United States Department of Interior Writ of Mandamus Issue 618

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THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:

- Discover the Coast
- Get Outdoors
- Headlines and Highlights
- Wildlife Trivia Question of the Week
- Upcoming Events
- BLM and Department of the Interior Items

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DISCOVER THE COAST

Visit our Discover the Coast Website (BLM website)
Learn more about our Discover the Coast campaign, partnerships, and
events. http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,1cr0,11yu,283f,37zd

Whale of a Day Event at San Vicente Peninsula (BLM Facebook)
On April 5th, join the 30th Annual Whale of a Day celebration at the
Point Vicente Interpretive Center.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,8ljs,ioqy,283f,37zd

What's the Most-Viewed but Least-Known National Monument?
(Outside Magazine, 03/25/14) The California Coastal National Monument
extends from south of San Diego to the Oregon state line and is
composed of 20,000 islands, rocks, and reefs...
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,kkcb,414o,283f,37zd

RELATED: BLM's California Coastal National Monument (BLM Website)
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,cdo5,r31,283f,37zd

Ma-l'el Dunes (Lost Coast Outpost, 04/02/14)
Fragile yet massive, the Ma-l'el Dunes near Arcata is one of the
hidden treasures of this area. Here, sea sweeps the sand and sand laps
at the forest. http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,8jiu,m8h8,283f,37zd

RELATED: Ma-le'l Dunes Cooperative Management Area
(BLM Website) http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,8fle,f8fc,283f,37zd

A Walk at the Fort Ord National Monument (BLM Facebook)
A walk at the Fort Ord National Monument can be a lovely experience. A
morning walk after the rain can be monumental.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,kepd,g2pv,283f,37zd

Sheep Are Back to Work on Fort Ord National Monument (BLM News Release)
More than 600 ewes and their lambs are back at work, grazing on the
BLM's Fort Ord National Monument in Monterey County. The grazing
program is part of a cooperative strategy to improve rangeland
conditions in this ecologically unique area.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,di6x,7g0n,283f,37zd

The Sea Otter Classic at Fort Ord National Monument. (BLM Facebook)
BLM will have a booth at the event and you can drop by and learn more
about the Monument. Come and see why Fort Ord National Monument was
voted the best place to bike/mountain bike in Monterey County, 2014.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,c2xx,bg7k,283f,37zd

RELATED: BLM's Fort Ord National Monument
(BLM Website) http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,dqed,ksmj,283f,37zd


GET OUTDOORS

Clear Creek Outings (BLM Facebook)
We are offering everyone a chance to learn more about our natural
world in a series of free outings near Clear Creek south of Redding.
Topics on these free guided hikes include fire ecology and more.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,c194,eyme,283f,37zd

It's Trail Tuesday and We Have a Desert Trail Recommendation. (BLM Facebook)
To find spring wildflowers, try the Rademacher Hills Trail near
Ridgecrest, Calif.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,burs,e27j,283f,37zd

Looking For a Great Place to Hike and Camp This Spring?
(BLM Facebook)
Try the Merced River Recreation Area.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,4vbz,cvsg,283f,37zd

Seeking Trinity River Camp Hosts (BLM Facebook)
How would you like to spend summer evenings being lulled to sleep by
the rippling sounds of the beautiful Trinity River in Northern
California? http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,4vnf,cum9,283f,37zd
or http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,gcb5,49r0,283f,37zd


HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS

Protecting the Endangered Amargosa Vole (News.Bytes Extra)
BLM's Barstow Field Office has been working with partners to study one
of the rarest mammals in North America. Learn more:
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,5fgl,gwpl,283f,37zd

Endangered Desert Species Cling to Existence (LA Times, 03/23/14)
Facing drought and climate change, animals such as the Amargosa vole
are struggling to survive in the Mojave Desert.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,bpmi,5qhm,283f,37zd

Editorial: Nudge Congress to Act on Public Lands Bills
(The Sacramento Bee, 04/02/14)
Led by Rep. Mike Thompson and Sen. Barbara Boxer, 11 members of
California's congressional delegation are sponsoring legislation to
get National Conservation Area status for the federal lands in the
100-mile stretch from Lake Berryessa to 7,000-foot Snow Mountain,
including the Cedar Roughs, Cache Creek and Snow Mountain wilderness
areas. http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,9x3f,1w4j,283f,37zd

Volunteer Project in the Alabama Hills (News.Bytes Extra)
Students from Lone Pine High School showed their support of Public
Lands by assisting with a restoration project in the Alabama Hills
outside Lone Pine, California.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,ipbt,dbtv,283f,37zd

Meet Michelle Puckett, Our Newest Tumblr Blogger
(BLM Tumblr) http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,emtp,50pl,283f,37zd

