)
"About 50 hikers -- with dogs of all breeds and sizes" gathered "for a
sometimes contentious 90-minute meeting" with Jim Foote, Santa Rosa
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument manager for the Bureau of
Land Management. "The good news, Foote said, is that he has already
proposed that the BLM allow leashed dogs on a portion of the Hopalong
Cassidy Trail that allows access to the cross. The bad news: Leash
laws aren't likely to ever be relaxed in any portion of the
280,000-acre Monument, in protection not only of the bighorn sheep but
other hikers, Foote said."
www.mydesert.com/article/20120315/NEWS05/203150305/Mixed-day-Fido-nbsp-trail
RELATED: "Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument" (BLM
Palm Springs-South Coast Field OFfice)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/santarosa.html
"Sheep on it: Springtime brings 2,500 woolly weedwhackers to the Fort
Ord grasslands" (Monterey County Weekly, 3/15/12)
"An ivory-colored wave advances over a grassy hill. The sound of 950
sheep bleating fills this otherwise desolate landscape as ewes and
their lambs ... try to find one another by smell and sound. The band
is part of a 2,500-head herd that annually descends on Bureau of Land
Management grassland, where their efficient munching helps reduce
wildfire risk and encourage native plant regeneration. 'Our hired
hooves go out to keep the fuel load down for fire protection,' says
Eric Morgan, BLM's Fort Ord manager. The sheep don't cost the BLM
anything, he adds; it's more of a trade."
www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/mar/15/sheep-it/
RELATED: "Fort Ord Public Lands Area of Critical Environmental
Concern" (BLM Hollister Field Office)
www.blm.gov/pgdata/content/ca/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html
"China warns of backlash if U.S. presses rare-earths case with WTO"
(Los Angeles Times, 3/13/12)
"China fired back at the Obama administration over plans to press
Beijing over its global dominance of rare earths. The only operating
commercial rare earths mine in the U.S. is Molycorp Inc.'s facility in
Mountain Pass, Calif." on BLM-managed lands.
www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-china-rare-earths-20120313,0,54.story
RELATED: "EU, U.S., Japan launch rare earth WTO case against China"
(Reuters at Imperial Valley Press, 3/13/12)
The United States, Europe and Japan joined forces on Tuesday against
China's restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals that are
critical to production of advanced technology and clean energy goods
expected to provide the jobs of the future. "We want our companies
building those products right here in America. But to do that,
American manufacturers need to have access to rare earth materials
which China supplies," President Barack Obama said at the White House.
www.ivpressonline.com/news/sns-rt-us-china-trade-eubre82c0ju-20120313,0,566798.story
"Racing accident spawns lawsuits" (San Diego Union-Tribune, 3/11/12)
"The Mojave Desert off-road racing accident that killed eight
spectators ... and injured a dozen more nearly 19 months ago in San
Bernardino County has spawned no fewer than 13 lawsuits against the
U.S. government, the race organizers and the driver .... The survivors
of almost all of those who died are suing," as is the mother of the
driver "who like the rest blames the federal Bureau of Land Management
for failing to enforce rules that would have kept the spectators at a
safe distance." The race organizer has "at the most, $2 million in
insurance coverage .... so it will be the federal government that will
likely be at the heart of the litigation."
www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/10/-road-racing-accident-spawns-lawsuits/
JOBS
"Current job openings - BLM California" (USAJOBS website)
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,8qwy,1ci0,283f,37zd
NATIONAL AND DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR ITEMS
"Interior official defends oil program amid federal lands production
dip" (The Hill, 3/14/12)
"A top Interior Department official is rebutting GOP allegations that
the agency is throttling oil-and-gas development, calling the recent
dip in oil production from federal lands the result of industry
decisions, not a lack of permits or leases. 'Where the industry
decides to produce or where they decide to develop is up to them,'
Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey told a Senate
Appropriations subcommittee. 'It's a decision ... that is being driven
by the market'."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,j4js,jdyz,283f,37zd
"Peer review of scientific findings in Draft Klamath Overview report
now available" (Department of the Interior, 3/13/12)
The Department of the Interior released the results from an
independent peer review panel that evaluated the accuracy, clarity,
thoroughness, and objectivity of the scientific findings in the draft
Klamath Overview Report. The panel's detailed findings and
recommendations will help inform the rigorous and transparent
scientific process concerning the potential removal of four privately
owned dams on the Klamath River.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,ilm2,eb8l,283f,37zd
"Interior report outlines path forward for consolidating OSM and BLM
administrative functions to achieve greater efficiencies" (BLM
National Office, 3/13/12)
The Department of the Interior announced that the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will pursue administrative and
program consolidations with the Bureau of Land Management that are
expected to generate savings and efficiencies, while continuing to
operate as an independent bureau within Interior. The path forward is
the result of a months-long consolidation initiative to identify how
Interior can most efficiently and cost-effectively deliver services to
the American people.
www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/NR_03_12_2012.html
BLM Arizona:
"Urban youths embrace nature thanks to wilderness jobs" (Prescott, AZ
Daily Courier, 3/7/12)
"Arizona's urban youth are experiencing the wilderness while helping
take care of it, thanks to a new federal program. The U.S. Bureau of
Land Management in Arizona is leading the nation in a pilot program
that trains and hires youths aged 18-24. It's called the Conservation
and Resource Management Field Certification Program. The youngsters
build and repair trails and campgrounds, and even learn how to fight
wildfires."
