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THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- Veterans Day Nov. 11
- Fort Ord National Monument trail map & guide
- America's Great Outdoors
- Get Outdoors tip of the week
- From our social media pages
- Not for educators only: Wildlife trivia question of the week
- Renewable energy
- Wild horses and burros
- Wildfires and prevention
- BLM Advisory Councils
- Headlines and highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in California
- Selected upcoming events
- National and Department of the Interior items
- More wildlife stories from your public lands (and elsewhere)
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VETERANS DAY NOV. 11
"Veterans Fire Crew" (BLM California)
The BLM trained a 20-person veterans' fire crew for fire suppression
and fuels management. The Folsom Lake Hand Crew was assembled as part
of a two-year trial, and was very successful in its first year ...
starting almost immediately at this summer's Mill Fire, after eight
days of initial training.
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Fort Ord National Monument Trail Map and Guide - Free
To help mark Veterans Day, we are offering this pocket trail map and
guide to Fort Ord National Monument, the former military base being
converted to public use. Free, while supplies last.
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RELATED: "More than 400 help dedicate Fort Ord National Monument"
(News.bytes Extra)
[From News.bytes issue 532.] A number of veterans who saw Fort Ord
during their military service attended the dedication of Fort Ord
National Monument on May 19 of this year --Armed Forces Day.
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RELATED: "Fort Ord National Monument" (BLM Hollister Field Office)
On April 20, 2012, President Obama signed a Proclamation to designate
the Fort Ord National Monument. In his proclamation, the President
stated that, "The protection of the Fort Ord area will maintain its
historical and cultural significance, attract tourists and
recreationalists from near and far, and enhance its unique natural
resources, for the enjoyment of all Americans."
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AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS
"Fort Ord National Monument Celebrates Partners National Make A
Difference Day" (News.bytes Extra)
More than 100 veterans, recreationists, and nature enthusiasts joined
the Bureau of Land Management at the Fort Ord National Monument during
National Make A Difference Day, Oct. 27. Those who attended helped
with service projects, or enjoyed a guided sneak peek tour into future
Monument lands administered by the U.S. Army. The event was co-hosted
by the Army Base Realignment and Closure Office, Monterey Off-Road
Cycling Association, Bicycle Equestrian Trail Assistance team, and
Fort Ord Recreation Trail Friends.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/555xtra_fort_ord_makediffday.html
"Volunteers pitch in at Point Arena, Stornetta Public Lands" (News.bytes Extra)
A group about 30 volunteers and BLM staff pitched in to improve the
Point Arena and Stornetta Public Lands in a volunteer hike and project
day organized by the California Wilderness Coalition Saturday, Nov. 3.
The event, supported by the Point Arena Gateway Committee and the
Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, took place on a picture-perfect day
overlooking the California Coastal National Monument.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/volunteers_ptarena_stornetta.html
"Ridgecrest Field Office represents BLM at Boy Scout Event in
Palmdale" (News.bytes Extra)
BLM staff brought a mustang, burro, and tortoise to take part in the
"Scout-O-Rama" last month. This event is held for Cub Scout Packs and
Boy Scout Troops to display some of their favorite activities and also
to visit booths and other displays.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/555xtra_boyscouts_rifo.html
Fargo Canyon Public Lands Day cleanup (News.bytes Extra)
On Saturday, Oct. 27, the BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office
hosted a volunteer cleanup event along Fargo Canyon Road -- the second
of two National Public Lands Day events held by this office.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/556xtra_fargo_npld_cleanup.html
"Halloween Conservation & Safety Treats Delivered at El Mirage"
(News.bytes Extra)
Before the shadows of the Moon descended on the El Mirage Off-Highway
Vehicle Area this past Saturday, visitors were treated with messages
of conservation and safety (and of course, candy).
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/556xtra_halloween_elmirage.html
"Halloween kicks off season at Imperial Sand Dunes" (News.bytes Extra)
Halloween has always been the traditional kick-off to a new riding
season at the Imperial Sand Dunes, and this year, it was twice the
fun. With Halloween falling in the middle of the week, visitors
enjoyed the "split" – recreating on both weekends to find fewer
crowds, plenty of prime camping, and pretty decent weather. All told,
over 80,000 visitors enjoyed the warm, sunny days over the two
weekends.
