Columbia Mountain Times™: News.bytes 557

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THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES: 
- America's Great Outdoors 
- Get Outdoors tip of the week 
- Not for educators only: 
    - Wildlife trivia question of the week 
    - Wildlife trivia correction/clarification 
- Renewable energy 
- Wild horses and burros 
- BLM Resource Advisory Councils 
- Traditional energy 
- Headlines and highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in
California 
- Selected upcoming events 
- National and Department of the Interior items 
 
- More wildlife
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width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left">"Outdoor
science made fun -- and easy" (News.bytes Extra) 
It was "No Problem!" for dozens of young problem-solvers to
get a head start on their science projects. At two Outdoor Science
Workshops, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Youth Crew -- a group of young adults -- introduced elementary grade
students to a new world of investigation. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,7unm,et0j,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/557xtra_outdoor_science_srsjmnm.html</a> 
 
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vspace="1" align="right">"Juniper Flats community comes together to
better the environment" (News.bytes Extra) 
Tired of seeing graffiti and trash in a popular staging area
called Renegade Rocks, members of the Juniper Flats community came
together on Saturday Nov. 10 to continue returning the area to a more
natural state. The work day was organized by BLM Barstow Field Office
Biological Technician Miguel Mejia, Friends of Juniper Flats Director
Jennifer Wilder and Rattlesnake Mountain Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Captain Jason Schmidt. Assistance was provided by volunteers
from the Friends group, fire department volunteers and the SCA
WildCorp. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,idx6,b10r,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/557xtra_juniper_flats.html</a>
 
 
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height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right">"History speaks, on
BLM El Centro's public lands" (News.bytes Extra) 
Visitors recreating at the Painted Gorge area of El Centro's West
Desert over Veteran's Day weekend were surprised and intrigued to find
an unusual camp – a replica canvas tent depicting the role of
the General Land Office (GLO) in the distribution of public lands at
the turn of the 19th century. Today's BLM is a direct descendant of
the GLO, established in 1946 when the General Land Office and the U.S.
Grazing Service merged. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,dka3,5zit,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/557xtra_glo_ecfo.html</a>
 
 
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hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left">"PCAS Field Trip to McCoy
Springs Archaeological Site" (News.bytes Extra) 
A BLM archaeologist recently led an interpretive hike for Pacific
Coast Archaeological Society members to McCoy Springs archaeological
site in eastern Riverside County -- the premiere petroglyph site in
Southern California's Colorado Desert, which is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places, and features more than 1,700 panels of
rock art. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,59r6,1cgz,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/557_mccoy_spgs_archeo_hike.html</a> 
 
"Junior pheasant hunts set for public land along Sacramento
River" (BLM, 11/13/12) 
Young bird hunters will test their skills in special pheasant
hunts planned for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18, at the Paynes
Creek Wetlands in the Sacramento River Bend Area north of Red Bluff.
Permits are still available for 4 pheasant hunts open to hunters 15
years old and younger. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,bxz0,2dsp,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/jr_pheasant_hunt.html</a>
 
 
"A new gateway to public lands off Hwy. 68" (Salinas
Californian, 11/15/12) 
A new trailhead with safer and easier access to the Fort Ord
National Monument is set to open as soon as Dec. 7. Until it opens,
"hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders and others have been using
an adjacent space belonging to Caltrans, to park their vehicles before
heading out onto the open lands." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,dh39,gjur,283f,37zd">www.thecalifornian.com/article/20121116/OFFSIXTYEIGHT12/311160007</a>
 
 
"Fort Ord National Monument" (BLM Hollister Field Office) 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,9o3x,6uxo,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/hollister/fort_ord/index.html</a>
 
 
"BLM and Sierra Club Mission Outdoors commemorate Veterans Day
with Photo and Essay Contest for Military Service Members and
Families" (BLM, 11/11/12) 
This contest, centered on the theme "What My Public Lands Mean to
Me," encourages veterans, active-duty military, and their families to
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hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left">experiences and memories of time
spent outside on America's public lands. Entries will be accepted
through Thursday, Dec. 6. Beginning Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor Day) and
through Dec. 14, members of the public will be able to vote for their
favorite entries. The three most popular entries will be featured on
the BLM and Sierra Club websites and social media platforms, and
receive an outdoor support kit from the Sierra Club. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,38gg,h77b,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/NR_11_12_2012.html</a>
 
