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Attachment 4 Page 1 of 4 Path: Z:\Projects\TahoeSierraIRWMP\Events\F 2-2 Federal Lands and State Parks.mxd Plumas County Lassen County Del Norte Plumas a Siskiyou Modoc i National a Toiyabe n d Forest r National a o Shasta a i f v a Trinity n Forest i Redding d !( Lassen r e Humboldt l a o f v i N a e l N a C Tehama T-S IRWM C Region Plumas Sierra County Mendocino Glenn Butte Sierra !( Reno Nevada !( Colusa Truckee !( Carson Placer Lake City South Lake Tahoe !( Yolo El Dorado Sonoma Napa !( Sacramento Stampede Alpine Solano Mono Reservoir San Tuolumne !( Francisco Stockton !( !( Oakland Alameda !( Modesto San Jose Mariposa !( Santa Madera ¢ Clara Merced Boca Mt. Rose Fresno 0 25 50 !( Fresno Reservoir Wilderness Sources: USaSn GS, Esri, TANA, Monterey Benito Miles AND Tulare Nevada County Prosser Creek Reservoir Tahoe National Forest Donner Burton Kings Memorial SP Creek SP Beach Antone SRA Meadows NP Tahoe SRA Granite Tahoe - Skylandia Placer County Chief SRA Wilderness Ward Creek Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point SP D.L. Bliss SP Desolation Wilderness Emerald Blodgett Bay SP Experimental Washoe Forest Meadows SP Burbank Canyons Lake Wilderness Valley Study Area SRA Eldorado National Forest El Dorado County Grover Hot Jenkinson Springs SP Lake Slinkard Mokelumne Wilderness Wilderness Study Area Amador County Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Indian Alpine County Grinding Rock SHP Mono County Calaveras County Stanislaus Tuolumne County National Calaveras Forest Calaveras South Big Trees SP Grove NP Hoover Wilderness Emigrant Wilderness Sources: USGS, Esri, TANA, AND Source: National Atlas of the united States, 2005 and California State Parks, 2011 Legend Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Tahoe-Sierra IRWMP Tahoe-Sierra IRWM Boundary Federal Lands Wilderness FS Bureau of Reclamation BOR Wilderness NPS California Counties Jurisdictions: National Forest FS Wilderness Study Area BLM Federal Lands, Parks (Federal & State) State Parks Public Domain Land BLM Wilderness Study Area FS ³ K/J 1270036.00 0 4 8 July 2013 Miles Figure 2-2 U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Supervisor, Nancy J. Gibson 35 College Drive South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 Voice: (530) 543-2600 [email protected] Public Affairs Officer: Cheva Heck, Email: [email protected], Phone: (530) 543- 2608 Public Affairs Specialist: Lisa Herron, Email: [email protected], Phone: (530) 543-2815 http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/ltbmu/home Tahoe National Forest, Truckee Ranger District (includes Stampede Reservoir, Prosser Creek Reservoir, Boca Reservoir) Joanne B Roubique, District Ranger 10811 Stockrest Springs Road Truckee CA 96161 (530) 587-3558 (voice) [email protected] http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/tahoe/home Tahoe National Forest, Sierraville Ranger District Quentin Youngblood, District Ranger 317 South Lincoln Street PO Box 95 Sierraville, CA 96126 (530) 994-3401 (voice) [email protected] http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/tahoe/home Eldorado National Forest, Pacific Ranger District (Desolation Wilderness) Richard Thornburgh, District Ranger 7887 Highway 50 Pollock Pines, CA 95726-9602 530-644-2349 [email protected] http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/eldorado/home Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Bridgeport Ranger District Mike Crawley, District Ranger HC 62 Box 1000 Bridgeport, CA 93517 (760) 932-7070 FAX: (760) 932-5899 [email protected] http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/htnf/home Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Carson Ranger District (includes Mokelumne Wilderness?, and Carson-Iceberg Wilderness) Genny Wilson, District Ranger 1536 South Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 (775) 882-2766 FAX: (775) 884-8199 [email protected] http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/htnf/home Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area Office (Stampede Dam [owner/operator], Prosser Creek Dam [owner/operator], Boca Dam [owner], Lake Tahoe Dam [owner]) Kenneth Parr, Area Manager Organization Lahontan Basin Area Office Address 705 N. Plaza Street, Room 320 City Carson City, NV 89701 Phone (Office) 775 882-3436 [email protected] http://www.usbr.gov/mp/lbao/index.html Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area Office (Stampede Powerplant) Robert MacDougal Civil Engineer, Lahontan Basin Area Office Phone (Fax) 702 882-7592 Phone (Individual) 702 883-3436 Washoe County Water Conservation District (Boca Dam [Operator]) Address 295 Holcomb Ave. Suite A City Reno, NV 89502 Phone (Office) 775 322-9139 George Ball – Washoe County Water Conservation District (2009 contact) 775- 742-2583 [email protected] Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (Lake Tahoe Dam [Operator]) Rusty D Jardine, Esq., District Manager & General Counsel Walt Winder, Deputy District Manager Address PO Box 1356 City Fallon, NV 89407-1356 Phone (Fax) 702 423-5354 Phone (Office) 702 423-2141 [email protected] http://www.tcid.org/ BLM Carson City District Office, Sierra Front Field Office (includes Slinkard Wilderness Study Area?, public domain lands) Field Manager: Leon Thomas Jr. 5665 Morgan Mill Road Carson City, NV 89701 Phone: 775-885-6000 [email protected] http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/carson_city_field.html BLM Bishop Field Office (includes Slinkard Wilderness Study Area?) Symons, Katrina - Field Manager (760) 252-6004 [email protected] 2601 Barstow Road Barstow, CA 92311 Phone: (760) 252-6000 Fax: (760) 252-6098 http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow.html .
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