Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
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ISSUE 717 - March 24, 2016 |
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- Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
- Get Involved
- Headlines and Highlights
- BLM and DOI Highlights
- Wildlife Question of the Week
- Upcoming Events
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BERRYESSA SNOW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT |
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Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, BLM Director
Neil Kornze and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell joined with hundreds of community members and local leaders on March 19 to dedicate the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. The Monument, which is jointly managed by the BLM Ukiah Field Office and the Mendocino National Forest, was designated by President Obama on July 10, 2015, to protect nearly 331,000 acres of public lands in northern California. (News.Bytes Story)
Related: Secretary Jewell Joins Community to Dedicate Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (DOI Press Release)
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The Davis Enterprise, March 22, 2016
More than 900 people joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell for a community dedication ceremony Saturday for the recently designated Berryessa Snow Mountain National
Monument in California. Read full story
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The Daily Democrat, March 21, 2016
A new national monument made up of more than 330,000 acres of public lands has been dedicated in Northern California. On Saturday, more than 900 people joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell for a community
dedication ceremony for the recent designation of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in California. The national monument designation efforts were spearheaded by conservation non-profit, Tuleyome based in Woodland. Read full story
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Napa Valley Register, March 21, 2016
Over 900 people joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell Saturday for a dedication ceremony for the recent designation of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in California. The monument covers 350,000 acres of public lands, including 62,000 acres in eastern Napa County.
It stretches from the Snow Mountain Wilderness Area in the Mendocino National Forest 100 miles south to the mountains separating Solano and Napa counties. No private land is included. Read full story
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Interior secretary dedicates new monument in California
KCRA, March 19, 2016
A new national monument made up of more than 330,000 acres of public lands has been dedicated in Northern California. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell joined federal and
state officials near the town of Williams on Saturday to mark the creation of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. Williams is about 50 miles north of Sacramento. President Barack Obama designated the area a national monument in July. Read full story
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Lake County News, March 19, 2016
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on Saturday joined with hundreds of community members and local leaders to dedicate the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which was designated by President Barack Obama on July 10, 2015, to protect
nearly 331,000 acres of public lands in Northern California. Read full story
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Official Quiet Warrior Racing Blog, March 19, 2016
A popular BLM equestrian campground was the site for the official dedication
ceremony for the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell was joined by Members of Congress, local elected officials, state dignitaries, Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, BLM National Director Neil Kornze, other FS/BLM officials, and diverse user groups
including OHV recreationists. Read full story
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Interior secretary dedicates new Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
KXTV, March
20, 2016
A new national monument made up of more than 330,000 acres of public lands has been dedicated in Northern California. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell joined federal and state officials near the town of Williams on Saturday to mark the creation of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National
Monument. Williams is about 50 miles north of Sacramento. The monument extends from Berryessa Peak and other areas in Napa, Yolo, and Solano counties through Lake, Colusa, and Glenn counties to the eastern boundary of the Yuki Wilderness in Mendocino County. It is home to threatened and
endangered plant and wildlife species including northern spotted owls. Read full story
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GET INVOLVED |
BLM Invites Public Participation in Developing Juniper Treatment Plans
The BLM is inviting public comment as it begins developing plans to reduce stands of Western juniper trees that are expanding
into sage-steppe ecosystems on public lands west of Alturas. The BLM's Applegate Field Office is analyzing proposed projects in the Applegate Sage Steppe Habitat Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (EA) focusing on about 347,000 acres. The EA will analyze projects including prescribed fire, tree cutting and biological methods to control expanding juniper stands. (BLM Press Release)
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BLM Seeks Nominations for Northern California District Resource Advisory Council
The BLM is seeking public nominations for open positions on 34 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), including the Northern California District RAC, which advise the BLM on public
land issues. As published in a March 18 notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will accept nominations until May 2. (BLM Press Release)
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BLM Seeks Nominations to Advisory Councils Including Central California and Carrizo Plain
The BLM is seeking public nominations for open positions on 34 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), including the Central California RAC, which advise the BLM on public land issues.
