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Thursday, December 20, 2012

News.bytes 561 - BLM California

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- America's Great Outdoors<br />
- Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area<br />
- Correction to item last week<br />
- Not for educators only: Wildlife trivia question of the week<br />
- Renewable energy<br />
- Traditional energy<br />
- Wild horses and burros<br />
- Wildfires and prevention<br />
- Headlines and highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in
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- Selected upcoming events<br />
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OUTDOORS</strong></font><br />
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<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,issy,dimg,283f,37zd"
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width="125" height="86" hspace="2" vspace="1" align="left" /><b>"Big
day at the BIG Expo"</b> (News.bytes Extra)<br />
Assemble 4,000 Girl Scouts, representatives of everything from
Beauty School to BLM and what do you get? A super exciting day of
non-stop energy, enthusiasm and awareness for girls, their leaders and
the general public attending an amazing expo at the Palm Springs
Convention Center. BIG -- which stands for Believe in Girls -- is an
annual exposition held in Southern California by the Girl Scouts.<br
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<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,833,bwxf,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/561_big_big.html</a>
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<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,412a,8vlr,283f,37zd"
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width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right" /><img
src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,g27e,58wk,283f,37zd"
alt="a woman points out features to two young boys, at an outdoor
area" width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left"
/><b>"Report from the BLM California Youth Summits"</b> (BLM
California)<br />
The BLM hosted two summits in September. The goal was to
encourage and strengthen partnerships on public lands that educate,
engage and employ underserved youth, including racially and ethnically
diverse backgrounds, low-income youth, girls and young women. The
summits brought together federal, state and local partners who support
youth in California. (Find the link to the report on the right-hand
side of the page.)<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,k2kh,jukg,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/res/youth.html</a>
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<b>"Conifer Country theme of first in King Range winter lecture
series"</b> (BLM, 12/19/12)<br />
The free talk on 'Conifer Country,' a look at the natural
history of trees often referred to as "evergreens," is Tuesday, Jan.
15, at 7 p.m. Teacher Michael Kauffman will share his knowledge of the
Klamath Mountains and describe his explorations to "better understand
the region's ecology through the eyes of the conifers, one of the
Earth's oldest lineages of plants." Other lectures will follow through
March 26.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,d6rh,2t8v,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/NC1329_kingrangelecture.html</a>
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<b>"BLM offers guided bald eagle hikes"</b> (BLM, 12/17/12)<br />
The Bureau of Land Management will host free guided hikes to
look for wintering bald eagles in the Cache Creek Natural Area in Lake
County on Saturdays, Jan. 12, 19 and 26 and Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23.
Early reservations are requested for the popular hikes, which are
limited to 25 participants each and fill quickly.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,2vac,d2pi,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/CC1321_eaglehikes.html</a>
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<b>"King Range National Conservation Area- Trail Conditions"</b>
(BLM Arcata Field Office)<br />
Trail conditions as of Dec. 19.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,5t11,mcfz,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/arcata/kingrange/trail_conditions.html</a>
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<b>"Ivanpah Dry Lake"</b> (BLM Needles Field Office)<br />
As of Dec. 19:
Both east and west sides of Ivanpah Dry Lake are <b>closed</b>
and heavily FLOODED. The lake is closed to all activity and is
expected to stay that way until after the first of the year.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,hc8u,3jfa,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/needles/ivanpah.html</a><br
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sans-serif"><strong>IMPERIAL SAND DUNES RECREATION
AREA</strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />
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<b><img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,mfpf,2x9x,283f,37zd"
alt="a recreational off-highway vehicle crosses sand dunes"
