A publication of Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue 221 - 3/7/06
THIS
WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- Not for educators only:
- Wildlife trivia question of the week: Vote for vole
- Special Status plant of the week
- Outdoor education
- Headlines and highlights: Area 51, public lands acquisitions, Buddha heads,
BLM California jobs, more
- Public meetings and planning: Dumont, Modoc, Folsom
- Energy
- Wild horses and burros
- Meet your advisory council members: Eugene Parham
- Profile: Dexter Dearth
- National and/or Department of the Interior items: Split estate, pesticides
SPECIAL
STATUS PLANT OF THE WEEK:
Mexican flannelbush... |
OUTDOOR EDUCATION "This class rocks"
(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 3/1/06) |
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS "BLM announces
seasonal closures on roads, woodcutting areas" (BLM California
news release, 3/2/06) RELATED:
"Area 51/Victoria Drive (Salmon Creek resources)" (BLM
California issue update, 3/7/06) "Forest Service
snuffs plans for more burns" (Redding Record Searchlight,
3/2/06) "Call for public nominations
of inholding properties for potential purchase by the federal government
in the State of California" (BLM Federal Register Notice) "Forest for sale"
(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 3/2/06) "Current job
openings - BLM California" (USAJOBS website) "Imperial County
eager, but hurdles persist" (San Diego Union Tribune, 3/5/06) "Air pollution
control district looking at new smoke management plan" (Lassen
County News, 2/28/06) "Tract annex issue
coming to a head" (Los Angeles Daily News, 3/6/06) RELATED:
"City to analyze what it pays for legal services" (Santa
Clarita Signal, 3/3/06) "Fire season coming
early to drought-stricken Southwest" (Associated Press in
San Diego Union-Tribune, 3/6/06) "Suspects may
have been found in connection with cow deaths" (Chico Enterprise-Record,
3/2/06) RELATED:
"Cow deaths strike fear in ranchers" (Redding Record
Searchlight, 3/1/06) "Tiny Buddhas,
big flap" (Sacramento Bee, 3/4/06) RELATED:
"Colfax man arrested as authorities probe figurine finds"
(Auburn Journal, 3/1/06) |
PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PLANNING "BLM announces
members of Dumont Dunes Technical Review Team" (BLM California
news release, 3/1/06) RELATED:
"Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area" (BLM California
website) "BLM hears from
many fronts on how to manage rugged land" (Stockton Record,
3/2/06) RELATED:
"Folsom Field Office homepage" (BLM California website) RELATED:
"Public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management"
(BLM California website) "Experimental
Stewardship Committee meets March 15-16 in Cedarville" (BLM
California news release, 2/23/06) |
WILD HORSES AND BURROS "Wild horse and burro adoption returns to Ramona" (BLM California news release, 3/6/06) "Wild horses and burros available for adoption in Turlock" (BLM California news release, 2/24/06) |
ENERGY "BLM announces availability of proposed plan amendment for managing NPR-2" (BLM California news release, 3/6/06) "Tribes get grants to study wind power" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 3/1/06) "SDG & E: Clean energy a central purpose of Sunrise" (North County Times, 3/2/06) |
MEET
YOUR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Eugene Parham... |
EMPLOYEE
PROFILE:Dexter
Dearth... |
NATIONAL AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ITEMS "BLM to hold listening session in Washington on split estate issues" (BLM national news release, 3/2/06) "A move to ease
pesticide laws" (San Francisco Chronicle, 3/2/06) |
WILDLIFE
TRIVIA answer RELATED:
"Microtus
longicaudus (long-tailed vole)"
(University of Michigan Museum of Zoology website) |
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