Ivanpah Windsailing Special Recreation Management Area, Needles Field Office
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ISSUE 993 - April 1, 2022
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Recovery efforts for the Amargosa Vole
The Bureau of Land Management Barstow Field Office recently hosted an outreach event with 32 students and advisors from the Roberts Environmental Center to discuss BLM conservation efforts for the Amargosa Vole. (BLM CA Facebook)
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Tinidad Head Lighthouse open for tours
Trinidad Head Lighthouse will be open for its regular first Saturday welcoming of visitors on Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. to noon, courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management-California Coastal National Monument, Trinidad Rancheria and Trinidad Museum Society docents. (Mad River Union)
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BLM Park Ranger makes a visit to local school
Bureau of Land Management Park Rangers from the Redding Field Office visited Bend Elementary School to teach over 100 students how to take care of their public lands using Leave No Trace principles. (BLM CA Facebook)
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Americorps team lends a hand
Our Redding Field Office offers a huge thanks to the AmeriCorps NCCC Red 3 Crew who worked with BLM to complete important projects such as improving trails, clearing culverts, cutting brush, planting vegetation, removing old barbed wire, and graffiti! (BLM CA Facebook)
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Crews cut trails at Cotoni-Coast Dairies
The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship crew has been on the ground at the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coastal National Monument since December. Here, volunteers and staff have cut into forest floor overgrown with fern, blackberry brush and poison oak to build what will become the first section of public trail on the property. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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Summer jazz fusion concerts celebrate Indigenous connection to public lands
As part of a Bureau of Land Management artist-in-residence program, Navajo jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and his band D’DAT will perform concerts and host music workshops at six national monuments and conservation areas this summer throughout the West. They will perform at the King Range National Conservation Area in July. (The Journal)
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BLM takes measures to protect endangered species at Panoche Hills
The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is taking measures to protect habitat for the endangered blunt-nose leopard lizard by temporarily limiting vehicle access to the Panoche Hills Recreation Area in Fresno and San Benito counties. (BLM CA News Release)
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BLM to improve public safety and wildfire resilience on the Middle Creek Trail
The Bureau of Land Management will be limiting public access to the Middle Creek recreational trail, starting Monday, March 28, through April, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, while work is underway to improve public safety, wildfire resilience and landscape health. The trail will be fully open before and after working hours and on weekends. (BLM CA News Release)
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Jetty repairs near Humboldt Bay South Jetty temporarily restrict access
Facilities and beach access managed by the Bureau of Land Management at the Mike Thompson Wildlife Area, South Spit Humboldt Bay, are temporarily restricted to the public, while repairs are underway on the south jetty. Work is expected to continue until Oct. 1.(BLM CA News Release)
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What is one role that the long-tail weasel plays in the ecosystem in which it lives?
A. They build dams in rivers creating homes for other animals.
B. They pollinate wildflowers and other native plant species.
C. They turn over soil for cultivating plants.
D. They help to control populations of rodents and rabbits.
Photo: Isaiah Woodard, BLM Intern
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The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023
President Biden's proposed $1.6B Fiscal Year 2023 BLM Budget provides robust investments to fight climate change, address infrastructure needs, build a legacy of conservation and restoration, and promote equity and environmental justice on public lands. (BLM News Release)
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President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget makes $18.1 billion investment in Interior Department initiatives
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023. The President’s Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address. (DOI News Release)
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President's 2023 budget proposes significant investments to address the nation's wildfire crisis
The budget proposal requests $1.5 billion, including $340 million in the Wildfire Suppression Operations Reserve Fund, targeted to reduce wildfire risk, build resilient landscapes, and expand workforce capacity (Wildland Fire News Release)
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Secretary Haaland visits the Southwest to learn about locally led conservation in Texas; the President's 2023 Budget request could spell a 19% increase for Interior; Interior leaders outline the Administration's ambitious clean energy goals at the Pacific Offshore Wind Summit; the nation honors the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez. (DOI YouTube)
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Question of the Week Answer
If you guessed D you'd be correct!
Long-tailed weasels help to control populations of rodents and rabbits. They have a small, narrow head with long whiskers, and short legs. Their long slender body and flexible backs allow them to enter the burrows of smaller rodents and other animals. These weasels have long, bushy tails that make up about 50% of their total body length. On average, males are larger than females.
Photo: USGS
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