width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left" /></b><img
src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,7ozl,duv2,283f,37zd"
alt="an instructor directs students on ATVs" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right" /><b>"Imperial Sand Dunes prepares
for New Year's Holiday"</b> (News.bytes Extra)<br />
With another big weekend right around the corner, staff at the
Imperial Sand Dunes are preparing for what is typically the second
largest holiday of the duning season -- New Year's Eve. And with a
big change in store for operators and passengers of Recreational
Off-Highway Vehicles (ROV) about to take effect on January 1, 2013,
now is the time to figure out what is needed to stay safe, and
legal.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,1gls,hnzk,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/560xtra_isdra_new_year_prep.html</a>
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<b><img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,10wr,k20g,283f,37zd"
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src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,axf0,5da,283f,37zd"
alt="OHV drivers wait at the periphery of a helicopter landing zone"
width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right" /><b>"BLM
officials urge visitors to steer clear of helicopter landing
zones"</b> (News.bytes Extra)<br />
Officials at the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area noticed a
disturbing trend over the Thanksgiving weekend. Visitors were either
ignoring or unaware of the hazards associated with helicopter landing
zones. Helicopters are often called to assist in the evacuation of
seriously injured visitors. When this happens, a landing zone is
secured by staff, and occasionally helpful visitors assist. Helicopter
landing zones are dangerous places...<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,igs4,81hy,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/561xtra_isdra_helicopters.html</a>
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<b>"BLM seeks Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area Subgroup
Members, sets next meeting date" </b>(BLM, 12/14/12)<br />
The BLM is seeking nominations for three positions in its
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area Subgroup. Nominees should have
experience in the ISDRA and represent at least one of the following:
the local community, California Off-Highway Vehicle interests, Arizona
OHV interests, or OHV organizations. The Federal Advisory Committee
Act requires input from the subgroup to be presented directly to the
California Desert District Advisory Council for deliberation and
consideration. <br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,1ett,mber,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/CDD1325_isdra_subgroup.html</a>
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<b>"Sand dunes' law enforcement presence viewed as essential,
excessive"</b> (Imperial Valley Press, 12/16/12)<br />
Visitors remember "the days when the Imperial Sand Dunes
Recreation Area was anything but the ideal family vacation," until
increases in BLM law enforcement drove away crowds that were
primarily going to 'consume alcohol and be crazy and stupid'." Some
visitors and vendors feel that less law enforcement is needed now,
saying "rangers can always be seen making traffic stops and writing
tickets." <br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,7io9,3v20,283f,37zd">www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-sand-dunes-law-enforcement-presence-viewed-as-essential-excessive-20121216,0,4914246.story</a>
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<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,63xv,h2t8,283f,37zd"
alt="a law enforcement ranger directs traffic in the dunes"
width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left"
/><b>"Questions arise about off-highway vehicle fines
distribution"</b> (Imperial Valley Press, 12/16/12)<br />
"County officials have expressed concern that the county is not
receiving money generated by citations issued by the Bureau of Land
Management for a dunes visitor's failure to purchase a fee permit ...
The local BLM office disputes the supervisors' contention and insists
the county is getting its entitled share of resultant fines."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,i7kj,l82j,283f,37zd">www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-questions-arise-about-offhighway-vehicle-fines-distribution-20121216,0,7050864.story</a><br
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sans-serif"><strong>CORRECTION: Last week's Get Outdoors Tip of the
Week...</strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br
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The web page for <b>The Bradshaw Trail</b> incorrectly stated
that food, gas, and supplies are available at Desert Center. Desert
Center has no gas food or supplies. The cafe closed last April. The
only public "business" open is the US Post Office. The other locations
listed do have the services as stated (Chiriaco Summit, and Blythe).
