Proclamation 7393—Establishment of the Carrizo Plain National

Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 143 may issue permits for anchoring in deep sand Proclamation 7393—Establishment bottom areas, to the extent that it is con- of the Carrizo Plain National sistent with the protection of the objects. Monument For the purposes of protecting the objects January 17, 2001 identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit all extractive uses. This prohibition super- By the President of the United States sedes the limited authorization for extractive of America uses included in Proclamation 3443 of De- cember 28, 1961. A Proclamation Lands and interests in lands within the Full of natural splendor and rich in human monument not owned or controlled by the history, the majestic grasslands and stark United States shall be reserved as a part of ridges in the Carrizo Plain National Monu- the monument upon acquisition of title or ment contain exceptional objects of scientific control thereto by the United States. and historic interest. Since the mid-1800s, The Secretary of the Interior shall manage large portions of the grasslands that once the monument through the National Park spanned the entire four hundred mile ex- Service, pursuant to applicable legal authori- panse of California’s nearby San Joaquin Val- ties, to implement the purposes of this proc- ley and other valleys in the vicinity have been lamation. The National Park Service will eliminated by extensive land conversion to manage the monument in a manner con- agricultural, industrial, and urban land uses. sistent with international law. The Carrizo Plain National Monument, The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare which is dramatically bisected by the San a management plan, including the manage- Andreas Fault zone, is the largest undevel- ment of vessels in the monument, within 2 oped remnant of this ecosystem, providing years that will address any further specific crucial habitat for the long-term conservation actions necessary to protect the objects iden- of the many endemic plant and animal spe- tified above. cies that still inhabit the area. The enlargement of this monument is sub- The monument offers a refuge for endan- ject to valid existing rights. gered, threatened, and rare animal species Nothing in this proclamation shall be such as the San Joaquin kit fox, the California deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, condor, the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, the reservation, or appropriation; however, the giant kangaroo rat, the San Joaquin antelope national monument shall be the dominant squirrel, the longhorn fairy shrimp, and the reservation. vernal pool fairy shrimp. It supports impor- tant populations of pronghorn antelope and Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- tule elk. The area is also home to many rare ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- and sensitive plant species, including the stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- California jewelflower, the Hoover’s woolly- ment and not to locate or settle upon any star, the San-Joaquin woolly-threads, the of the lands thereof. pale-yellow layia, the forked fiddleneck, the In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set Carrizo peppergrass, the Lost Hills saltbush, my hand this seventeenth day of January, in the Temblor buckwheat, the recurved lark- the year of our Lord two thousand one, and spur, and the Munz’s tidy-tips. Despite past of the Independence of the United States of human use, the size, isolation, and relatively America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. undeveloped nature of the area make it ideal for long-term conservation of the dwindling William J. Clinton flora and fauna characteristic of the San Joa- quin Valley region. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, The Carrizo Plain National Monument 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] also encompasses Soda Lake, the largest re- maining natural alkali wetland in southern NOTE: This proclamation was published in the California and the only closed basin within Federal Register on January 22. the coastal mountains. As its name suggests, 144 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Soda Lake concentrates salts as water is evap- mentary rocks bearing fossils of mollusks, orated away, leaving white deposits of sul- pectens, turitellas, and oysters. fates and carbonates. Despite this harsh envi- In addition to its geologic and biological ronment, small plant and animal species are wealth, the area is rich in human history. Ar- well adapted to the setting, which is also im- chaeologists theorize that humans have occu- portant to migratory birds. During the winter pied the Carrizo Plain National Monument months the lake fills with water and teems area since the Paleo-Indian Period (circa with thousands of beautiful lesser sandhill 11,000 to 9,000 B.C.). Bedrock mortar mill- cranes, long-billed curlews, and mountain ing features, village middens, and elaborate plovers. pictographs are the primary manifestations of The Carrizo Plain National Monument prehistoric occupation. Some of these, such owes its existence to the geologic processes as the Painted Rock and Sulphur Springs that occur along the San Andreas Fault, rock art sites, are recognized as world class. where two of the Earth’s five great tectonic European expeditions through the area date plates slide past one another, parallel to the back to the late 1700s, with settlement begin- axis of the Plain. Shifting along the fault cre- ning in the 1850s. Livestock ranching, farm- ated the Plain by rumpling the rocks to the ing, and mining activities in the last century northeast into the Temblor Range and iso- and a half are evidenced by numerous arti- lating the Plain from the rest of the San Joa- facts and historic ranch properties within the quin Valley. The area is world-famous for its area. spectacular exposures of fault-generated Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 landforms. Stream valleys emerge from the Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by adjacent mountains, only to take dramatic public proclamation historic landmarks, his- right-angle turns where they intersect the toric and prehistoric structures, and other fault. Ponds and sags form where the ground objects of historic or scientific interest that is extended and