Nominations also are being taken for the BLM's Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee. As published in a March 18 notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will accept nominations until May 2. The Central California RAC advises BLM officials for the Hollister, Mother Lode, Bakersfield,
Ukiah and Bishop field offices. The Carrizo MAC advises officials for Carrizo Plain National Monument. (BLM Press Release)
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April 28, May 5 and May 12: Public Invited to Provide Input for Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle Area Management Plan
The BLM Barstow Field Office, announced public meetings to allow public input in
the development of the Rasor Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Management Plan. The goal of public input is to assess a variety of issues and
proposed solutions. Comments and concerns regarding land use, off-highway vehicle area access, visitor services, off-highway vehicle recreational opportunities, facilities, resource values, and monitoring are welcomed. (BLM Press Release)
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USAJOBS Vacancies
USAJOBS.gov is a free web-based job board enabling federal job seekers access to thousands of job opportunities across hundreds of federal agencies and organizations. As the Federal Government's
official source for federal job listings, job applications, and employment opportunity information, USAJOBS.gov provides a variety of opportunities including open postilions within BLM California. (USAJOBS Search)
Related: USAJOBS Fact Sheet
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Campground Host Positions
The BLM Redding Field Office is accepting applications for campground host positions. Hosts will be needed at Douglas
City, Junction City, Steel Bridge, and Shasta campgrounds. (BLM website) |
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Campground Host Positions
Volunteer Campground Host(s) needed in Coon Hollow Campground in the Mule Mountain Long Term Visitor Area
from October 15 to April 15. Volunteers assist the BLM in performing visitor contacts, minor campground maintenance, restocking restrooms, recording permits, visitor counts and reporting incidents or including illegal activities. (Volunteer.gov website)
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On Friday, March 4 the BLM Bakersfield Field Office met with nearly 40 members of the public, recreation users, and industry stakeholders at a public meeting to get input on management of the
recently designated Temblor Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA). The SRMA is an area of approximately 25,000 acres of public lands in the Temblor Mountains east of the communities of Taft, Fellows, and Maricopa and west Carrizo Plain National Monument. (News.Bytes Story)
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HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS |
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Congratulations to Jerome “Jerry” Perez who took his oath today as the new BLM California State Director. The instillation was officiated by BLM
Director, Neil Kornze. Thanks to the many partner agencies and organizations that came to support Jerry! (BLM California Facebook)
Related: BLM California Welcomes New State Director Jerry Perez (BLM Press Release)
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E&E Greenwire, March 23, 2016
Steve Ellis acts as a shepherd to the Bureau of Land Management's flock. The agency's deputy director and highest career official keeps BLM's scattered 10,000 employees in sync with its
policymaking headquarters. He picks BLM's state-level directors and recruits career leaders to Washington, D.C. Ellis also monitors employee morale through incidents such as the 40-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, where some BLM employees became collateral
targets in an intensified debate over federal land ownership. Read full story
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Rich Burns, manager of the Bureau of Land Management
Ukiah Field Office, is this year’s winner of the Jeff Jarvis Conservation Leadership Award. The Award is sponsored
by the Conservation Lands Alliance, a coalition of more than 80 non-profit organizations that support a strong and growing National Landscape Conservation System. The award is given to a BLM employee who has shown outstanding innovation or accomplishment on behalf of National Conservation Lands. The
BLM Ukiah Field Office has had several areas included in the National Landscape Conservation System in recent years. (BLM California Facebook)
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Responsible for the surveys of and mapping of federal lands within California, cadastral surveying remains the oldest BLM program. It is the process of defining
land ownership descriptions for title transfer by establishing and monumenting on the ground their record locations. A legal requirement since 1785, these surveys form the framework for all land title (public and private) for the United States. In honor of National Surveyors Week check out
these photos from BLM California employees in the field. (News.Bytes Story)
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World Water
Day
The North Fork of the American River is noted for its beautiful scenery, remote recreation, outstanding water quality and historic
gold mining values. Hiking, fishing and boating are just a few of the popular activities for this area. The upper 26 miles of this 38-mile Wild and Scenic River are managed by the U.S. Forest
Service- Tahoe National Forest, while the BLM manages the lower third. (BLM California
Facebook)
Related: World Water Day - Combatting Drought Across America (DOI Blog)
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The Tribune, March 24, 2016
Piles of young seals lie around on the beach in March. They are the weaned pups, weaners, preparing for their first migration. Elephant seal pups are unable to swim when they are
born. As newborns, they are in danger of drowning if a high tide engulfs them. This year, rough surf and high tides arrived late, after the pups had gained some weight and maturity. They weren’t at risk of drowning, as they would have been earlier in the season. Read full story
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The Tribune, March 23, 2016
They’re all over social media: jaw-droppingly dramatic videos and photographs of marine wildlife and scenery, images captured by cameras mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. Some people whose equipment recorded those images, especially when the drones got too close to
marine mammals, may have been breaking the law. Many marine mammals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which includes admonitions about harassment of the animals. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary includes four separate zones in which overflights by motorized