The web page has been updated.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,4tft,1kmm,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/bradshaw.html</a>
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reindeer, also known as caribou (from wildlife article below)<br />
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<td width="522"><font face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif"><strong><font color="#990000" size="+1">WILDLIFE TRIVIA
QUESTION of the WEEK:</font> </strong><br />
They may fly over California one night of the year -- but where
do most reindeer live?<br />
(a.) The North Pole.<br />
(b.) The South Pole.<br />
(c.) Northern Maine and southern Canada.<br />
(d.) The Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Canadian province
of Ontario.<br />
(e.) Alaska and the Yukon Territory.<br />
(f.) Scandinavia and Siberia.<br />
(g.) At home with their parents, at least until the Christmas
economy picks up.<br />
<font color="#990000">See answer - and more wildlife stories -
near the end of this News.bytes.</font></font></td>
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power, plus transmission lines" width="214" height="50" hspace="3"
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<b>"Secretary Salazar announces milestone on McCoy Solar
Energy Project, caps strong year for renewable energy development on
public lands"</b> (Department of the Interior, 12/20/12)<br />
As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to expand
domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
today announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the McCoy Solar Energy Project, a proposed 750-megawatt
facility in Riverside County that would be one of the largest solar
energy projects on public lands in the California desert. If approved,
the project will join 34 renewable energy projects that the
Administration has green-lighted for construction on public lands
since 2009. Together, the projects have the potential to produce
approximately 10,400 megawatts of energy -- or enough to power
approximately 3.4 million homes.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,1049,3gg2,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,57iq,m2o2,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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<b>"BLM issues proposal to continue protections on lands
approved for solar energy zones"</b>(BLM, 12/14/12)<br />
The BLM announced an amended proposal to extend protections on lands
in six western states approved as solar energy zones. The lands are
currently protected from mining claims or other lands appropriations;
today's proposal would extend this management status for a 20-year
period for approximately 303,900 acres on 17 tracts of
BLM-administered land in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New
Mexico, and Utah. The notice amends a previously filed application
and proposal to withdraw public lands in the six states from
settlement, sale, location, and entry under the public land laws, to
protect and preserve Solar Energy Zones for future solar energy
development.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,46ur,3sss,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/NR_12_14_2012.html</a><br
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<b>"State, Federal Agencies Release Interim Document on
Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan"</b> (California Energy
Commission, 12/18/12)<br />
"State and federal agencies have released an interim document on
a plan that will protect important desert habitat and identify low
conflict lands for renewable energy development in the California
desert. The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) is an
unprecedented collaborations among local, state and federal agencies
to streamline renewable energy project and transmission line
permitting while conserving biological and natural resources in the
California desert."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,cpkd,92g2,283f,37zd">www.energy.ca.gov/releases/</a>
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<b><font color="#990000" size="-1">RELATED:</font> "Description
and comparative evaluation of Draft DRECP alternatives"</b>(California
Energy Commission)<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,5wxn,4e7y,283f,37zd">www.drecp.org/documents/docs/alternatives_eval/index.php</a>
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<b><br />
<font color="#990000" size="-1">RELATED:</font> "A Glimpse at
What's Coming in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan"</b>
(KCET, 12/17/12)<br />
"The much-anticipated Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
(DRECP), a hydra-headed multiagency and multipurpose document that
will chart the course of renewable energy development in the
California desert, still hasn't been released in draft form. But the
agencies preparing it released an "interim document" today that gives
a sneak preview of what that gargantuan draft will include. At more
than 100 megabytes not counting the appendices," this "is a daunting
document that its authors caution is not to be taken as anything but
an informal introduction to the forthcoming draft DRECP."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,7tzk,73fp,283f,37zd">www.kcet.org/news/rewire/government/drecp/a-glimpse-at-whats-coming-in-the-desert-renewable-energy-conservation-plan.html</a><br
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<b>"BLM extends comment period for West Chocolate Mountains
Renewable Energy Evaluation Area"</b> (BLM, 12/14/12)<br />
The BLM is extending until Jan. 14, 2013, the protest period for
the West Chocolate Mountains Renewable Energy Evaluation Area (REEA)
of Imperial County, California. The BLM released a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (Final EIS) and Proposed California Desert
Conservation Plan Amendment for the area in late November. The Final
EIS analyzes the potential impacts of making 20,762 acres of
BLM-managed surface lands in the REEA available for testing and
developing solar and wind energy facilities and for leasing 19,162
acres of federal mineral estate near Niland, for geothermal energy
testing and development. <br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,h7g3,6647,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/CDD1324_wchocoextend.html</a>
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<b>"Correction to email address for submitting comments on Casa
Diablo IV Environmental Document"</b> (BLM, 12/19/12)<br />
An incorrect email address was published for submitting comments
on the Casa Diablo IV Geothermal Development Project Public Draft
Joint Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report.