Tsunami Warning Signs (BLM Facebook)
The very things that make some beach areas a spectacular place to
enjoy can be lethal to those caught unaware along the shoreline.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,jgbb,1fbb,283f,37zd

Lawsuit Launched Over BLM's Failure to Report Threats to Desert
Tortoise, Other Imperiled Species in California Deserts (Yuba.Net,
04/02/14)
Environmental groups filed a notice of intent to sue the BLM for
failing for seven years to report impacts to the desert tortoise and
similarly threatened and endangered species from off-road vehicles,
cattle grazing and other activities in California's deserts.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,11yv,kk25,283f,37zd

Retired National Park Leaders Oppose Soda Mountain Solar (KCET, 03/28/13)
Five retired National Park Service Superintendents are asking the BLM
to move a 4,000-acre solar project they say would threaten the Mojave
National Preserve's wildlife, views and groundwater.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,59v3,h3vi,283f,37zd

RELATED: BLM Soda Mountain Solar Project (BLM Website)
Project overview, schedule, and reports.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,d1yy,fu7e,283f,37zd


WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION of the WEEK

Which of the following are true about the Botta's Pocket Gopher?

(a) Spend 90% of their lives underground
(b) Create Mima mounds up to over 6 feet high
(c) Create burrows with multiple chambers to accommodate nesting, food
storage, and defecation
(d) Dig primarily with their teeth and not their claws
(e) Can only dig in soft soils because their teeth are sensitive to
hard mineral soils
(f) a-d
(g) All of the above

See answer - and more information near the end of this News.bytes.


SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS

Mar-May 24 (Saturdays): Soda Lake and Painted Rock Guided Tours at
Carrizo Plain National Monument (BLM Facebook)
Come join us for our Soda Lake/Painted Rock Guided Tour. Reservations
are required and can be made at
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,2mrx,hao0,283f,37zd
and http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,2z8u,cwxc,283f,37zd

Apr. 6: El Saucito Ranch Tour - Pioneer Life on the Carrizo Plain
National Monument (BLM Facebook)
Are you curious what pioneer life might have been like? If so, we have
the tour for you, The El Saucito Ranch tour on the Carrizo Plain
National Monument.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,7plc,4les,283f,37zd

Apr. 5-6: Roads, Trails in Dry Valley Area will be Used for Motorcycle Races
(BLM News Release)
Weekend back country explorers planning to visit the Dry Valley area
east of Susanville the weekend of April 5 and 6 will encounter more
people than usual, as a two-day motorcycle race is scheduled on public
land. Competitors will begin arriving Friday, April 4.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,cuh0,gsqz,283f,37zd

Apr. 10-11: Creek Freaks Community and Volunteer Educators Workshop
(Creek Freaks Eventbrite Page)
BLM offices in California have been collaborating with the Izaak
Walton League to host Creek Freaks workshops where community educators
and volunteers can learn how to present hands-on, riparian-focused
outdoor classes to young people.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,brvx,eiy0,283f,37zd

Apr. 14-15: BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
(BLM News Release) The Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse
and Burro Advisory Board will meet for two days in April in
Sacramento, California, to discuss issues relating to the management
and protection of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,jg67,cxd8,283f,37zd

Apr. 16: Project Archaeology- Teacher Workshop at the San Joaquin
River Gorge (BLM Facebook)
The workshop includes everything you will need to teach archaeology in
grades 3-5. http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,1yq8,3vdv,283f,37zd

May 4-10: The King Range Needs a Few Volunteers!
(BLM Facebook)
The King Range National Conservation Area will host a volunteer
vacation with American Hiking Society.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,khj8,awhj,283f,37zd


BLM and DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR ITEMS

Last Week at the BLM: MARCH 24-28 (BLM Tumblr)
As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Department of the
Interior Secretary Jewell on March 28 released a statement on the
release of the Interagency Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions...
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,708i,douy,283f,37zd

This Week at Interior: March 28, 2014 (DOI YouTube)
Here's what happened this week at Interior: Secretary Jewell testifies
on Capitol Hill in favor of the Obama Administration's FY 2015 budget
proposal... http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1v67z,3xn3,iuoy,4ty,283f,37zd


WILDLIFE TRIVIA ANSWER and related information

Which of the following are true about the Botta's Pocket Gopher?

(f) a-d, are all correct

EXPLANATION: Botta's pocket gopher is highly adaptable, burrowing into
diverse soil types, from loose sands to tightly packed clays, from
deserts to high altitude meadows. It can tolerate a wide range of
soils because it digs primarily with its teeth, which have a thicker
layer of enamel. In comparison, gophers digging with their claws can
only dig in softer soils because claws wear down more quickly than
teeth do.


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