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THIS WEEK IN NEWS.BYTES:
- Wildfires and prevention
- America's Great Outdoors
- Get Outdoors tip of the week
- Kenna's Corner: NLCS
- Not for educators only: Wildlife trivia question of the week
- Renewable energy
- Traditional energy
- Wild horses and burros
- Headlines and highlights: Assorted topics from your public lands in California
- Selected upcoming events
- National and Department of the Interior items
- More wildlife stories

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WILDFIRES AND PREVENTION

"Fire officials stress caution for July Fourth holiday" (BLM, 6/12/12)
"After our abnormally dry winter, conditions are drying out quickly,"
said Eric Ewing, a manager at the Susanville Interagency Fire Center.
"We have a tall crop of grass in many areas, and that can feed a
wildfire. People need to be extremely careful when camping, driving in
the back country and cutting firewood." It is illegal to possess or
use fireworks, including those sold at fireworks stands, in national
forests, national parks and on public lands managed by the Bureau of
Land Management.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/NC1271_firesafety.html

"BLM announces fire restrictions for lands managed by Arcata Field
Office" (BLM, 6/21/12)
Effective July 1, the BLM is implementing fire restrictions for lands
managed by the Arcata Field Office in Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and
Mendocino counties. Field Office Manager Lynda Roush said the
restrictions are needed because of dry fuels and increasing fire
danger in the North Coast region. Wildfires under these conditions can
pose threats to public land visitors, natural resources and adjacent
private lands and communities.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/fire_restrictions_arcata_fo.html

"Risky business; the 2012 fire season is off to a bad start" (Mammoth
Times, 6/22/12)
The Eastern Sierra "is almost 50 percent drier than average for this
time of year." A bark beetle infestation has left many trees "red and
dry as an old bone." An "unprecedented invasion" of cheat grass covers
"vast areas that firefighters once thought immune to fires. A century
of misguided federal fire suppression policy has left the Eastern
Sierra full of historic levels of fuels." The Mammoth Lakes Fire
Marshall said that "it's not just a local problem." He points to "the
series of massive fires in the Reno area, to a giant fire still
burning in New Mexico, to another in Colorado. No one has ever seen
fires like these, he said, not in these places at this time of year,
not this big." He urges home and business owners to create "defensible
space."
www.mammothtimes.com/content/risky-business-2012-fire-season-bad-start

"From The Chief's Corner: Creating defensible space - wildfire
season!" (East County Magazine, 6/13/12)
"Wildfires are among the nation's growing natural hazards. Though
wildfires are natural and often beneficial in less populated areas,
more and more homes and lives are being threatened. Many states are
implementing and enforcing regulations for reducing wildfire fuel
sources. Be sure to check with your state or county for regulations
related to your property. These are just a few guidelines for creating
a defensible space to help reduce the spread of wildfires."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,l6ml,c0o3,283f,37zd

"Living with fire in Sonoma County" (Fire Safe Sonoma)
An online brochure, with text and illustrations, and checklists.
Though especially for Sonoma County residents -- including fire-wise
plants for the area -- it includes more information about defensible
space. (PDF file):
www.firesafesonoma.org/main/sites/default/files/living_with_fire.pdf

"Find a local council" (California Fire Safe Councils)
www.firesafecouncil.org/find/index.cfm

"Wildfire season erupts across Valley" (Palm Springs Desert Sun, 6/18/12)
Photos from recent, relatively small wildfires.
www.ca.blm.gov/tjkd

"Wildfires burn across western U.S." (Associated Press at Palm Springs
Desert Sun, 6/19/12)
Several dozen photos, and some information from recent wildfires.
www.ca.blm.gov/rjkd

"Fire Restrictions in Western Nevada Start June 18" (BLM Nevada, 6/18/12)
Vegetation in western Nevada and eastern California is significantly
drier for this time of year. A large crop of grass and brush is
evident at lower elevations and trees and other forest vegetation at
higher elevations are quickly drying out. The public is encouraged to
safely enjoy the public lands, bearing in mind that human-caused fires
annually threaten human life, private property and public land
resources every summer.
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/fire_restrictions.html