The correct email address is cabipubcom@blm.gov. <br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,aacq,2kqd,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/CC1322_casadiablo_correct.html</a>
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<b>"BLM oil and gas lease auction brings in over $104
thousand"</b> (BLM, 12/13/12)<br />
Fifteen oil and gas lease parcels in Fresno, Monterey and San
Benito counties were auctioned for a total of $104,099.50, including
administrative fees, by the Bureau of Land Management Dec. 12 in
Sacramento. West Coast Land Service, Bakersfield, paid the highest
total bid price, $23,200 for a 2,320-acre parcel. That was also the
highest amount per acre at $10 per acre. The parcel is located in
Monterey County. Full results of the lease sale are available
online.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,3n2t,5zsy,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/CC1220_leasesaleresults.html</a><br
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
color="#990000" size="-1">RELATED:</font> "</b><strong>Green
California to Vie With Texas as U.S. Oil Heartland: Energy"</strong>
(Bloomberg BusinessWeek,  12/19/12)<br />
"California, even as it seeks to be the greenest U.S. state,
stands a good chance of emerging as the nation's top oil producer in
the next decade, helping America toward what once seemed an unlikely
goal of energy independence. The catalyst is the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management's sale last week of 15 leases covering about 18,000 acres
of the Monterey Shale, a geologic formation whose sweet spots stretch
from east of San Francisco more than 200 miles south to Monterey
County. The auction was dominated by Los Angeles-based Occidental
Petroleum Corp. and smaller companies betting on a coming boom."<br
/>
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,gi6z,lk76,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,2jtm,bl4v,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>"Draft of fracking
regulations released"</b> (San Francisco Chronicle, 12/19/12)<br />
"California would require oil companies engaged in the
controversial practice of fracking to pressure-test their wells first,
notify the state in advance and make sure they aren't working too
close to a fault line under regulations proposed Tuesday. But the
draft regulations, issued by the California agency that oversees oil
drilling, would not force companies to obtain a special permit for
fracking. Nor would the regulations give people living near oil wells
much warning that fracking was about to begin. Environmentalists
immediately attacked the proposals as too weak."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,1lgy,6pnm,283f,37zd">www.sfgate.com/default/article/Draft-of-fracking-regulations-released-4129560.php</a>
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<b>"California releases first-ever fracking regulations"</b>
(San Jose Mercury News, 12/19/12)<br />
"Companies in California have used fracking at least since the
1960s. But most of it has been done to produce oil, and largely in
Kern County and other Southern California areas. But now the oil
industry is looking at a dramatic expansion into the Monterey Shale, a
huge geologic formation that extends through much of the Central
Valley into San Benito and Monterey counties. The formation is
believed to hold as much as 15.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil,
which would make it the nation's largest shale oil formation. Last
week, the federal Bureau of Land Management leased 18,000 acres in
southern Monterey County for fracking."<br />
</font><a
href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,a60q,1hav,283f,37zd">www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22219233/california-releases-first-ever-fracking-regulations</a><font
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<b>"How do California's fracking regulations compare to other
states'?"</b> (KQED, 12/14/12)<br />
"Our survey is about fracking for shale gas and the majority of
fracking occurring in California is for shale oil. But I think it's
still useful to talk about the shale gas regulations in California
because a lot of these regulations apply to the process of getting oil
and gas from the ground, not fracking in particular. California's
regulations on shale gas are relatively unexceptional. If I wanted to
pick out some things where California's regulations are a little bit
different from other states, one thing is that California relies
somewhat heavily on its permit process."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,fyk9,2vl0,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,df4x,mfa2,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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<b>"Salazar announces BLM onshore oil & gas lease sales garnered
$233 million for taxpayers in 2012"</b> (BLM, 12/17/12)<br />
In 2013, the BLM will hold 33 lease sales around the country.