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"SCA members start work with BLM Ridgecrest Field Office" (News.bytes Extra)
The BLM California Desert District's Ridgecrest Field Office welcomes
28 Student Conservation Association (SCA) members who will make up
four crews, each consisting of six members and a crew leader.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/555xtra_sca_rifo.html
"BLM Barstow Employees Volunteer at the L.A. County Fair" (News.bytes Extra)
The L.A. County Fair buzzed with excitement ... Eager to decorate a
button, sit in the BLM sandrail, watch a clean energy wizard show,
explore the General Land Office, and meet a burro from the Wild Horse
and Burro Program, children pulled their parents through the gateway
to the America's Great Outdoors area. The Bureau of Land Management,
L.A. County, and the U.S. Forest Service collaborated to build
exhibits, provide entertainment, and staff America's Great Outdoors.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/555xtra_npld_lacountyfair.html
"Ivanpah Dry Lake" (BLM Needles Field Office)
As of November 5, both east and west sides of Ivanpah Dry Lake are
open for wind-powered sports. These areas were previously closed by
flooding. International championship land sailing competitions,
archery, kite buggying, and world championship disc throwing are just
some of the activities this dry lake is used for.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/needles/ivanpah.html
"Docent-led hike of Mount Konocti planned for Thanksgiving weekend"
(Lake County News, 11/8/12)
Mount Konocti docents are planning to lead a hike to the top of the
mountain on Saturday, Nov. 24. The guided hike will "take
approximately four hours … is moderately strenuous and will cover
approximately six miles roundtrip." Space is limited, reservations are
required. "Mount Konocti County Park is an undeveloped park with
somewhat rugged terrain and gravel areas ... The county-owned land is
contiguous with an existing 821 acres of public lands managed by the
Bureau of Land Management."
www.ca.blm.gov/3wkd
"Cache Creek a place to get away to nature" (Woodland Daily Democrat, 11/3/12)
"The Cache Creek Natural Area is made up of more than 70,000 acres of
public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 4,700 acres
of State and County public land" and is "home to one of the largest
wintering habitats for bald eagles. From mid-October until mid-April
you can discover the bald eagles soaring above, feeding on catfish and
carp from the Cache Creek River, or nesting in trees high above your
heads. And if you keep an eye out on hillsides, near brushy cover you
might be able to see Tule elk and blacktail deer."
www.dailydemocrat.com/rss/ci_21920587
RELATED: "Cache Creek Natural Area" (BLM Ukiah Field Office)
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GET OUTDOORS TIP OF THE WEEK...
...Explore the Coachella Valley Preserve near Palm Springs. The
Preserve contains several palm oases, formed because San Andreas Fault
lines allow water flowing underground to rise to the surface. The
spectacular Thousand Palms Oasis includes a mile-long trail past pools
containing endangered desert pupfish. Native vegetation includes
creosote bush, burrobush, smoke tree and desert lavender, part of this
area's unique habitat for wildlife. Birds, jackrabbits, bobcats, and
sidewinders frequent the area while reptiles and fish are seasonal
visitors.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/wildlife/watchable/areas/coachella.html
FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES
BLM California Facebook page:
Located off the 1,100 miles of California coastline, the California
Coastal National Monument comprises more than 20,000 small islands,
rocks, exposed reefs, and pinnacles between Mexico and Oregon.
www.ca.blm.gov/2wkd
Instagram:
The Inyo Mountains Wilderness in eastern California encompasses a
large portion of the Inyo Mountains, which rise to 11,000 feet.
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BLM California on Facebook
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NOT for EDUCATORS ONLY:
Townsend's big-eared bat
WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION of the WEEK:
How might Townsend's big-eared bats help save Christmas?
(a.) They eat moths, which might otherwise chew up indispensable wool
Rudolph sweaters.
(b.) They help spread the seeds from inside pine cones, helping to
assure a steady supply of Christmas trees.
(c.) They swarm wheat fields every spring to gorge on the triticum
rat, thus saving wheat crops for Christmas cookies.
(d.) They eat large quantities of sugar cane borers in the
southeastern U.S., thus helping to preserve one of the basic food
groups of the holidays.
(e.) They hibernate in caves, where their rustling as winter deepens
helps rouse Santa from his abysmal sleep as he hangs upside down in
the dread Cavern of Lost Souls … wait, that's the Evil Spirit of
Christmas. Let's try this:
(f.) When the night is dark and moonless and fog obscures the land,
Santa relies on these bats' keen sonar-like hearing to guide his
sleigh to the houses of good little boys and girls. ("They can hear
when you are whining, they can hear when you're awake...")
