A publication of Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue 248 - 9/12/06
THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- Not for educators only:
- Wildlife trivia question of the week
- Weed of the week
- Wildfire danger still high
- Meet your advisory council members
- Employee profile
- Headlines and highlights: Interns, volunteers, hot tubbers, pot busts, jobs, more
- National and/or Department of the Interior items: Veteran's Day fee waiver for veterans
NOT FOR EDUCATORS ONLY:
WEED OF THE WEEK: Scotch broom... RELATED: "National Public Lands Day 2006 - work projects" (BLM California, Folsom Field Office website) RELATED: "Species profiles: Scotch broom" (USDA National Agricultural Library) |
WILDFIRE DANGER STILL HIGH "Authorities close part of I-5 in Castaic in bid to contain blaze" (Los Angeles Times, 9/12/06) RELATED: "Taking pride in battling inferno" (Santa Clarita Signal, 9/12/06) "BLM special fire restrictions in effect" (BLM California news release, 9/8/06) "County's air to remain smoky" (Grass Valley Union, 9/11/06) "Current wildland fire information" (National Interagency Fire Center) "BLM Snapshots" (BLM national website) "Mark Beighley: New Wildland Fire Coordination Director" (Department of the Interior news release, 0/7/06) |
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS "Desert restoration internship program" (News.bytes Extra) "Land agency calling on volunteers" (San Bernardino County Sun, 9/11/06) RELATED: "National Public Lands Day events" "Getting the dope on it: Pot production problematic on public lands" (Hollister Freelance, 9/9/06) "Shut down; Early morning raid reveals large-scale marijuana operation" (Medford, Ore. Mail Tribune) "Mammoth tubbers in hot water" (Mammoth Times, 9/8/06) "Wilderness plots won't be sold for oil exploration" (San Luis Obispo Tribune, 9/9/06) "Cell tower appeal hearing stacked with pros, cons" (Eureka Times-Standard, 9/10/06) "Current job openings - BLM California" (USAJOBS website) |
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS Find out more about these events on the BLM California website at: NPR2 oil and gas lease auction - Sept. 13 "There's a National Monument in your backyard" - Sept. 14 and 18 Los Angeles County Fair- Caring for the Land Exhibit- Camp Smokey - through Oct. 1 |
NATIONAL AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ITEMS "Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture announce waiver of fees for veterans and members of U.S. Armed Forces on Veterans Day" (Department of the Interior news release, 9/8/06) |
WILDLIFE TRIVIA answer SOURCE: "Shortnose sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris - endangered species fact sheet" (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon office) |
--------------------
- If your e-mail program does not allow you to click on the above links
to visit that Web page, copy and paste the URL into your browser's "Location" or "Address" bar.
- Some publications remove news stories from the Web soon after publication.
If you plan to keep a story, you should print a copy or save the Web page to your computer.
DISCLAIMER: By linking to Web sites, the BLM does not imply endorsement of those sites,
or of products or advertisements on those sites.
News.bytes published by
Bureau of Land Management
California State Office
2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-1834
Sacramento, Ca 95825
(916) 978-4600
http://www.blm.gov/ca/
We appreciate feedback. Send comments to the News.bytes team at:
mailto:CA_News.bytes@ca.blm.gov
To subscribe to News.bytes, send an e-mail to:
mailto:Join-Newsbytes@List.ca.blm.gov OR visit our News.bytes subscription page at: http://www.blm.gov/ca/caso/getnewsbytes.html.