Since President Obama took office, domestic oil and gas production has
grown each year, with domestic oil production in 2011 higher than any
time in nearly a decade and natural gas production at its highest
level ever. Foreign oil imports now account for less than 50 percent
of the oil consumed in America – the lowest level since 1995. These
sales build on that record and the President's goal of responsibly
leveraging our domestic resources.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,jwix,9ed,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/nr_12_17_2012.html</a>
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hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right" /><b>"Oil, gas drilling rile
West's energy embrace"</b> (Associated Press in San Jose Mercury News,
12/19/12)<br />
"This used to be a land proud of its oil barons. Now the energy
industry that has brought wealth and jobs across the interior West is
prompting angry protests by citizens sporting gas masks and using
bullhorns at public hearings."<br />
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href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,6g1m,bc1j,283f,37zd">www.mercurynews.com/financial-markets/ci_22209012/oil-gas-drilling-rile-wests-energy-embrace</a><font
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<b>"Secretary Salazar announces plan for additional development,
wildlife protection in 23 million-acre National Petroleum
Reserve-Alaska"</b> (Department of the Interior, 12/19/12)<br />
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the
availability of the Integrated Activity Plan and Final Environmental
Impact Statement (Final IAP/EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve in
Alaska (NPR-A). The preferred alternative identified in the EIS would
allow for the development of 72 percent of the estimated economically
recoverable oil in the Reserve while protecting the vital subsistence
resources of Alaska Natives and the habitat of world-class wildlife
populations.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,cjxo,gny2,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,aast,14n0,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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src="../../images/logos/t_whb.jpg" alt="silhouettes of wild horse and
of a burro" width="78" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="right"
/><font color="#990000" size="+1"><strong>WILD HORSES AND BURROS
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<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,iwyo,dc1i,283f,37zd"
alt="mustangs gallop" width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1"
align="left" /><b>"Wild Horses Are Running Out of Room, On and Off
Range"</b> (New York Times, 12/14/12)<br />
"Long a totem of the American frontier, the tens of thousands of wild
horses who roam across forgotten stretches of the rural West are at
the heart of an increasingly tense dispute over their fate." The BLM
"says their numbers continue to grow at an unmanageable rate, despite
years of removing wild horses from the range to enclosed pastures so
that wildlife and livestock can share the land. Horse advocates
contend that the government's approach has not only failed, but is
also needlessly cruel. And they say the horses should be able live out
their lives freely. Despite deep differences on how the animals should
be managed, both sides agree on one thing: The situation has reached a
tipping point."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,l1dy,lrdv,283f,37zd">www.nytimes.com/2012/12/15/us/wild-horses-are-running-out-of-room-off-the-range.html</a>
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<b>"Plan to be presented on wild horse policy"</b> (Sacramento
Bee, 12/20/12)<br />
"Carla Bowers, a mustang advocate, will present a proposal for
managing wild horses to the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship
Steering Committee when it meets in public session Jan. 10. The
committee is scheduled to discuss livestock grazing permits and wild
horse management at the meeting, which starts at 9 a.m. at the Bureau
of Land Management Surprise Field Office in Cedarville. It will also
discuss genetic diversity in the wild herds and Forest Service
management in wild horse territory in northeastern California, said
Jeff Fontana, a BLM spokesman."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,lso9,dd9c,283f,37zd">www.sacbee.com/2012/12/20/5066721/plan-to-be-presented-on-wild-horse.html</a><br
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<b>"Drivers advised to be on lookout for burros, other
wildlife in area"</b> (Mohave Valley Daily News, 12/14/12)<br />
"In cooler weather, burros venture out more to find newer feed,' said
Chad Benson, wild horse and burro specialist for the Bureau of Land
Management Kingman Field Office. 'Burros are curious animals and
occasionally cross the road. They are most likely to be encountered at
night or in the early morning hours when it's dark out, which makes it
hard for people to see them.' Recently, Bullhead City's 9-1-1 Dispatch