See answer - and more wildlife stories - near the end of this News.bytes.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
"BLM releases Final Environmental Review for Desert Harvest Solar
Project in Riverside County" (BLM, 11/9/12)
has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the
proposed Desert Harvest Solar Project on public land in Riverside
County. The proposed project would include the solar farm, an on-site
substation, and a 230-kV line within the transmission corridor to the
Red Bluff substation. The Red Bluff substation will connect the
project to the Southern California Edison regional transmission grid.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/CDD1311_desertharvestfeis.html
RELATED: "Desert Harvest Solar Farm" (BLM Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office)
Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed California Desert
Conservation Act Plan Amendment. This Environmental Impact Statement
addresses the BLM's consideration of issuance of a right-of-way grant
to EDF Renewable Energy for the construction, operation, maintenance,
and decommissioning of a 150- megawatt photovoltaic solar energy
facility and generation-intertie transmission line. The project would
be located in Riverside County, near the unincorporated community of
Desert Center on land administered by the BLM.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/Solar_Projects/Desert_Harvest_Solar_Project.html
WILD HORSES AND BURROS
"Mustangs and burros looking for homes" (BLM, 10/31/12)
A stable full of young mustangs and burros (jennies) are looking for
new homes through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and
Burro Adoption Program. On Saturday Nov. 10, the Sundance Ranch in
Redlands will host a BLM Wild Horse and Burro Adoption from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. All animals are healthy and are up-to-date with vaccinations
and deworming. They also have a current Coggins test.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/october/whb_adopt_reslands.html
WILDFIRES AND PREVENTION
"Bureau of Land Management to begin prescribed burning on public
lands" (BLM, 11/7/12)
The BLM will conduct prescribed burns during the fall and winter on
public lands managed by the Arcata Field Office in Humboldt and
Mendocino counties. The burns are designed to thin and restore oak
woodlands, improving forest health and wildlife habitat, and to remove
piles of limbs, grass and brush generated in various natural resource
improvement projects. Much of the work, including broadcast and pile
burning, will occur in the Lacks Creek Management Area near Arcata.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/prescribed_burns_arcfo.html
BLM ADVISORY COUNCILS
"BLM Desert Advisory Council to meet in El Centro" (BLM, 11/6/12)
The next field trip and meeting of the Bureau of Land Management's
California Desert Advisory Council will be held Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 in
El Centro. The council will participate in a field tour of nearby
BLM-managed public lands on Friday, Nov. 30.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/dac_to_meet.html
"Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Council plans December
meeting" (BLM, 11/5/12)
The Bureau of Land Management's Carrizo Plain National Monument
Advisory Council will meet Dec. 1, at the Carrisa Plains Elementary
School to discuss management planning for the monument, including the
proposed Travel Management Plan for the monument.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/carrizo_mac_mtng_december.html
HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS
"BLM offers reward in archaeological/ceremonial site destruction"
(BLM, 11/6/12))
The BLM Bishop Field Office is offering a $1,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest/conviction of the responsible
individuals who damaged petroglyph panels at a major rock art site on
the Volcanic Tableland north of Bishop. The perpetrators removed or
damaged rock art at five locations within the site. "The individuals
who did this have destroyed an irreplaceable part of our national
cultural heritage," said Bernadette Lovato, BLM Bishop Field Office
Manager. "We have increased surveillance of our sites and are working
with other agencies to bring the responsible parties to justice and to
recover the petroglyphs."
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/reward_archeo_destruction.html
"Dumont Dunes Halloween patrol a success thanks to K9 Tessa" (News.bytes Extra)
Law Enforcement Ranger Ed Whitteaker and his K9, Tessa helped patrol
the Dumont dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area during Halloween weekend,
when about 8,200 people visited the dunes.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/556xtra_k9_halloween_dumont.html
RELATED: "Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area" (BLM Barstow Field Office)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/dumont.html
"Associate State Director visits Imperial Sand Dunes and Yuha Desert "
(News.bytes Extra)
BLM California Associate State Director Angie Lara took time out from
her busy schedule during the weekend after Halloween to help kick-off
a new riding season at the Imperial Sand Dunes. While in El Centro,
Angie also took time to visit the Imperial Valley Solar Center South
and Ocotillo Express Wind Energy project areas and to explore the open
vistas of the Yuha Desert with El Centro's acting Resources Staff
Supervisor, Carrie Simmons.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/556xtra_lara_isdra_yuha.html
"Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Land withdrawal renewal"
(Department of Navy)
The current military withdrawal for the CMAGR expires in October 2014.
