A publication of Bureau of Land Management in
California
Issue 208 - 11/29/05
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- Desert off-roading busy
season starts
- Headlines and highlights: Energy, monument, fire, BLM California jobs
- Not for educators only:
- Wildlife trivia question of the week: Iguana record
- Special Status plant of the week
- Land use disputes: Gravel mine, dump
- Meet your advisory council members: Dr. Henricus Jansen
- Profile: Diana Milton
- Wild horses and burros
- National and/or Department of the Interior items: Mining claims or sale?
- Selected upcoming events
DESERT OFF-ROADING BUSY SEASON STARTS
"6 dead in holiday
collisions" (Imperial Valley Press, 11/27/05) "Dunes deaths off the
scale" (Yuma
Sun, 11/28/05) "Dunes season maintains
'Zero Tolerance," temporary closures"
(BLM California news release, 11/22/05) "Burned body found
in desert"(Victorville Daily Press, 11/28/05) "Imperial Sand Dunes"
(BLM California website) "Off-Highway Vehicle
Riding" (BLM
Barstow Field Office website) |
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS "Planned Sempra plant may not have buyer for its power" (Reno Gazette-Journal, 11/23/05) "BLM seeks nominations
for Carrizo Plain Advisory Committee" (BLM California news
release, 11/23/05) "SNAPSHOTS; Successful
BLM projects supporting the National Fire Plan"
"Current job openings
- BLM California" (USAJOBS website) |
SPECIAL
STATUS PLANT OF THE WEEK:
Coastal marsh milk-vetch This plant has been found along the north and central coast of California -- but in fewer than 10 places. A perennial herb, it blooms between April and October. http://www.ca.blm.gov/pa/ssp/plants/astragalus_pycnoceph.html |
LAND USE DISPUTES "City loses round in
mine project" (Los Angeles Daily News, 11/26/05) "City faces setback
in mine fight" (Antelope Valley Press, 11/29/05) "Megadump battle moves
to last appeal" (Hi-Desert Star, 11/25/05) |
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NATIONAL AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ITEMS "Pombo-backed efforts
in limbo" (Contra Costa Times, 11/25/05) RELATED: "Accusations of land
grab in budget bill; Malls, homes feared on hundreds of thousands of acres
of public forests and deserts" (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/24/05) RELATED:
"Senate must strip sale of public lands from bill" (San
Bernardino County Sun, 11/27/05) |
WILDLIFE TRIVIA ANSWER What record does the Desert
Iguana hold in North America? TWO ONLINE ARTICLES WITH PHOTOS AND INFORMATION: "Know your lizard"
(Imperial Valley College Desert Museum website) "Dipsosaurus dorsalis,
Desert Iguana" (The University of Texas at Austin website) |
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