"Would-be firefighters gather for a week of wildfire readiness
training" (Magic Valley, Idaho, Times-News, 6/17/12)
"Recruits were face down in the dirt, covered in fabric fire shelter.
Fire instructor JR Sullivan grabbed the shelter and shook it while
screaming, 'Hear a freight train comin'!' Fire creates its own weather
system, winds can reach up to 60 mph as the oxygen races to feed
flames, and Sullivan wanted the would-be firefighters to be ready."
The 49 "wildland rookie firefighters," mainly from the BLM and U.S.
Forest Service" were training for wildfire season. Many photos.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,bk1i,dc0z,283f,37zd

"Veterans Train To Become Firefighters" (KDRV Oregon, 6/19/12)
On Tuesday, 10 military veterans in training to be firefighters, "left
the classroom, and took to the streets .... For their first field
exercise, the recruits carried a 45-pound vest while walking 3 miles
in less than 45 minutes. All 10 are working to become firefighters for
the Bureau of Land Management." They are among two veteran crews
established this year in Oregon.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,7hwj,1giq,283f,37zd

"Debate over fire retardant toxicity rages in West" (Associated Press
in Sacramento Bee, 6/21/12)
"Forest Service officials insist firefighting won't be hindered by new
rules meant to prevent millions of gallons of retardant dropped onto
scorched landscapes each year from poisoning streams and killing fish
and plants." The rules arise from a lawsuit.
www.sacbee.com/2012/06/21/4580198/debate-over-fire-retardant-toxicity.html

"Fire threat up as vintage air arsenal shrinks" (New York Times, 6/21/12)
"As federal authorities confront the destructive start of what
threatens to be one of the fiercest wildfire seasons in memory, they
are relying on a fleet of ancient planes converted from other purposes
to do the dangerous, often deadly, work of skimming the smoldering
treetops to bomb fires with water and flame retardant."
www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/us/fire-threat-up-as-vintage-air-arsenal-shrinks.html

"UCR ecologist predicts small wildfires this summer" (Riverside
Press-Enterprise, 6/20/12)
"Inland valleys will suffer few large brush fires this summer,
predicts a UC Riverside ecologist." But he says some mountain
communities "are ripe for a catastrophic blaze because dense brush has
built up after more than 100 years of aggressive firefighting." A Cal
Fire chief said "We deploy our resources based on our mission, and
that is to contain 95 percent of all wildfires to 10 acres or less ...
That reduces the amount of area that burns and reduces the risk to
life and property."
www.ca.blm.gov/zjkd


AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS

"River rafting season on Kings, Merced, Upper Kern to close early"
(Los Angeles Times, 6/18/12)
"The river rafting season in California has been very up and down so
far this summer. Outfitters are closing the season on some
natural-flow rivers in the Sierra earlier than expected because of the
state's drier-than-usual year while rivers relying on reservoir water
will continue to cash in on last year's big snowpack."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,7yqm,6ldf,283f,37zd

"House votes to boost Merced River water storage despite 'wild and
scenic' status" (Fresno Bee, 6/19/12)
"A divided House on Tuesday approved a bill that could increase Merced
River water storage by taking away some long-standing 'wild and
scenic' river protections. Backed by farmers and local lawmakers but
opposed by environmentalists and the Obama administration," the bill
passed as part of "a larger public lands measure package ... a public
lands potpourri."
www.fresnobee.com/2012/06/19/2880002/house-votes-to-boost-merced-river.html

"Wild and scenic rivers"(BLM California)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/wildrivers.html

"River recreation"(BLM California)
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/recreation/rivers.html

"BLM, Lost Coast Interpretive association to host free tidepool tour
at Mal Coombs Park" (BLM, 6/7/12)
The fascinating life in tidepools will be featured in a free outing
Saturday, June 23 in Shelter Cove. The outing is part of a summer
hikes series offered by the BLM and the Lost Coast Interpretive
Association. BLM Interpretive Specialist Rachel Sowards Thompson says
participants should be prepared to get wet as they learn about the
hardy forms of life that exist in tidepools.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom.html