 
RELATED: "Military and
Veterans Photo/Essay Contest" 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,j8x0,3x6l,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,nw2,94xb,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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"America's Great Outdoors: Salazar Announces Fee Free Days at
National Parks, Other Public Lands for 2013" (Department of the
Interior, 11/13/12) 
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced dates in
2013 ranging from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to Veterans Day when
more than 2,000 national parks, national forests, national wildlife
refuges, and other federal lands will offer free admittance to
everyone. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,90l2,89vl,283f,37zd">www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/americas-great-outdoors-salazar-announces-fee-free-days-at-national-parks-other-public-lands-for-2013.cfm</a>
 
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WEEK... 
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alt="a hiker on a grassy hillside trail" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left">...Explore on the Mule Mountain Pass Trail, open to foot
traffic, mountain biking, and horseback riding. There are many new and
improved trails in the Swasey Drive Recreation Area. Most trails are
rugged and unmarked, encouraging self-discovery. Bring plenty of water
and be aware of poison oak. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,6i5k,k28o,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/redding/recreationmain/reddingrecreationtrails.html</a>
 
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Foto Friday - Caption This! 
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 NOT for EDUCATORS ONLY: 
 

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ringtail 
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QUESTION of the WEEK: 
Ringtails were once used by miners to: 
(a.) Locate quartz deposits, which are associated with gold. 
(b.) Dig up edible mushrooms. 
(c.) Kill mice around their homes. 
(d.) Keep their feet warm while sleeping. 
(e.) Attract dates to the Miners' Prom. 
See answer - and more wildlife stories -
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<td>WILDLIFE TRIVIA
UPDATE/CORRECTION
 
Here at News.bytes, we strive to maintain scientific accuracy in
the Wildlife Trivia Question of the Week - even the silly ones. So, a
bit of a correction to last week's questions/answers: Townsend's
big-eared bats do in fact eat moths. However, it is unlikely they have
much chance to eat webbing clothes moths, or case-making clothes moths
- the moths that eat wool clothing are very small compared to moths
that bats would usually find and eat. 
Thanks to James M. Bryant, Curator of Natural History in the
Museum Department for the City of Riverside for pointing this out. And
no putting bats in your closets to protect your wool clothing! 
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power, plus transmission lines" width="214" height="50" hspace="3"
vspace="1" align="right">  RENEWABLE ENERGY 
 
"BLM releases draft environmental document for 33-MW
geothermal project near Mammoth Lakes" (BLM, 11/16/12) 
The BLM issued a Draft Joint Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) analyzing a
proposal to develop additional geothermal resources near Mammoth Lakes
in Mono County. A 60-day public comment period runs through Jan. 15,
2013. Public meetings will be held. The proposed 33-megawatt Casa
Diablo IV Geothermal Development Project would be built on the Inyo
National Forest within existing federal geothermal leases and private
lands. It would include construction of a new geothermal power plant
and substation, up to 16 new production/injection wells, multiple
pipelines and access roads. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,eqvq,3g57,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/casa_diablo_eis_eir.html</a>
 
 
"Public Utilities Commission Approves Utilities' Renewable
Energy Plans" (KCET, 11/8/12) 
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) "approved the
renewable energy procurement plans for the state's largest utilities,
a necessary milestone in the companies' goal of meeting their
renewable energy obligations under California law ... Under the
state's 'RPS Procurement' procedure, the utilities can now issue
requests for offers from producers of renewably sourced electricity.
Utilities choose winning bids based on lowest cost and 'best fit,'
then the CPUC and an independent evaluator will review the bids
selected by each utility. The CPUC then signs off (or not) on
contracts between the bidders and the utilities. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,hguy,5a89,283f,37zd">www.kcet.org/news/rewire/utilities/public-utilities-commission-approves-utilities-renewable-energy-plans.html
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<td>TRADITIONAL ENERGY 
 