aircraft aren’t allowed below 1,000 feet above the sea’s surface. Read full story
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The Annual Keysville Classic Mountain Bike Race was held March 19 and 20 at the
Keysville Special Recreation Management Area. The race has been held for 28 consecutive years and the tradition is still going strong. Several hundred participants and spectators came from all over the country to race and camp out on public lands. (News.Bytes Story)
Related: Keysville Special Recreation Management Area (BLM
website)
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BLM AND DOI HIGHLIGHTS |
Interior Department Takes Next Step in Comprehensive Review of Federal Coal Program
The U.S. Department of the Interior today launched the next step in the comprehensive review of the federal coal program to identify and evaluate potential reforms to ensure the
program is properly structured to provide a fair return to taxpayers and reflect its impacts on the environment, while continuing to help meet the nation’s energy needs. (DOI Press
Release)
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BLM Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions, Wasted Gas on Public, Tribal Lands
In response to requests from the public, the BLM) has extended the public comment period until April 22, 2016, for the
recently proposed Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, which would update 30-year-old regulations to reduce the wasteful release of natural gas into the atmosphere from oil and gas operations on public and American Indian lands. (BLM Press Release) |
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In honor of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Department of the Interior is celebrating pioneering women in conservation like Rachel Carson — a former U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service employee — whose work as an educator, scientist and writer mobilized America’s modern environmental movement. Today, trailblazing women at Interior are still making a difference. Learn about five amazing leaders in law, science and public engagement. (DOI Blog)
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Northwest Public Radio, March 22, 2016
U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Burns Monday to meet with community members in Harney County. Secretary Jewell stressed the importance of community collaboration to counter extremism. Jewell met with Harney County officials, and cited the community’s
work on Sage Grouse habitat and other environmental efforts as a model for the rest of the country. Jewell said Ammon Bundy and others picked “the wrong county” to try and build support for an anti-federal government movement. But Jewell does acknowledge support for the
Bundy’s politics have increased, in part because the federal government hasn’t been countering it. Read full story
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The Oregonian, March 21, 2016
Sally Jewell, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, speaks at a news conference in the Harney County Courthouse in Burns on Monday, March 21, 2016. Jewell and Mike Connor, the Department’s Deputy Director, met with local government officials, federal employees and tribal
members for briefings on the impact of the wildlife refuge occupation. Read full story
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Interior Department Releases Report Underscoring Impacts of Climate Change on Western Water Resources
Putting the national spotlight on the importance of water sustainability, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation released a basin-by-basin report that
characterizes the impacts of climate change and details adaptation strategies to better protect major river basins in the West that are fundamental to the health, economy, security and ecology of 17 Western states. (DOI Press Release)
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WILDLIFE QUESTION OF THE WEEK |
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Which of the following are correct about Tule Elk?
a) Tule Elk are the largest elk in North America.
b) Unlike other elk, Tule Elk are specialized at living in open country.
c) Early capture methods for reintroduction were using horses and ropes "rodeo style".
d) Reintroduced into the Cache Creek Area in the early 1900's (between 1914 and 1934).
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
Representatives from the BLM and the U.S. Marine Corps will host a Resource Management Group meeting on April 2, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Lucerne Valley Community Center, 33187 Highway 247 East, Lucerne Valley, Calif. The purpose of the meeting is to communicate the Marine Corps’ plans to conduct
a large-scale exercise August 1-31, 2016 that will include training in the congressionally established shared use area of the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation
Area. (BLM News Release)
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Attention Nevada County residents: In an effort to reduce illegal dumping, Waste Management, County of Nevada, CA and the Bureau of Land Management are hosting a tire amnesty event
on April 18 – 22 from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm. (BLM California Facebook)
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May 18: Historic Route 66 Association to Host Economic Summit
The BLM California Desert District, in partnership with the California Historic Route 66 Association, will sponsor a Route 66 Economic Development Symposium on May 18, 2016 in
Barstow. Experts from the tourism industry also will provide insight on how California communities can develop dynamic tourism portfolios to attract national and international visitors. Discussions also will recommend strategies how to promote Route 66 attractions, including museums, historic
buildings and other community attractions to enhance economic tourism development opportunities. (BLM Press Release)
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WILDLIFE QUESTION OF THE WEEK ANSWER |
Which of the following are correct about Tule Elk?
The correct answer is b, c and d.
Tule Elk are the smallest elk in North America and unlike other elk, are specialized at living in open country. Endemic to California with historical numbers in the hundreds of
thousands, Tule Elk were nearly driven to extinction in the late 1800's. Early capture methods for reintroduction were using horses and ropes "rodeo style". Tule Elk were reintroduced into the Cache Creek Area in the early 1900's (between 1914 and 1934) were they successfully reproduced and
expanded their range into large portions or the newly dedicated Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
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