A publication of Bureau of Land Management in California
Issue 173 - 9/8/04
SPECIAL STATUS PLANT OF THE WEEK: Ash Valley milk-vetch |
MEET YOUR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Wally Leimgruber |
PROFILE: Penny Van Ornum |
OUR READERS WRITE: Tiny movies A sampling of the responses: "It must get pretty crowded at times. ;-) " "This must be a very special 10 Square feet to get 80 films on...' |
Related: "Alabama Hills" (BLM California Web site) |
WILDERNESS ACT TURNS 40 "Wilderness Act turns
40, and people are still arguing about it" (San Francisco Chronicle,
09/03/2004) "Into the wilds"
(San Francisco Chronicle, 09/03/2004) "Wilderness law facts"
(Associated Press in Los Angeles Times, 09/02/2004) |
BOOKSTORE FEATURE: "Map of California" |
BURNING MAN FESTIVAL "Burning Man at its hottest; Festival of art, anarchy draws record crowd of boundary breakers" (San Francisco Chronicle, 9/5/2004) "Record crowds attend Burning Man festival in Nev. desert" (Associated Press in Sacramento Bee, 9/6/2004) "At 19, is Burning down the Man getting old? Festival of art and chaos undergoing an identity crisis" (San Francisco Chronicle, 9/6/2004) "Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area" (BLM Nevada Web site) |
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS "Cemex suit heads back to federal court" (Santa Clarita Signal, 9/8/2004) "Wildland thirst aid
challenged" (Los Angeles Times, 09/07/2004) "DA hunts for New Idria
polluters" (Hollister Free Lance, 09/07/2004) "Current job openings
- BLM California" (USAJOBS Web site) "Edison hosts open
house on transmission line plans" (Los Angeles Daily News, 09/04/2004) "Current wildland fire
information" (NIFC Web site) |
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
(Note: the Upcoming Events database is on a secure Web server, and your browser may state "You are about to view pages over a secure connection" and ask you to "Trust a Security Certificate" from the Department of Interior that hosts this site. To view the pages, you must select "Yes" or "OK" for both questions.)
09/17/2004 - Mother Lode Gold Belt:
Northern Mines Field Trip
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/27676357?OpenDocument
09/18/2004 - National Public Lands
Day event
El Centro - McCain Valley Recreation Area
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/7020371?OpenDocument
09/25/2004 - Fort Ord National Public
Lands Day event
Fort Ord
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/52871138?OpenDocument
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