Because there is a continuing military need for the training range,
the Department of the Navy is asking Congress to renew the land
withdrawal for at least 25 years, although withdrawals of other
alternative duration are considered. The renewal request process
requires the preparation of a Draft LEIS in accordance with NEPA. The
public comment period ends Nov. 30.
www.chocolatemountainrenewal.com/index.html
JOBS
"Current job openings - BLM California" (USAJOBS website)
Current listing includes range technician (senior IHC member)/senior
firefighter.
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NATIONAL, OTHER STATE AND DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR ITEMS
"National Public Lands Day celebration in Bullhead City" (BLM Arizona, 11/7/12)
This free event will be Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Colorado River Nature
Center in Bullhead City. Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Friends
of the Colorado River Nature Center, and the Bureau of Land Management
Lake Havasu Field Office are co-sponsors for the celebration. "There
will be something for everyone this year," said BLM Lake Havasu
National Public Lands Day coordinator Jen House. "Some of the events
planned include nature and history presentations, interactive
information booths, bird watching, archery, and volunteer projects
such as vegetation pruning and trash clean up."
www.blm.gov/az/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/npld-bullhead.html
"Havasu 4 Wheelers cleaned up desert Monday" (Lake Havasu News-Herald, 11/8/12)
Off-road group Havasu 4 Wheelers cleared a desert area "of shotgun
shells, ammunition casings, and old televisions and computer monitors.
'There were hundreds of thousands of shotgun shells...' said club
spokesman Bruce Speirs. 'There was also, what were formerly,
televisions and computer monitors that had been blown to bits.' ... In
all, the group filled two 40 cubic yard roll-off dumpsters ... The
effort was a collective effort between the club, U.S. Bureau of Land
Management Lake Havasu Office; Tread Lightly; and Keep Havasu
Beautiful."
www.havasunews.com/news/havasu-wheelers-cleaned-up-desert-monday/article_c1f847cc-2960-11e2-9b70-0019bb2963f4.html
"Old coal mine slated for erosion control" (Durango, Colo. Herald, 11/8/12)
An early-day coal mine west of Durango, closed since 1926, no longer
is leaking toxic metals but badly needs erosion control ... The target
is the Boston Mine, also known as Perin's Peak No. 1, which operated
from 1901 to 1926. The site produced more than 1 million tons of coal
and left behind about 4,000 cubic yards of coal waste ... The mine is
within the Perins Peak Wildlife Area, which comprises 12,000 acres of
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Bureau of Land Management holdings.
www.durangoherald.com/article/20121108/NEWS01/121109553/-1/news01&source=RSS
RELATED: "Abandoned mine lands" (BLM national)
BLM maintains an inventory of known abandoned mine lands on public
lands. Most of the sites are abandoned hardrock mines. As of February
23, 2011, the inventory contained nearly 31,000 sites and 65,000
features. Approximately 25% of the sites have either been remediated,
have reclamation actions planned or underway, or do not require
further action.
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SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
Nov. 10 - National Public Lands Day volunteer event at Painted Gorge,
near Ocotillo - Please RSVP
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro/volunteers.html
More information on November events at the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto
Mountains National Monument can be found at:
www.desertmountains.org/
WILDLIFE TRIVIA answer and related websites
(a.) They eat moths, which might otherwise chew up the indispensable
wool Rudolph sweaters.
SOURCE: "Townsend's big-eared bat - Plecotus townsendii" (BLM
California wildlife database)
They feed almost entirely on moths. In fact, 85% of their diet is made
up of moths.
The rest of their diet consists of beetles and a variety of fly species.
www.blm.gov/ca/forms/wildlife/details.php?metode=serial_number&search=3005
More wildlife news from your public lands (and elsewhere):
"State endangered species status sought for Townsend's big-eared bat"
(Lake County News, 11/4/12)
"As old mines are cleaned up or reopened throughout the Coast Ranges,
the need for better protections has increased, bat advocates say.
Townsend's bat preferred roosting sites are mines and caves, where
they are easily disturbed by human activities ... Townsend's bat has
been documented at old mine sites near Middletown. The Helen, Chicago
and Research mercury mines are slated for cleanup – and the Bureau [of
Land Management] has evidence of the bats' presence on at least one
site."
www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27855
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