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THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- Heritage, History, and Archaeology
- Sage Grouse
- Wild Horse and Burro Program
- Upcoming Events
- Wildlife Trivia Question of the Week
- America's Great Outdoors
- BLM Social Media Pages
- Headlines and Highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in California
- National and Department of the Interior items
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HERITAGE, HISTORY, and ARCHAEOLOGY
 Veteran's
Day a Special Time at Fort Ord National Monument
(News.bytes Extra)
When the president designated the Fort Ord National Monument, memories were rekindled in those who spent time at the military base that once occupied this site. People started calling the National Monument office with stories of their time on the military
installation...
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2013/599_extra_-veteran.html
 The Piedras Blancas Replica
Water and Communication Tower
(News.bytes Extra)
The recently constructed replica water tower, located at Piedras Blancas Light Station, will carry on the tradition of Point Piedras Blancas as a place of safety communications.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2013/599_extra_-the_piedras.html
 Halloween at the Headwaters Education Center- Ghosts from the
Historic Town of Falk
(News.bytes Extra)
Halloween was celebrated at the Headwaters Education Center with resident ghosts from the once thriving logging town of Falk. In the spirit of Halloween, Headwaters Forest Reserve Park Ranger, Julie Clark, portrayed the ghost of Maggie, the Falk camp
cook.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2013/599_extra_-halloween.html
 Teenage Paleontologists Present
Barstow Rock Formation Research at the AEG National Science Fair
(News.bytes Extra)
Hannah and Zachary Larsen, 11th graders from Riverside, California, were invited to participate in the first annual American Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists science fair. The twins presented habitat and climatic data from
Miocene-era flora and fauna from the Barstow Formation, earning them second prize and a $100 gift certificate.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2013/599_extra_-teenage.html
 New Tyrannosaur Discovered in Southern Utah
(MSN News, 11/07/13)
The fossils were found by a seasonal paleontologist technician for the BLM who climbed up two cliffs and stopped at the base of a third in the national monument.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/9gld
RELATED: Spotlight on Partners: Society for California Archaeology
(Archived News.bytes Extra)
For more than a decade, the BLM in California has maintained a partnership with the Society for California Archaeology...
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/partners/society_ca_archaeology.print.html
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SAGE GROUSE
 BLM Interns Study Sage Grouse Behavior and Habitat
Preferences
(News.bytes Extra)
As part of their Conservation and Land Management internship, two recent college graduates with the BLM Bishop Field Office have been following the elusive sage-grouse. They hope to learn where the birds breed, nest and rear their broods.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2013/599_extra_-blm_interns.html
BLM Issues Proposed Plans to Protect Sage Grouse
(Sacramento Bee, 11/01/13)
BLM released draft management proposals Friday for protecting sage grouse in Nevada and a sliver of northeast California...
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/01/5872872/blm-issues-proposed-plans-to-protect.html
Feds Release New Proposals for Sage Grouse
(San Francisco Chronicle, 11/01/13)
The proposals cover about 9.3 million acres of BLM land and 1.9 million acres of U.S. Forest Service land. The public has 90 days to...
http://www.ca.blm.gov/qgld
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WILD HORSE and BURRO PROGRAM
Sacramento County Inmates Will Help Break In Wild Horses
(CBS Sacramento, 11/6/13)
Inmates at Sacramento's Rio Cosumnes Corrections Center will be learning how to break in wild horses in a first of its kind program.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/8gld
 "American Mustang" shows ex-Coloradan's passion for wild
horses
(Denver Post, 11/05/13)
"American Mustang" isn't the first vehicle to shine a light on a battle that has raged for decades: that involving the BLM, cattle ranchers and wild horse activists who are at odds in regarding land-use rights.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/1gld
RELATED: BLM California Wild Horse and Burro Program
(BLM Website)
BLM California manages wild horses and burros in accordance with the Wild Free Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971...
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html
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SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
BLM Waives Recreation Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day
(BLM News Release)
The BLM will waive recreation-related fees for veterans and military personnel, along with their families, on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/6gld
RELATED: BLM California Recreation Events (BLM Website)
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/recreation.html
This Fall: More Prescribed Burns Planned in Northern California
(BLM News Releases) The BLM Redding and Eagle Lake Field Offices have a number of prescribed burns planned for this fall...
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom.html
Nov 23: Ridgecrest Corrals Fall Colors Wild Horse and Burro Adoption
(BLM Facebook)
Up to 40 wild horses and burrows wil be available for adoption.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/vgld
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WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION of the WEEK
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Which bird can be found at the Cosumnes River Preserve, is a spectacular dancer, preens their feathers with mud, and lives to be 20 to 30 years-old?
(a) Green heron
(b) Greater-white fronted goose
(c) Sandhill Crane
(d) Double-crested cormorant
(e) American flamingo
See answer - and more wildlife stories - near the end of this News.bytes.
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AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS
 Interior Secretary to Tour Stornetta
Public Lands
(The Press Demoncrat, 11/06/13)
Jewell will be joined by acting Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze in what advocates hope will prove a tipping point in their bid to expand the California Coastal National Monument so it includes the Stornetta Public Lands near Point Arena.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20131106/articles/131109695
RELATED: BLM Stornetta Public Lands
(BLM Website)
The 1,132 acre Stornetta Public Lands are located along the Mendocino County coastline just north of the town of Point Arena. They include over 2 miles of coastline, the estuary of the Garcia River and border the historic Point Arena Lighthouse.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ukiah/stornetta.html
Secretary Jewell Applauds President's Intent to Nominate Neil Kornze as Director of the Bureau of Land Management
(DOI Press Release.)
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today praised President Obama's intent to nominate Neil G. Kornze as Director of the BLM...
http://www.ca.blm.gov/chld
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Lays Out Conservation Strategy
(Washington Post, 10/31/13)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell called Thursday for a long-term conservation strategy that balances economic development with on-the-ground mitigation and protection of natural resources...
http://www.ca.blm.gov/bhld
RELATED: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell speaks at National Press Club (YouTube, 10/31/13)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBXK4n80sBs&feature=share
 2013
Outdoor Youth Summit Multicultural Experiences in America's Great Outdoors
(News.bytes Extra)
On October 30th, the BLM and US Forest Service hosted the 2nd Annual Outdoor Summit for Youth.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2013/599_extra_-2013_outdoor.html
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On BLM Social Media Pages....
BLM California Honors Their Veterans in a Facebook Photo Album
http://www.ca.blm.gov/dhld
BLM National Facebook: Things to do at state parks near the Old Spanish Trail; camp, boat, fish, hike, and start each morning with a little air yoga. #ostadventure
http://www.ca.blm.gov/ygld
BLM My Public Lands Tumblr: The 2013 California Outdoor Youth Summit on Tumblr, includes links and hashtags to the photos, videos and posts from BLM Instagram and Twitter.
http://on.doi.gov/cayouth
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HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS
 Solar Project Will Cause Unavoidable Damage to
Wildlife
(KCET, 11/05/13)
The proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System will cause damage to wild bird populations that cannot be mitigated, and poses significant risk to fringe-toed lizards and desert kit foxes as well. That's the gist of testimony provided by state and
federal staff, scientists, and environmental activists at a state agency hearing.
http://www.ca.blm.gov/zgld
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NATIONAL, OTHER STATE AND DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR ITEMS
 This Week at Interior November 1, 2013
(DOI YouTube)
This week: Secretary Jewell makes a major address at the National Press Club, and calls it our moral obligation as a people that we act now to conserve and protect our national treasures for future generations.
http://youtu.be/16ynDvPTg0k
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