"Fort Ord National Monument dedication ceremony" (BLM YouTube channel)
Video of speakers at the May 19 event.
www.blm.gov/ca/media/video/fort-ord/dedication/index.html

GET OUTDOORS TIP OF THE WEEK...
...Visit South Cow Mountain OHV Recreation Area, which has more than
120 miles of vehicle trails within 23,000 acres, and offers challenges
to motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and four-wheel drive enthusiasts
alike. Non-motorized recreation is also welcome. There are two
developed campgrounds and two OHV staging areas to help make your
visit enjoyable.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ukiah/cowmtn.html


KENNA'S CORNER
BLM California's State Director Jim Kenna speaks on the National
Landscape Conservation System, in this brief video: "The beauty of the
NLCS system is that it allows us to call out very specific values that
we owe to the next generation and to be very clear about what those
are and then with that clarity, to step it up a notch, to add
additional focus and emphasis to those values, and ensure that we are
delivering what is expected."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,g4hj,iw89,283f,37zd


NOT for EDUCATORS ONLY:
western snowy plover
WILDLIFE TRIVIA QUESTION of the WEEK:
The western snowy plover...
(a.) ...cannot fly.
(b.) ...nests out in the open.
(c.) ...regurgitates food to feed its chicks.
(d.) ...eats sand with its food, to help digest it.
(e.) ...at first demanded royalty payments to appear in the Wildlife
Trivia Question of the Week, but luckily his manager, Stinky Badger
(a.k.a. Mydaus Foetidum) convinced him the publicity was more valuable
than mere money.
See answer - and more wildlife stories - near the end of this News.bytes.


RENEWABLE ENERGY

"Searing questions on massive solar experiment in Mojave Desert" (Los
Angeles Times, 6/20/12)
"As one of the world's largest sun-powered plants takes shape,
observers debate the risk to birds, planes and drivers .... When
completed, a massive plant now under construction near the
California-Nevada border will be the largest of its kind in the world
.... The project's whiz-bang technology has confounded government
regulators' ability to analyze the facility, in part because nothing
of its type and size exists anywhere else in the world."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,lk5g,5y7d,283f,37zd

"Powerlink turned on as legal challenges remain" (Fox 5 San Diego, 6/19/12)
Sunrise Powerlink opponents said "they will continue their legal
battle, even as the long-awaited line is already transmitting energy
into San Diego." Lawsuits challenging the environmental review before
construction "have not been resolved," an opponent said, and "even if
the line is operating, green energy projects planned along Powerlink
will be contested as well."
www.ca.blm.gov/yjkd

RELATED: "Sunrise Powerlink transmitting traditional power from
neighboring states" (Imperial Valley Press, 6/19/12)
The Sunrise Powerlink started transporting power to San Diego this
week, but not yet the "Imperial County-based renewable energy" it was
designed for. "None of the projects that San Diego Gas & Electric has
contracts with have finished construction, though a few of the eight
are under way," said an SDG&E spokeswoman. The "traditional mix of
power" now on the line comes "from a variety of places, like Arizona,
but not Mexico. Power from Mexico is on a different pathway."
www.ca.blm.gov/wjkd

"Powerlink completion" (San Diego Union-Tribune, 6/15/12)
Seventeen photos from the construction.
www.utsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2012/jun/15/powerlink-completion/

"Another lawsuit filed against Ocotillo Wind Express" (Imperial Valley
Press, 6/21/12)
A lawsuit was filed this week "against the Department of the Interior,
the Bureau of Land Management and the project's owner, Pattern Energy
... claiming the project lacked the necessary legal requirements when
obtaining the federal right-of-way" from the BLM.
www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-another-lawsuit-filed-against-ocotillo-wind-express-20120621,0,3214471.story