"California should lead oil-shale revolution" (San
Diego Union-Tribune, 11/15/12) 
Editorial: The U.S. "is on track to surpass Saudi Arabia as the
world's leading oil producer, thanks to improved methods of hydraulic
fracturing -- aka, fracking -- that make it far easier to get to oil
shale supplies ... California can lead this energy revolution if its
leaders have the foresight to make it happen, creating many tens of
thousands of jobs and vast new wealth ... Our state's shale resource
extends from the eastern edge of Silicon Valley south to Kern County.
On Dec. 12, the federal Bureau of Land Management is set to auction
off drilling rights to nearly 18,000 acres in Monterey, San Benito and
Fresno counties." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,3vkb,ke1z,283f,37zd">www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/14/california-should-lead-oil-shale-revolution/</a>
 
 
RELATED:
"Competitive oil & gas lease sales & results for Calendar Year
2012" (BLM) 
Includes links to more information on the Dec. 12 oil and gas
lease sale. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,8kzq,bz8x,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/energy/og/instructions/leasesale/2012.html</a>
 
 
"BLM plan emphasizes continued oil shale and tar sands
research, demonstration and development" (BLM, 11/9/12) 
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published a proposed
plan to promote research, demonstration and development (RD&D) of oil
shale and tar sand resources on BLM-administered land in Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming. The final programmatic environmental impact
statement (PEIS) and plan amendments would make nearly 700,000 acres
in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming available for research and development
of oil shale, and about 130,000 acres in Utah for activities related
to tar sands. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,k2eh,37k8,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/nr_11_09_2012.html</a>
 
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hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right">WILD HORSES AND BURROS
 
 
"BLM's wild horse management at a crossroad" (Salt
Lake Tribune, 11/11/12) 
They are seen as an icon of the West, living history of a big,
bold land that still stirs the American imagination. But the wild
horses that roam federal rangeland across 10 Western states and the
Bureau of Land Management that oversees them stand at a precarious
crossroad. On one hand, the BLM will begin considering neutering
horses on the range as a way to keep down populations. On the other,
thinning herds too much will lead to a lack of genetic diversity that
could threaten future generations. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,72is,kjy4,283f,37zd">www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55237572-78/wild-blm-horse-horses.html.csp</a>
 
 
"BLM concludes Wassuk Wild Horse Gather" ( BLM Nevada,
11/13/12) 
The BLM Carson City District, Stillwater Field Office concluded
the Wassuk Wild Horse Gather on Monday, November 12. The preliminary
numbers of animals gathered are 457 wild horses. Because of poor body
condition of the majority of the gathered horses, along with impacts
of overpopulation and drought, the horses planned to be released back
to the range, including mares planned to be vaccinated with fertility
control, were instead removed. The gather area was located 12 miles
southeast of Yerington, Nev., and west of Walker Lake. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,jl5l,aooc,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/blm_concludes_wassuk.html</a>
 
 
"BLM to begin Owyhee Complex Wild Horse Gather" (BLM
Nevada, 11/14/12) 
The Owyhee Complex Wild Horse Gather will begin on or about
Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. The Owyhee complex is located approximately 60
miles north of Midas in Elko and Humboldt counties and is comprised of
the Owyhee, Snowstorm Mountains, Little Owyhee, Little Humboldt and
Rock Creek Herd Management Areas (HMAs). The exact dates are subject
to change based on weather and gather operations. A Wild Horse Gather
Information Line has been established and the BLM will also post daily
gather information on its website. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,2gjk,83z6,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/elko__blm_to_begin.html</a>
 
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<td>RESOURCE ADVISORY COUNCILS 
 
"Members named to BLM Northeast California Resource Advisory
Council" (BLM, 11/15/12) 
The Bureau of Land Management's Northeast California Resource
Advisory Council is welcoming two new members and three returning
members, following appointments by Secretary of the Interior Ken
Salazar. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,ka5i,i0t9,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/NERAC_members_named.html</a>
 