Center has received calls of high burro activity..."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,dfs4,5lij,283f,37zd">www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2012/12/14/news/local/doc50cad6bf345c8924864571.txt</a><br
/>
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<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,sxr,6dti,283f,37zd"
alt="mustangs gallop past a barn" width="125" height="86" hspace="3"
vspace="1" align="left" /><b>"Wild horses gallop into new home"</b>
(Wyoming Business Report, 12/13/12)<br />
"About 200 of Wyoming's wild horses have found welcome pasture at the
4,000-acre Deerwood Ranch in a public-private partnership between the
Bureau of Land Management and the ranch situated 30 miles east of
Laramie. Since wild horses have long been deemed a problem by BLM
managers, the partnership has sought to turn the horses into a
commodity of sorts through ecotourism potential. The ranch owners,
Rich and Jana Wilson, responded to a 2010 classified ad placed by the
BLM to seek out possible places for the wild horses to graze."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,hxo6,g3my,283f,37zd">www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=64316</a>
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<b><font color="#990033" size="-1">RELATED:</font> "Deerwood
Ranch Wild Horse Ecosanctuary"</b> (BLM Wyoming)<br />
The Deerwood Ranch Wild Horse Ecosanctuary is the first
BLM-sponsored wild horse ecosanctuary in the United States. The
ecosanctuary is located on a 4,000-acre, family-owned ranch
approximately 30 miles west of Laramie in southeastern Wyoming. Public
lands are not included in this project.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,l8rt,84f3,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/programs/Wild_Horses/deerwood-eco.html</a>
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<b>"Wild horse slaughter in the West invigorates debate over
BLM policy"</b> (High Country News in Denver Post, 12/17/12)<br />
Wild horses "exist in a sort of legal and cultural gray area,
caught between different mandates for their management. To many
people, they represent the fierce independence that once defined the
frontier and is increasingly scarce today -- a quality that earned
them federal protection. But they are also technically feral --
non-native transplants, like wild hogs or knapweed. That means that
the government is charged with keeping their numbers in check, so that
they don't graze arid valleys down to dirt, out-competing livestock
and native species."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,6yqh,4uns,283f,37zd">www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_22188165</a>
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<b><img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,dtko,bxup,283f,37zd"
alt="firefighters light a prescribed burn" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left" /></b><b>"BLM, partners complete
prescribed burn at Lacks Creek site"</b> (News.bytes Extra)<br />
The BLM Arcata Field Office and its partners have completed
another in a series of projects to improve natural resource conditions
at the Lacks Creek Area northeast of Arcata. A seven-acre prescribed
burn completed Dec. 11 at Sidehill Prairie capped this year's work to
restore oak woodlands, prairies and wildlife habitat.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,gvw9,je6j,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/561xtra_lacks_creek_burn.html</a>
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<b>"BLM reminds miners to file Notice of Intent to Hold by
December 31, 2012"</b> (BLM, 12/13/12)<br />
The BLM reminds certain mining claimants that the deadline to
file a Notice of Intent to Hold (NOI) their claims or sites is
December 31, 2012. Miners who paid maintenance fees for the assessment
year ending September 1, 2012, who then elected to file a Maintenance
Fee Waiver Certification, or fee waiver, for the 2013 assessment year
must now file a NOI for their mining claims or sites. The BLM will
accept any filings delivered in person or postmarked on or before
Monday, December 31, 2012. The NOI must be filed in the proper BLM
office for the state where the mining claims or sites are located.<br
/>
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,3m4h,5lum,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/nr_12_13_2012.html</a><br
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<b>"BLM seeks comments on an environmental assessment of
proposed mining in El Paso Mountains"</b> (BLM, 12/14/12)<br />
The Bureau of Land Management has issued an environmental
assessment on California Portland Cement's LaPozz Project proposal to
mine a layer of hard siliceous rock from 34 acres of public land in
the El Paso Mountains of eastern Kern County, Calif. California
Portland Cement proposes to mine, load, and truck about 30,000 tons a
year of the mined material to its cement plant near Mojave, where it
will be used in the manufacture of cement.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,cqeg,2g1d,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/december/CDD1323_elpasomtns.html</a>