"BrightSource Wins Bid for Solar Trust's 500-Megawatt Project"
(Bloomberg, 6/21/12)
"BrightSource Energy Inc., the U.S. solar-thermal developer, was the
top bidder at an auction today in Delaware to buy an unbuilt
California power plant proposed by the bankrupt Solar Trust of America
LLC." Palen, in Desert Center, California, "is one of three unfinished
projects Solar Trust plans to sell."
www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-21/brightsource-wins-bid-for-solar-trust-s-500-megawatt-project.html


TRADITIONAL ENERGY

"BLM plans oil and gas competitive lease auction" (BLM, 6/20/12)
The Bureau of Land Management will offer eleven parcels encompassing
approximately 5,179 acres of public lands in Kings and Kern counties
during a competitive oil and gas lease auction on Wednesday, September
12 in Bakersfield.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/og_auction_sept.html

"Interior allows more time to weigh in on 'fracking' rule" (The Hill, 6/22/12)
"The Interior Department is extending the public comment period on
draft rules to regulate oil-and-gas 'fracking' by 60 days after being
pressured by energy companies that wanted more time to weigh in.
Interior's Bureau of Land Management had initially required comments
by July 10 on the regulations."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,3nqh,k049,283f,37zd

"Viewpoints: Disputed oil technology is safe – and vital" (Sacramento
Bee, 6/16/12)
"Hydraulic fracturing has been used in California for decades, without
a single incident of risk or damage to water supplies, the environment
or public health. Far from being clandestine, hydraulic fracturing is
a transparent and highly regulated activity in California, and is
becoming even more so." -Jack Stewart is president of the California
Manufacturers and Technology Association.
www.sacbee.com/2012/06/16/4566034/disputed-oil-technology-is-safe.html

"Fracking low risk for causing earthquakes, new report says" (Tulsa
World Oklahoma, 6/16/12)
…."but underground injection of fracking waste and other energy
technologies present greater seismic risks, a report from the National
Research Council says. Oklahoma has seen a series of small but
high-profile earthquakes in recent months."
www.ca.blm.gov/xjkd

"Los Angeles City Council members push fracking ban" (Los Angeles
Times, 6/13/12)
Last week, "three members of the Los Angeles City Council introduced a
resolution that urges Gov. Jerry Brown and California regulators to
impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing until the state determines
that the controversial oil extraction procedure is 'safe for public
health, for the Los Angeles water supply and for the environment'."
www.ca.blm.gov/mjkd

"Study focuses on 'massive' water use in fracking" (Bakersfield
Californian, 6/21/12)
"A new report says public debate over hydraulic fracturing should be
broadened to include the amount of water used and disposed of
underground as part of the controversial oil field technique also
known as 'fracking'."
www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x1076260269/Study-focuses-on-massive-water-use-in-fracking

"Republicans, Democrats at odds on energy issues" (Bloomberg
Businessweek, 6/20/12)
"A survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research shows that the polarized positions on energy that have
divided Congress and emerged in the presidential campaign also run
deep among the public. While majorities in both parties say energy is
an important issue, the poll shows that partisan identification is
closely tied to people's perceptions of the causes of the country's
energy problems and possible solutions."
www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06/D9VCOB7O0.htm

RELATED: "Energy issues: How the public understands and acts" (The
Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, June 2012)
"The U.S. public "accepts some responsibility for the country's energy
problems, but most place responsibility with the energy industry and
want the government involved in finding a solution."
www.apnorc.org/


WILD HORSES AND BURROS

"Wild burro roundup concludes near Palo Verde" (BLM, 6/15/12)
The BLM has completed helicopter operations to gather wild burros from
private agricultural lands near Palo Verde. Twelve burros that had
wandered out of the Chocolate-Mule Mountains Herd Area were captured,
all in good condition. The burros have been crossing Highway 78,
endangering themselves and creating a traffic hazard for the public.
Landowners report there are up to 50 burros still on private land. The
field office will proceed with future actions as needed through water
and bait trapping throughout the year.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/CDD1259_roundupdone.html