 
"Members named to BLM Northwest California Resource
Advisory Council" (BLM, 11/15/12) 
The Bureau of Land Management's Northwest California Resource
Advisory Council is welcoming three new members and a returning
member, following appointments by Secretary of the Interior Ken
Salazar. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,maao,9sd7,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/NWRAC_members_named.html</a>
 
 
"Nomination period extended for Carrizo Plain National
Monument Advisory Committee" (BLM, 11/14/12) 
The Bureau of Land Management is extending the nomination period for
the Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee through
December 31, 2012. The 10-member committee advises the Bureau of Land
Management on resource management issues at the monument, which sits
on the border between San Luis Obispo and Kern counties. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,7uws,6q2l,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/CC1311_carrizomac.html</a>
 
 
RELATED: "Carrizo Plain
National Monument" (BLM California) 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,54x2,lfgr,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bakersfield/Programs/carrizo.html</a> 
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<td>HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS 
 
"Phone seized in pot raid leads to network of growers"
(NBC 7 San Diego, 11/14/12) 
"Two years ago, officials stumbled on an illegal marijuana
crop growing about a mile from a paved road in the Laguna Mountains.
The September 2010 raid netted 28,000 marijuana plants and a cell
phone packed with contact names and numbers. That discovery in turn
launched a two-year investigation into illegal marijuana grow
operations on federal and state land in San Diego County. Tens of
thousands of illegal marijuana plants were seized in raids on eight
covert farms officials said Wednesday. Some of those farms were in
public forests and parks. Agents seized 45,000 illegal marijuana
plants in all." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,8aqv,eyoq,283f,37zd">www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pot-Plants-Drug-Grow-San-Diego-Marijuana-Operation-Mountain-High--179329951.html</a>
 
 
RELATED: "Marijuana
ring linked to Mexican drug gang busted" (North County Times,
11/14/12) 
"Agencies involved in the investigation were the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Internal
Revenue Service, San Diego County Sheriff's Department and San Diego
Police Department." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,kfr7,2lc0,283f,37zd">www.nctimes.com/news/local/valley-center/marijuana-operation-linked-to-mexican-drug-gang-busted/article_27b7f423-5ddf-50d4-b655-a5d60c188d5c.html</a>
 
 
<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,j6wt,5g3t,283f,37zd"
alt="people view a burned area" width="125" height="86" hspace="3"
vspace="1" align="left">"Nevada Congressman Amodei tours Lost Fire
area" (News.bytes Extra) 
Congressman Mark Amodei of Nevada's second district toured
public lands burned in the Lost Fire and discussed restoration plans
with members of the Surprise Field Office staff on Monday, Nov. 5.
The fire was entirely on Washoe County lands that are part of the
congressman's district. 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,4yiw,fu60,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/557xtra_cong_amodei_lost_fire.html</a>
 
 
"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. (repeated from
last week) 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,ftwq,l6td,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/reward_archeo_destruction.html</a>
 
 
RELATED: Reward poster
(PDF): 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,1dm,ajd8,283f,37zd">www.ca.blm.gov/cxkd</a> 
 
"BLM gives public last chance to weigh in on OHV routes"
(Ridgecrest Daily Independent, 11/14/12) 
"Another round of discussions and presentations is scheduled
Saturday for public input on the future development of public land
access. The Bureau of Land Management will host its last meeting
regarding the Ridgecrest and El Paso Mountain Travel Management
subregions that are part of the West Mojave (WEMO) Management
Plan." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,acxt,lpl1,283f,37zd">www.ridgecrestca.com/article/20121114/NEWS/121119903</a> 
 
"BLM lifts campfire restrictions in the California
desert" (BLM, 11/15/12) 
Effective November 15, the BLM's California Desert District has
lifted its campfire restrictions on all BLM-managed public lands in
southern California within the California Desert Conservation Area
(CDCA). 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,1416,bet9,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/november/campfire_restrictions_lifted.html</a>
 
