A publication of Bureau of Land Management in
California
Issue 185 - 12/1/04
- Busy season starts in
the dunes
- CosumnesRiver Preserve: "Crown jewel"
- Not for educators only:
- Wildlife trivia: coyote food
- Special status plant of the week
- Environmental education
- Meet your advisory council members: Helen S. May
- Profile: Linda Boehm
- Bookstore feature: scorpions and venomous insects
- Headlines and highlights: land lost, land exchange, oil royalties, BLM "Lone Ranger" retiring, jobs with BLM, more
- Selected upcoming events
BUSY SEASON STARTS IN THE DUNES "Authorities watch
holiday off-roaders" (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 11/29/2004) "Fatality mars quiet
holiday weekend at dunes" (Yuma Sun, 11/29/2004) "Some Yuma families
find tradition in dunes" (Yuma Sun, 11/26/2004) "BLM: Dunes 'relatively
quiet' for Thanksgiving weekend" (Yuma Sun, 11/27/2004) "Off-roaders crowd
California's Imperial Dunes, but no big trouble" (Associated
Press in San Francisco Chronicle, 11/26/2004) "Dunes Season Maintains
"Zero Tolerance," Temporary Closures" (BLM California
news release, 11/30/2004) |
"Cosumnes crown jewel"
(Sacramento Bee, 11/28/2004) |
Related:
"Cosumnes River Preserve" (BLM California Web site)
|
NOT FOR EDUCATORS ONLY:
WILDLIFE
TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Coyote food |
LAST
WEEK'S WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION |
SPECIAL
STATUS PLANT OF THE WEEK: Darwin
Mesa milk-vetch |
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION "Students' field trips
not walk in the park" (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 11/30/2004) "BLM presents Ninth
Annual 'Excellence in Interpretation or Environmental Education' Awards
at 2004 National Interpreters Workshop" (BLM national news release,
11/23/2004) |
MEET
YOUR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Helen S. May |
PROFILE:
Linda Boehm |
BOOKSTORE
FEATURE: "Scorpions & Venomous Insects
of the Southwest" |
HEADLINES AND HIGHLIGHTS Notice: News.bytes may be blocked by some email programs: "For years, man's 23
acres are nonexistent" (San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/29/2004) "BLM's Massey retiring after 30 years in law enforcement" (BLM California news release, 11/24/2004) "Land swap worries
biologists" (Redding Record-Searchlight, 11/26/2004) Related: "Victoria Drive land exchange proposal" (BLM California issue update, 11/29/2004) "Valley trail users: Permits not necessary" (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 12/1/2004) Related: "Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument" (BLM California website) "Discounts benefit
oil producers" (Washington Post, 11/27/2004) "Congress takes aim
at Endangered Species Act" (Casper, Wyoming Star Tribune, 11/30/2004) "Burro Schmidt camp
site bulldozed by Bureau of Land Management" (Ridgecrest Daily
Independent, 11/23/2004) "Firm put on notice
for gasoline spill" (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 11/26/2004) "Roam-o-Rama: Hike
and step your way up Ladder Canyon in the Mecca Hills of Riverside County"
(San Diego Reader, 11/26/2004) Related: "Mecca Hills Wilderness" (BLM California website) "Current job openings
- BLM California" (USAJOBS website) |
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
(Note:
the Upcoming Events database is on a secure Web server, and your browser may
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12/11/2004 - Carrizo Plain
National Monument Advisory Committee meeting
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/33712063?OpenDocument
12/18/2004 - Coyote Mountains
Wilderness Hikes
El Centro
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/22518197?OpenDocument
12/21/2004 - Solstice Rock
- Geology field trip on the winter solstice
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blmEvents.nsf/siteurl/49797666?OpenDocument
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