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- New grazing rules
- Interactive photo quiz: "Where is this?"
- Meet your Advisory Council members: Ryan Henson
- Profile: Chuck Schultz
- Land use planning: Coachella; bighorn sheep; shooting range
- Bookstore Feature: "Rockhounding California"
- Imperial Sand Dunes: continuing issues
- Mining: Santa Clarita; national
- Headlines and Highlights, including:
- BLM job opening: Public Affairs Specialist for Central
California
- Guided bald eagle hikes
- BLM co-sponsors national symposium on Baja California
- ...and more
NEW GRAZING RULES "Government issuing
new grazing rules to help livestock owners" (Associated Press
in San Francisco Chronicle, 12/05/2003) |
NOTE: "WILDLIFE TRIVIA OF THE WEEK" and "PHOTO ALBUM" features will return after the holidays.
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![]() Northwest California Advisory Council member Ryan Henson is a conservation associate with the California Wilderness Coalition and represents national and regional environmental interests on the council. Read more at: http://www.ca.blm.gov/news/rac/nwrac/member_profiles/henson.html |
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LAND USE PLANNING: Wildlife, recreation "Group opposes wildlife
program" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 12/9/2003) Related:
"Conservation plan for county raises protest" (Palm Springs
Desert Sun, 12/9/2003) Related:
"Unveiling a vision: economic prosperity with environmental protection"
(Palm Springs Desert Sun, 12/1/2003) "County weighs options
for shooting range" (Redding Record-Searchlight, 12/09/2003) Update:
"County manager prepares for cuts" (Redding Record-Searchlight,
12/10/2003) "Hike permit plan to
guard sheep" (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 12/9/2003) Related:
"Federal Register Notice: Notice of closure; Restrictions on Use
of Public Lands; California" (on BLM California Web site, 12/4/03) |
![]() "Rockhounding California" describes 75 of the state's best rockhounding sites, and covers the popular and commercial sites as well as numerous little-known areas. This handy guide describes how to collect specimens, which includes maps and directions to each site, and lists rockhound clubs around the state. http://store.ca.blm.gov/cgi-bin/webc.exe/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1402 |
IMPERIAL
SAND DUNES "Carter gets big increase
for dunes enforcement" (Imperial Valley Press, 12/06/2003) "Groups crying foul
because of dune closure violations" (Imperial Valley Press, 12/06/2003) "Taming Glamis"
(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 12/04/2003) |
MINING:
Santa Clarita; national
"Air board revises
quarry impact" (Los Angeles Daily News, 12/5/2003) "One creek as a test
of Western land use" (Christian Science Monitor, 12/9/2003) BLM Requests Nominations
for the 2004 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards"
(BLM National Office news release, 12/4/2003) |
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS BLM job open: Public Affairs
Specialist for Central California "BLM announces guided
bald eagle viewing hikes" (BLM California news release, 12/09/2003) BLM co-sponsors national
symposium on Baja California "Security improvements
planned at BLM horse corrals" (BLM California news release, 12/09/2003) "BLM plans prescribed
fire projects in Day Bench area" (BLM California news release,
12/09/2003) |
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