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<b>"Congress: Clock running out on Inland wilderness bills"</b>
(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 12/14/12)<br />
"Every United States Congress for nearly half a century, no
matter how divided, has agreed to set aside undeveloped tracts of land
for future generations by designating them as wilderness areas. But as
the nation's 112th Congress draws to a close, lawmakers have yet to
protect a single acre of forest, mountain or desert under the
Wilderness Act. The clock is running out on 27 such bills, including
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's plan to preserve more than a
million acres in San Bernardino County's High Desert and Republican
Rep. Darrell Issa's legislation to expand an existing wilderness area
along the Riverside and San Diego county line." Both bills cited would
affect public lands managed by BLM in California.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,6ely,id1l,283f,37zd">www.pe.com/local-news/politics/ben-goad-headlines/20121214-congress-clock-running-out-on-inland-wilderness-bills.ece
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<strong><font color="#990000">JOBS</font><br />
"Current job openings - BLM California"</strong> (USAJOBS website)<br />
Listings include firefighting positions.<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,8qwy,1ci0,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,60y1,ilte,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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INTERIOR ITEMS</strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica,
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<b>"Will the West ever solve its water woes?"</b> (Washington
Post, 12/13/12)<br />
"The Colorado River provides fresh water to nearly 40 million
people in seven states out west: Arizona, California, Nevada,
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. A sizable chunk of U.S.
agriculture relies on that water -- about 15 percent of the nation's
crops and 13 percent of its livestock. (Indeed, the vast majority of
the river's water is used for irrigation and agriculture.) But there's
a problem: The Colorado River may soon no longer have enough water to
satisfy the region's needs."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,dt9y,dmu0,283f,37zd">www.ca.blm.gov/9xkd</a>
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<b>Related: "How do you wrap an iceberg?"</b> (Los Angeles
Times, 12/13/12)<br />
"As part of a new study of future water shortages in the
Colorado River Basin, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation solicited ideas
on how to solve the looming gap between supply and demand. They
received about 160 suggestions, ranging from the common-sense (use
less water) to the ideological (control the population) to the
far-fetched (tow icebergs to Southern California) and the high-tech
(reduce evaporation from reservoirs by covering them with solar
panels). Although U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made it clear
when he released the lengthy study Wednesday that the more fanciful
schemes were dead in the water so to speak, the analysis included at
least a cursory examination of them."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,8ct0,78vv,283f,37zd">www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-iceberg-water-shortages-20121213,0,4851807.story
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<b>"Healing the Salton Sea"</b> (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 12/15/12)<br />
"A decade ago, this 600-acre inlet on the southern end of the
Salton Sea was filled with water. But the Red Hill Bay that U.S.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar observed Friday, from a rugged hilltop
during his first trip to the Salton Sea, has completely evaporated as
less water from farm fields and water deals flows into the massive
basin &ndash; leaving a mucky, clay-red lake bed behind. It's one of
the most vivid examples of the dying Salton Sea's plight &mdash; and
the widespread economic, public health and environmental consequences
that could hit the Coachella and Imperial Valleys if nothing is
done."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,g7mg,iq53,283f,37zd">www.mydesert.com/article/20121214/NEWS0701/312140036/Healing-Salton-Sea</a>
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EVENTS</font></strong><br />
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Information on events at the <b>Santa Rosa and San Jacinto
Mountains National Monument</b> can be found at:<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,ay39,jc39,283f,37zd">www.desertmountains.org/</a>
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websites<br />
</font></strong>(f.) Scandinavia and Siberia.</font> <font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />
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<strong><font color="#990000"
size="-1">SOURCE:</font></strong><strong> "Frequently asked questions
about caribou"</strong> (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service)<br />
"Caribou and reindeer are the same species (Rangifer tarandus).