"BLM rounds up 350 wild burros" (Yuma Sun, 6/17/12)
The BLM "captured 350 wild burros from the Cibola-Trigo Herd
Management Area north of Yuma as part of an initiative to maintain a
healthy population of wild burros on public lands. The animals will be
taken to the BLM Ridgecrest facility in California and be made
available for adoption by the public."
www.yumasun.com/news/blm-79798-burros-area.html

"Judge stops copters in horse roundups" (Associated Press in San
Francisco Chronicle, 6/20/12)
A federal judge in Nevada "has temporarily banned" the BLM from "using
helicopters to gather many of the hundreds of mustangs targeted in a
roundup that's already under way about 150 miles northeast of Reno
.... he'll allow the activity to continue in the southern half of the
Jackson Mountains because BLM has proven there's an emergency due to
drought."
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/06/20/national/a174205D40.DTL

"BLM hauling water for wild horses in Triple B Complex" (BLM Nevada, 6/20/12)
The BLM Wells and Egan Field Offices have started hauling water to
wild horses in the Triple B Complex of herd management areas because
of severe drought conditions. The BLM is seeking public input in the
development of an environmental assessment to analyze a proposed
non-helicopter gather and removal of excess wild horses in the Complex
by water or bait trapping to relieve pressure on springs or until a
helicopter gather can take place.
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/elko__blm_hauling.html


HEADLINES and HIGHLIGHTS

"Northeast California RAC tours newly acquired public lands, reviews
project proposals" (News.bytes Extra)
Members of the BLM's Northeast California Resource Advisory Council
toured newly acquired public lands in far northwestern Nevada, and
commented on proposed grazing management and recreation site
improvement projects there, when they met June 13 and 14 in
Cedarville.
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsbytes/2012/536xtra_nerac_mtng_tour.html

"Perris: City once had the top gold mine in Southern California"
(Riverside Press-Enterprise, 6/15/12)
"Four miles of tunnels, right under Highway 74" remain from a mine
that once "ran 24 hours a day" and "created a racket that could be
heard for miles." The Good Hope gold mine had started with an
arrastra, "a circular enclosure, where mules dragged grindstones to
pulverize it into pieces small enough for panning" and was mechanized
in the late 1800s. "Actual financial results are questionable ...
because mines reported to the federal Bureau of Land Management in a
less-than-transparent process."
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,km00,6dar,283f,37zd

"Being clear on horse park" (Monterey County Herald, 6/2012/)
Guest commentary by a member of the Monterey Horse Park board of
directors: "A number of people have written letters in opposition to
Monterey Downs and the Monterey Horse Park proposed for Ford Ord. I
think there is a great deal of misunderstanding .... it is important
to note the project does not touch the newly designated national
monument lands directly."
www.montereyherald.com/ci_20898672/being-clear-horse-park

JOBS
"Current job openings - BLM California" (USAJOBS website)
Current listings include realty specialist.
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,8qwy,1ci0,283f,37zd


NATIONAL AND DEPARTMENT of the INTERIOR ITEMS

"Peripheral Canal opponents urge Interior to block project" (Central
Valley Business Times, 6/13/12)
"Thirty-eight environmental, fishing, consumer, Native American and
other groups are urging the Obama Administration to throttle state
plans to build a peripheral canal. In a letter to U.S. Interior
Secretary Ken Salazar, the group say the canal, or its alternative, a
massive tunnel, would suck out most of the water from the Sacramento
River before it enters the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The canal or
tunnel would move the water into the state and federal irrigation
systems."
www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=21262

"Tsunami of noxious weeds choking BLM land in eastern Oregon"
(Portland Oregonian, 6/16/12)
An "invasion of unwanted weeds" may hinder efforts to designate an
Oregon wilderness area. "Nationally, weeds probably infest 20 percent
of the 245 million acres BLM manages ... up from 14.4 percent a decade
ago .... Part of BLM's challenge is that it can use only four
herbicides vs. the roughly 20 herbicides that ranchers are allowed to
apply on their privately owned land." The limits come from court
orders "resulting from lawsuits."
www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/06/tsunami_of_noxious_weeds_choki.html