subsides between branches are situated upon the lands owned or con- of the fault. Benches form where the fault trolled by the Government of the United offsets valley walls. Many dramatic landscape States to be national monuments, and to re- features are products of the interplay be- serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the tween very rapid fault movement and slower limits of which in all cases shall be confined erosion. The dry climate of the area produces to the smallest area compatible with the low erosion rates, thereby preserving the proper care and management of the objects spectacular effects of fault slip, folding, and to be protected. warping. On the Plain, these fault-related Whereas it appears that it would be in events happen intermittently, but with great the public interest to reserve such lands as force. In 1857, the strongest earthquake in a national monument to be known as the California’s recorded history ripped through Carrizo Plain National Monument: the San Andreas Fault, wrenching the west- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, ern side of the Carrizo Plain National Monu- President of the United States of America, ment thirty-one feet northward. by the authority vested in me by section 2 The area is also distinguished for its signifi- of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 cant fossil assemblages. The Caliente Forma- U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- tion, exposed on the southeast side of the by set apart and reserved as the Carrizo Plain Caliente Range, is host to abundant and di- National Monument, for the purpose of pro- verse terrestrial fossil mammal remains of the tecting the objects identified above, all lands Miocene Epoch (from 13 million to 25 mil- and interests in lands owned or controlled lion years ago). Fossils of five North Amer- by the United States within the boundaries ican provincial mammalian ages (Arikareean, of the area described on the map entitled Hemingfordian, Barstovian, Clarendonian, ‘‘Carrizo Plain National Monument’’ at- Hemphillian) are represented in sedimentary tached to and forming a part of this procla- rocks in that formation. These terrestrial fos- mation. The Federal land and interests in sil remains are interlaced with marine sedi- land reserved consist of approximately Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 145

204,107 acres, which is the smallest area tinue to apply with regard to the lands in compatible with the proper care and man- the monument. agement of the objects to be protected. Nothing in this proclamation shall be All Federal lands and interests in lands deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, within the boundaries of this monument are reservation, or appropriation; however, the hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all national monument shall be the dominant forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or reservation. leasing or other disposition under the public Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- land laws, including but not limited to with- ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- drawal from location, entry, and patent under stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- the mining laws, and from disposition under ment and not to locate or settle upon any all laws relating to mineral and geothermal of the lands thereof. leasing, other than by exchange that furthers In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set the protective purposes of the monument. my hand this seventeenth day of January, in For the purpose of protecting the objects the year of our Lord two thousand one, and identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit of the Independence of the United States of all motorized and mechanized vehicle use off America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. road, except for emergency or authorized ad- William J. Clinton ministrative purposes. Lands and interests in lands within the [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, proposed monument not owned by the 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of title NOTE: This proclamation was published in the thereto by the United States. Federal Register on January 22. The Secretary of the Interior shall manage the monument through the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to applicable legal Proclamation 7394—Establishment authorities, to implement the purposes of this of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks proclamation. National Monument The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare January 17, 2001 a management plan that addresses the ac- tions, including road closures or travel re- By the President of the United States strictions, necessary to protect the objects of America identified in this proclamation. The establishment of this monument is A Proclamation subject to valid existing rights. Located on the Pajarito Plateau in north Nothing in this proclamation shall be central New Mexico, the Kasha-Katuwe Tent deemed to enlarge or diminish the jurisdic- Rocks National Monument is a remarkable tion of the State of California with respect outdoor laboratory, offering an opportunity to fish and wildlife management. to observe, study, and experience the geo- There is hereby reserved, as of the date logic processes that shape natural landscapes, of this proclamation and subject to valid ex- as well as other cultural and biological objects isting rights, a quantity of water sufficient to of interest. The area is rich in pumice, ash, fulfill the purposes for which this monument and tuff deposits, the light-colored, cone- is established. Nothing in this reservation shaped tent rock formations that are the shall be construed as a relinquishment or re- products of explosive volcanic eruptions that duction of any water use or rights reserved occurred between 6 and 7 million years ago. or appropriated by the United States on or Small canyons lead inward from cliff faces, before the date of this proclamation. and over time, wind and water have scooped Laws, regulations, and policies followed by openings of all shapes and sizes in the rocks the Bureau of Land Management in issuing and have contoured the ends of the ravines and administering grazing permits or leases and canyons into smooth semicircles. In on all lands under its jurisdiction shall con- these canyons, erosion-resistant caprocks