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• Take Responsibility Wildfire Awareness
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Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area

A lone rider enjoys a mountain top on Trail 30 at the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area.

If you like riding off-highway vehicles, you will enjoy the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area.  Just 10 miles northwest of Redding, Chappie-Shasta offers 200 miles of roads and trails and 52,000 acres for off-road enthusiasts.  Elevation ranges from 600 to 5000 feet with a wide variety of topography, soil, and vegetation types.  Southeastern portions offer rocky and challenging terrain, while the more remote northwestern portions offer scenic views of Mt. Shasta, Lake Shasta, and the Trinity Alps.

• Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area
• View photos of Chappie-Shasta OHV Area trails
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• Copley Mountain Access at Chappie-Shasta OHV Area Reopens

Riders take a break and enjoy the scenery on Trail 30.

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Welcome to Your Public Lands!

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California Desert District

BLM manages 15.2 million acres of public lands in California - nearly 15% of the state's land area - and 1.6 million acres in northwestern Nevada.  BLM California also administers 47 million acres of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal surface land, 2.5 million acres underlying privately owned land, and 592,000 acres of Native American tribal land where BLM has trust responsibility for mineral operations.

Employee Profile

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Kathryn Hardy

Kathryn Hardy is BLM's manager for the new Central California District. Her first permanent jobs were as an archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service, and she has since managed several different types of programs. Read more... 

Meet your Advisory Council Member

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Sean Rhodes Curtis

Sean Rhodes Curtis is a member of BLM's Northeast California Advisory Council. He is the resource analyst for Modoc County, advising the board of supervisors on natural resource issues.  Read more... 

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