BLM California News.bytes Issue 574

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News.bytes

A publication of Bureau of Land Management in California

Issue 574 - April 4, 2013

THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- Let's Get Outside
- America's Great Outdoors
- On our Facebook page
- Other social media pages
- Not for educators only: Wildlife trivia question of the week
- Renewable energy
- Wild horses and burros
- Volunteers In Action
- Headlines and highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in California
- National and Department of the Interior items
- Selected upcoming events

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GET OUTSIDE to America's Great Outdoors

Take your kids camping! Tremendous camping opportunities can be found
on public lands throughout California. These include developed
campgrounds, dispersed camping opportunities and long term visitor
areas. Give your kids cherished memories of the great outdoors.
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AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS

"The Sheep are Baaaack at Fort Ord National Monument" (News.bytes Extra)
The wooly weedeaters are back at Fort Ord National Monument. The sheep
have grazed the grasslands of Fort Ord long before the Bureau of Land
Management began managing the land, said BLM Interpretive Specialist
Tammy Jakl. The sheep spend the winters in Los Banos and arrive at the
Fort Ord National Monument in February. They stay until the grass no
longer provides them with nutrients, usually around July.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1fn3x,3xn3,201s,9lef,283f,37zd

RELATED: "Fort Ord National Monument - Recreation Opportunities" (BLM Hollister)
The Fort Ord National Monument offers world-class recreation for
residents and visitors to the Central California Coast. Fort Ord
offers 86 miles of trail on approximately 7,200 acres - open every day
from dawn to dusk for hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders,
wildlife/wildflower photographers and nature enthusiats.
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"Cycling: Big Sandy Race Gets Wider Recognition"
(Fresno Bee, 3/30/13)
The secret's out. Now in its sixth year, the Big Sandy Point to Point
Mountain Bike Race no longer can be considered a locals-only event.
Not when riders from the Central Coast and Sacramento sweep the top
placings at the annual knobby tire celebration that starts at the San
Joaquin River Gorge Management Area outside Auberry and finishes at
Millerton Lake.
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RELATED: "San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area"
(Bakersfield Field Office)
Warm weather the past few weeks has caused the hillsides to begin to
come alive with color. This year's dry weather in CA may make for a
short wildflower season, so get out soon!
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ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...

...Who wouldn't like to walk along this beach? California Coastal
National Monument is partnering with Coast Walk California to help
protect California's iconic coastline for walkers to enjoy for
generations to come. Get Outside! Find more amazing BLM recreational
areas on: http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1fn3x,3xn3,6pkh,8a75,283f,37zd


ON OUR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES...

...Egg hunt in Petticoat Peak Wilderness Study Area, Idaho! The
National BLM Facebook page has gorgeous photos of public lands from
all over the country.
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NOT for EDUCATORS ONLY:

WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION of the WEEK:

Short-nosed, giant, chisel-toothed, agile, and big-eared - what animal
are these subspecies of?
(a.) Pacific bullfrog
(b.) Banded gecko
(c.) Spotted bat
(d.) Kangaroo rat
(e.) California sea lion
(f.) Blunt-nosed leopard lizard
(g.) MMA fighter

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


RENEWABLE ENERGY

"Walker Ridge Wind Park Moving Forward"
(Colusa County Sun-Herald, 4/2/13)
After a short hiatus, developers of the Walker Ridge Wind Park are
again moving forward with the project. AltaGas - a Calgary-based
business - has filed a new plan with the US Bureau of Land Management
in Ukiah to construct a wind park saddling Lake and Colusa counties on
Walker Ridge.
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RELATED: "Walker Ridge Wind Energy Project" (BLM Ukiah)
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WILD HORSES AND BURROS

"Ridgecrest Wild Horse and Burro Corrals Hosted Japanese Students"
(News.bytes Extra)
On Friday, March 29, the Ridgecrest Regional Wild Horse and Burro
Corrals hosted 26 teenage students from Japan and their host families
as part of the Ridgecrest Exchange Club goal to exchange cultures with
other countries. The students, age 13-17 were from Kagoshima and
Myazaki and spent 10 days in the Ridgecrest area.
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RELATED: "California Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Schedule" (BLM California)
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VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION

"Bitterbrush Planting Volunteers are Heroes for a Day" (News.bytes Extra)
A cadre of volunteers met in the high desert northeast of Susanville
Saturday, March 30, and planted more than a thousand bitterbrush
seedlings in an area burned by last summer's Rush Fire. The project,
hosted by the Bureau of Land Management's Eagle Lake Field Office and
the Mule Deer Foundation, will be featured as a Field and Stream
Magazine "Hero for a Day" project.
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"Climbers Clean-up Jacumba Wilderness" (News.bytes Extra)
Twenty climbers, a baby and a dog helped clean-up the Jacumba
Wilderness on Saturday, March 23, 2013. The group, representing Allied
Climbers of San Diego, spent the day combing for trash throughout the
Valley of the Moon, a fantastic landscape of eroded granite rock
perfect for bouldering and rock climbing. The area, part of the
National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), comprises the Jacumba
Mountains, a wildly remote area that sits on the eastern flank of
southern California's coastal peninsular ranges.
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"AmeriCorps Clean-up at San Joaquin River Gorge" (News.bytes Extra)
AmeriCorps crew members cleared brush, improved trails, gathered trash
and helped with environmental education programs at the gorge, which
is managed by the Bakersfield Field Office.
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"Look Who's Rockin' at the Orange County Children's Water Education
Festival" (News.bytes Extra)
On a perfectly sunny day in a campus park with enormous trees, more
than 7,000 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders converged at University of
California, Irvine for the 17th annual Orange County Children's Water
Education Festival. Recognized nationally as the largest event of its
kind, the festival featured 65 learning stations with venues as varied
as Disneyland, Eco- Magic Show, National Geographic, Jet Propulsion
Lab, and BLM's California Coastal National Monument.
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"Every Day is Earth Day at the Desert Discovery Center" (News.bytes Extra)
Again this year, the BLM Barstow Field Office Desert Discovery Center
(DDC) partnership joined forces with the Barstow High School Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Academy to host a huge
Earth Day event at the local high school on March 28. The theme was
"Every Day is Earth Day" and more than 850 5th & 6th grade students
and 160 STEM high school students participated.
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HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS

"BLM Releases Clear Creek Proposed Plan" (BLM, 3/28/13)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hollister Field Office released a
Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact
Statement Friday for the 63,000-acre Clear Creek Management Area in
southern San Benito and western Fresno Counties.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1fn3x,3xn3,7q95,jzey,283f,37zd

RELATED: "Clear Creek Final Environmental Impact Statement" (BLM Hollister)
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"Members of State OHV Commission Tour BLM's Chappie Shasta Area"
(News.bytes Extra)
An awe-inspiring view the "three Shastas," the dam, the lake and the
14,000-foot snow-covered volcano, was the opening scene, when members
of California's Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission toured
the BLM's Chappie-Shasta Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area,
Saturday, March 22. Adding to the fabulous view were success stories
illustrating how public and private partners are working to provide
world class riding opportunities while protecting the environment and
preserving the area's history.
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RELATED: "Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Area" (BLM Redding)
Just 10 miles northwest of Redding, the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway
Vehicle area offers over 200 miles of roads and trails on
approximately 52,000 acres for off-road enthusiasts.
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"International Seismology Team Studies Ancient Chemehuevi Mountains
Faults" (News.bytes Extra)
Seven geology sleuths were spotted last week in California's
Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness. According to their leader, Dr.
Barbara John of the University of Wyoming, they're looking for clues
in this remote Mojave Desert mountain range to better understand how
earthquakes work. "By studying ancient, inactive faults that have
'surfaced' through weathering and geologic uplifting over millions of
years, we have a window on what is probably occurring miles
underground with active faults like the San Andreas," explained Dr.
John.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1fn3x,3xn3,e59j,cfmq,283f,37zd

"Cheatgrass Fight Gains New Hope" (Western Farm Press, 4/4/13)
A strain of naturally occurring soil bacteria tested on national
wildlife refuges and other Western lands may soon offer rangeland
managers a safe new way to manage cheatgrass, an aggressive plant
pest. In the Great Basin states of Nevada, Utah, Oregon and
California, cheatgrass is spreading at the rate of thousands of acres
per day, endangering many more animal species and habitats. In
addition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, government agencies
expressing interest in the natural cheatgrass inhibitor include the
National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land
Management and the U.S. Forest Service.
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"Dust Settles on Dunes Season" (Imperial Valley Press, 4/3/13)
In addition to chocolate bunnies and colorful eggs, the Easter weekend
also brought a partial close to this year's dunes season. On any
Easter holiday, the dunes can attract 60,000 visitors, said Stephen
Razo, Bureau of Land Management spokesperson. "The weather has a lot
to do with the amount of visitors we receive," Razo said. "You won't
see too many people riding around in the dead of summer."
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"Standing up for Private Property Rights" (Orland Press Register, 4/2/13)
The Glenn County supervisors and the Glenn County Rangeland
Association will be bringing back a resolution April 16 informing
state and federal authorities Glenn County wishes to be included in
any discussions about conservation plans, development of wilderness
areas and other issues proposed by their agencies affecting the
western county foothills. Supervisor Steve Soeth of Elk Creek said
Glenn County already has an agreement with the Bureau of Land
Management to receive input on land issues affecting forest lands.
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NATIONAL, OTHER STATE AND DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR ITEMS

"Holy Smokes! See the Department of the Interior's Dramatic Volcano Pictures"
(The Washington Times, 4/2/13)
The U.S. Department of the Interior has become quite a hit recently
with its striking Instagram photos, gaining more than 33,000 followers
of the department tasked with "protecting America's great outdoors."
The Department of the Interior, known as @usinterior, describes itself
as "protecting America's great outdoors and powering our future." Its
account features photos of bison running in Yellowstone National Park,
the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, Wyoming's National Elk Refuge
and Yosemite Valley, among many others.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1fn3x,3xn3,4mrn,3py2,283f,37zd


SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS

"Native Plant Gardening Topic of Shelter Cove Workshop" (BLM, 4/2/13)
Information on native plants and the best species for local gardens
will be the focus of a free, family-oriented workshop, set for
Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Shelter Cove
Community Clubhouse, 1555 Upper Pacific Dr., in Shelter Cove. The
event will feature speakers, information tables, kids' activities,
slide presentations and a plant identification walk on Shelter Cove's
new nature trail. A new brochure, "Native Plants for North Coast
Gardens," will be available. Vendors will be selling native plants,
and experts will be on hand to provide advice on gardening with
natives.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?ufl=1&rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,1fn3x,3xn3,2m,b40e,283f,37zd

"Wildfire Awareness Information Event Scheduled" (The Bakersfield
Californian, 4/1/13)
The Kern County Fire Department, in association with Bureau of Land
Management and the US Forest Service, is inviting the community to a
Wildfire Awareness Expo at the Kernville Rodeo Grounds. From 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. April 27, the event will provide the community with wildfire
awareness, hazard reduction and emergency preparedness information, a
Fire Department news release stated.
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WILDLIFE TRIVIA ANSWER

(d.) Kangaroo rat

SOURCE: "Search results for kangaroo rat" (BLM California wildlife database)
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