 
JOBS 
"Current job openings - BLM California" (USAJOBS website) 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,8qwy,1ci0,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,8qwy,1ci0,283f,37zd
</a></td>
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<td>NATIONAL, NEARBY STATES AND DEPARTMENT of the
INTERIOR ITEMS 
 
<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,i7s7,bvmu,283f,37zd"
alt="a helium plant in a grassy field" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left">"As Shortage Worsens, We Visit
the Federal Helium Reserve" (Popular Mechanics, 11/12/12) 
Popular Mechanics visits "the vast underground storehouse" where
the BLM maintains the Federal Helium Reserve. "The BLM expects the
worldwide demand for helium, currently about 6.2 billion cubic feet
per year, to increase about 10 percent in the coming years. But the
world's helium supply has been in trouble ... Here in the U.S. there
is only enough helium left in the government reserve near Amarillo to
last about another three years. The reasons are both technological and
political." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,gg3r,lm32,283f,37zd">www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/med-tech/as-shortage-worsens-we-visit-the-federal-helium-reserve-14720528</a>
 
 
"Climate change could force grazing cuts in Nevada, West"
(Reno Gazette-Journal, 11/13/12) 
"Significant reductions in grazing on public land -- in some
places outright elimination of the activity -- is justified because of
the impacts of a warming climate, scientists say in a new report. A
large decrease in the amount of grazing allowed on public land managed
by the federal Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service could
help offset stress on rangeland in Nevada and across the West that is
being worsened by climate change, scientists said in a report released
today." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,4752,9f60,283f,37zd">www.rgj.com/article/20121114/NEWS/311140085/Climate-change-could-force-grazing-cuts-Nevada-West
</a> 
 
<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,tad,6k5a,283f,37zd"
alt="a woman kneels in the sand to locate fossils" width="125"
height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left"><img
src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,fpye,ht1w,283f,37zd"
alt="people stand near a pit in the desert" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right">"Site stewards safeguard ice
age treasures in Upper Las Vegas Wash" (Las Vegas Review-Journal,
11/13/12) 
Retired schoolteacher Pat Weidknecht "is part of a small army of
volunteers recruited to keep an eye on the fossil-rich swath of
federal land where researchers are trying to unlock the mysteries of
climate change and mass extinction at the end of the last ice age.
More than 75 valley residents have been trained as site stewards by
the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and its research partners from the
San Bernardino County Museum in California." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,cb8l,jz02,283f,37zd">www.lvrj.com/news/site-stewards-safeguard-ice-age-treasures-in-upper-las-vegas-wash-179224531.html</a>
 
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<td>SELECTED UPCOMING
EVENTS 
 

Information on events at the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto
Mountains National Monument can be found at: 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,ay39,jc39,283f,37zd">www.desertmountains.org/</a>
 
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<td>WILDLIFE TRIVIA answer and related
websites 
(c.) Kill mice around their homes.
 
 
SOURCE: "Ringtail
- Bassariscus astutus" (BLM California wildlife database) 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,5vx4,jpks,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/forms/wildlife/details.php?metode=serial_number&search=2887</a>
 
 
More wildlife news from your
public lands (and elsewhere): 
 
<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,eqst,igde,283f,37zd"
alt="a sea otter lies on its back in the water" width="125"
height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left"><img
src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,ak3u,m3d8,283f,37zd"
alt="a sea otter on its back in the water" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right">"Feds close to lifting sea
otter ban off SoCal coast: Environmental report calls attempts to keep
otters out of Southern California waters 'futile'" (Santa Cruz
Sentinel, 11/12/12) 
"Southern sea otters are one step closer to swimming into
coastal waters south of Santa Barbara. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service on Friday released the final environmental report prior to a
decision on lifting a 24-year-old ban on the marine mammals off the
Southern California coast. The agency favors ending the prohibition
that left otters without the federal protections they enjoy north of
Point Conception. A final decision is expected by the end of the
year." 
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,19dzj,3xn3,777p,2bot,283f,37zd">www.santacruzsentinel.com/watsonville/ci_21983387/</a>
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