www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubsectionID=102&ArticleID=104109
"BLM sponsoring tour of Arizona archaeology sites" (St. George, Utah
News, 3/9/12)
On Saturday, March 17, the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Bureau
of Land Management, "will sponsor a history day and field trip to
archaeological sites as part of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage
Awareness Month."
www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2012/03/09/blm-sponsoring-tour-of-arizona-archaeology-sites/
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
March 20 - Lecture series:"Headwaters: The Road to Recovery"
Members of the BLM's natural resources staff will discuss redwood
ecology and ongoing restoration efforts in the 7,472-acre reserve near
Eureka. BLM Park Ranger Julie Clark will present information on life
in the timber town of Falk, remnants of which remain.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/NC1238_headwaters_lectures.html
March 24 - Volunteer opportunity - Steele Peak, Stephen's Kangaroo Rat
Reserve cleanup - near Perris
Illegal dumping and misuse of the area has resulted in an accumulation
of garbage including household refuse, broken target boards, spent
shotgun shells, and other items littering the ground. Using a variety
of hand tools such as rakes and garbage pickers, volunteers will
assist BLM staff in performing a general cleanup of the area. Please
RSVP. Details:
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/palmspringsvolunteer/steelpeakcleanup.html
April 14 - Alabama Hills Day - Lone Pine
"The purpose of this new annual event is to celebrate this incredibly
scenic landscape and educate the public about the wide variety of
groups that use and enjoy the Alabamas," said Chris Langley,
stewardship group chair. "Bring your family and friends to show your
support for the Alabama Hills and enjoy a unique learning experience."
Free.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/CC1239_alabamahillsday.html
RELATED: "The Alabama Hills" (BLM Bishop Field Office)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bishop/scenic_byways/alabamas.html
WILDLIFE TRIVIA answer and related websites
(b.) …trying to steal their food.
SOURCE: "Giant Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys ingens" (BLM California
wildlife database)
www.blm.gov/ca/forms/wildlife/details.php?metode=serial_number&search=2603
More wildlife news from your public lands (and elsewhere:
"Grazing a new trail" (Quest at KDEQ San Francisco, 3/13/12)
Researchers at Cal State Bakersfield and the BLM "have just published
a paper in the Journal of Wildlife Management recommending a novel
approach to managing arid lands in the San Joaquin Valley to benefit
the remarkable diversity of endangered lizards, kangaroo rats, and
squirrels who call it home .... Livestock grazing has a bad rap in the
conservation community as a practice which has caused great damage to
large swaths of western North America, which is often true. However,
these scientists suggest that well-managed livestock grazing can
actually benefit small vertebrates by keeping non-native grasses under
control."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,f67b,koah,283f,37zd
"Bald eagle chick surprises experts" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 3/8/12)
"Biologists leading a third-grade field trip were surprised to spot a
newly hatched bald eagle in a nest at Big Bear Lake -- the first
recorded chick in the San Bernardino Mountains .... The successful
nesting of two eagles nicknamed Lucy and Ricky is a victory for a
species whose populations were decimated in the 1970s by pesticides,
hunting and habitat loss."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,cmvs,au9r,283f,37zd
"Reintroduced condors set breeding record" (Payson, AZ Roundup, 3/13/12)
"It's been a good year for Arizona's condors .... The 73 condors
riding updrafts above the Grand Canyon and the Vermillion Cliffs
produced three chicks this year -- a record for the expensive and
complex effort. Two of the chicks successfully fledged and have now
joined the mostly captive-bred adults, the largest flying birds in the
world nearly exterminated by eggshell-thinning pesticides and other
problems .... The 15-year effort to return condors to the wild also
involves the Bureau of Land Management" and other agencies and
partners.
www.paysonroundup.com/news/2012/mar/13/reintroduced-condors-set-breeding-record/
"Greater sage-grouse maps available for public comment" (BLM Nevada. 3/9/12)
The Nevada Department of Wildlife, the Bureau of Land Management, and
the United States Forest Service have completed a set of sage-grouse
habitat maps which will be used as planning tools for the management
of greater sage-grouse and its habitat in Nevada. The map incorporates
the best available data (lek observations, telemetry locations, survey
and inventory reports, vegetation cover, soils information, and aerial
photography) into a statewide prioritization of greater sage-grouse
habitat.
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/march/nevada_state_office.html
RELATED: "Sage-grouse and sagebrush conservation" (BLM Nevada)
The BLM's Greater Sage-grouse conservation website is part of the
agency's efforts to maintain and restore sagebrush landscapes on
public lands. This site is intended to make it easy to find out about
how the BLM is doing its work.
www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse.html
"America's Great Outdoors: Salazar announces more than $4.2 million in
conservation grants to Native American tribes" (Department of the
Interior, 3/16/12)
"Native American tribes have a deep and abiding knowledge of the land
and its wildlife handed down from generation to generation," said
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. "Through these grants, we are
building on our long-standing partnership with tribal nations to
manage our wildlife and its habitat more effectively across the
country."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,4tf5,foza,283f,37zd
"Interior seeks ideas to further strengthen incentives and voluntary
partnerships for landowner conservation of wildlife" (Department of
the Interior, 3/14/12)
The effort is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's commitment
to use innovative approaches to restore and protect the habitats for
wildlife, improve implementation of the Endangered Species Act, and to
strengthen local economies by preserving working lands. "Farmers,
ranchers, and forest landowners are among our nation's greatest
champions for conservation," said Deputy Secretary of the Interior
David J. Hayes.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,xz6h,3xn3,5vcr,6bxu,283f,37zd
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