Reindeer are a domesticated variety of caribou that are herded by
humans and used for pulling sleds. Most reindeer occur in Scandinavia
and Siberia. They generally are smaller and have shorter legs than
their wild relatives. In Siberia, caribou are referred to as 'wild'
reindeer."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,j42,crva,283f,37zd">http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,7bgl,gu69,283f,37zd&/a=<URLENCODE
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<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,i2ns,bj1n,283f,37zd"
alt="a reindeer grazes on a hillside" width="125" height="86"
hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left" /><strong><font color="#990000"
size="-1">RELATED:</font> "</strong><b>Reindeer milk, the next tourism
industry for Arctic?"</b> (Radio Sweden at Alaska Dispatch, 8/5/12)<br
/>
"Greta Huuva is the ambassador of food for the Sami region,
which covers parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Russian Kola
near the Arctic circle. She had also once wanted to see reindeer milk
on the market. 'There just isn't any to get a hold of. People used to
use it to make cheese that they would smoke or dry along with soured
greens. Or, they'd mix it with berries, so it would be kind of like
ice cream. I would certainly buy it,' says Huuva."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,ah5w,195a,283f,37zd">www.alaskadispatch.com/article/reindeer-milk-next-tourism-industry-arctic</a>
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<br />
<strong><font color="#990000" size="-1">RELATED:</font>
"Reindeer grazing"</strong> (BLM Alaska)<br />
Currently, there are no domestic livestock grazing on Bureau lands in
Alaska. However, reindeer herders on the Baldwin and Seward Peninsulas
have received permits to graze reindeer on 15 designated allotments.
Only Alaska Native Peoples can apply for reindeer grazing permits.
Herds graze on large allotments that may include over a million acres
of land. All allotments contain land managed by different land owners
or agencies. BLM cooperates with the state, NPS and other land
managers to issue grazing permits. <br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,lke9,eqz3,283f,37zd">www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/reindeer_grazing.html</a><br
/>
<br />
<strong><font color="#990000">More wildlife news from your
public lands (and elsewhere):</font></strong><br />
<br />
<img src="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,3fnr,6ile,283f,37zd"
alt="a sea otter eats while floating on its back in the water"
width="125" height="86" hspace="3" vspace="1" align="left" /><b>"U.S.
scraps 'otter-free zone' in Southern California waters"</b> (Los
Angeles Times, 12/19/12)<br />
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to allow sea
otters to roam freely down the Southern California coastline,
abandoning its program to relocate the voracious shellfish eaters from
waters reserved for fishermen. Federal officials determined that their
sea otter trans-location program had failed after 25 years and thus
they were terminating it, according to a decision published in the
Federal Register on Wednesday. 'As a result,' the federal notice said,
'it allows sea otters to expand their range naturally into Southern
California'."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,bp9c,3p1y,283f,37zd">www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-feds-scrap-ban-on-sea-otters-in-southern-california-waters-20121218,0,6414668.story?track=rss</a>
<br />
<br />
<b>"California's marine reserve network now complete"</b> (Los
Angeles Times, 12/19/12)<br />
"Surviving budget cuts, mobs of angry fishermen and death
threats, California officials today completed the largest network of
undersea parks in the continental United States -- 848 square miles of
protected waters that reach from the Oregon state line to the Mexican
border ... In the works since 1999, California's reserve, meant to
protect marine life, is the largest network of undersea parks in the
continental United States."<br />
<a href="http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1b1ov,3xn3,axnw,lrbc,283f,37zd">www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-undersea-parks-20121219,0,4717471.story</a>
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