"On the hoodoo trail in remote but beautiful Jarbidge Canyon, Nev."
(Los Angeles Times, 6/17/12)
The drive to Jarbidge "would have been shorter if we hadn't stopped so
often to take photographs. I had heard that Jarbidge Canyon held
bizarre pillars of rock known as hoodoos, and that the 113,167-acre
Jarbidge Wilderness was beautiful but that neither the canyon nor the
area's 10,000-feet-plus peaks were visible from major highways. You
had to be motivated to experience them. With 50 miles of maintained
trails for hiking and horseback riding in the wilderness area, dirt
roads in nearby Bureau of Land Management lands for mountain biking
and two rivers for serious rafting, we were motivated."
www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-jarbidge-20120617,0,345802.story

"Fight continues to preserve Gold Butte" (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6/17/12)
"Almost a decade has passed since advocates first floated the idea of
turning Gold Butte into a conservation area." A proposal would include
"roughly 550 square miles of federal land, from the pine-covered peaks
of the Virgin Mountains" to desert at Lake Mead's northeastern
boundary. "Within that area lie thousands of cultural sites, including
rock art panels crowded with petroglyphs and pictographs left by
successive generations of Native Americans."
www.lvrj.com/news/fight-continues-to-preserve-gold-butte-159336635.html

"Federal wildfire fighters seek health benefits" (Government Executive, 6/18/12)
"The Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management employ the
largest cadre of seasonal temporary employees in the federal
government -- employees who, by statute, are unable to receive health
insurance, life insurance or retirement benefits. Because they are
temporary, these employees also are not eligible for step increases or
competitive standing if were they to apply for career jobs."
/www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2012/06/federal-wildfire-fighters-seek-health-benefits/56332/


SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS
BLM California has a new events calendar on Facebook. If you are
signed into your Facebook account, you can view it at:
http://www.elabs10.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=x8pbwi,12ogg,3xn3,ihz0,a3zr,283f,37zd
OR find it on our BLM California Facebook homepage at:
www.facebook.com/blmcalifornia

June 23 and 24 - Public meetings on proposed McCoy Solar Energy Plant,
Riverside County
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/mccoy_solar_pub_mtngs.html

June 23 - Tide Pool tour - Shelter Cove
www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/june/NC1269_tidepooltour.html


WILDLIFE TRIVIA answer and related websites
(b.) ...nests out in the open.

SOURCE: Western Snowy Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus" (BLM
California wildlife database)
www.blm.gov/ca/forms/wildlife/details.php?metode=serial_number&search=3069

More wildlife news from your public lands (and elsewhere):

"Habitat set aside for western snowy plover doubles" (San Francisco
Chronicle, 6/19/12)
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday designated 38 square
miles along the West Coast as critical habitat for a federally listed
beach- and mud-loving bird called the Pacific Coast western snowy
plover. The designation more than doubles the amount of habitat set
aside for the threatened pocket-size birds in California, Oregon and
Washington. It means proposed developments on federal land could come
under more scrutiny."
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/19/BAOK1P3S6V.DTL

"Understanding the hummingbird" (Cortez Journal, 6/18/12)
As common as they are in Colorado, "researchers still have much to
learn" about hummingbirds "and what they need to survive." To learn
more, "the Hummingbird Monitoring Network has partnered with public
land management agencies and volunteer groups to create monitoring
stations across the country to gather more hummingbird data" --
including banding them.
www.cortezjournal.com/article/20120618/NEWS01/706189987/Understanding-the-hummingbird

"Forest Service Seeks To Wipe Out Feral Pigs" (San Diego Union-Tribune, 6/22/12)
"Authorities see the pigs as a threat to fragile ecosystems and public
health and safety. Environmentalists worry wild pigs are damaging the
county's sensitive habitat, much of it still recovering from the
catastrophic wildfires of the past decade .... The government, at a
potential cost of several million dollars, wants to kill all the pigs
using a variety of methods including trapping, hunting by helicopter
and ground hunting with dogs. The report lists several options. The
U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management will make a
decision later this year."
www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/22/tp-forest-service-seeks-to-wipe-out-feral-pigs/

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