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FIELDREPORT Pacific Region | Summer 2016 FIELDREPORT Pacific Region | Summer 2016 Joshua Tree Monumental Land Protection National Park in the California Desert! Eagle Mountain ver the past eight years, NPCA staff Native American spiritual and cultural sites, Boundary Study worked closely with Senator Feinstein the longest undeveloped stretch of historic Oon her proposed California desert Route 66, and General Patton’s WWII desert hat better birthday present bill that would have created three new training camps. for the National Park Service monuments, national park additions, and Wduring its centennial year than wilderness and wild and scenic river to return the Eagle Mountain lands to designations. Our program staff traveled Joshua Tree National Park once and throughout southern California making for all! The Eagle Mountain lands were presentations to energy companies, city once part of Joshua Tree National councils, chambers of commerce, Native Monument but were removed by an American tribes, and local businesses, act of Congress for mineral exploration securing many endorsements for this in the 1950s. For over 50 years, the important legislation. majority of these lands were misman- aged by the BLM and were the location This February, after years of inaction from of some of the worst development Congress despite broad-based support, proposals in the California desert The new Sand to Snow National Monument such as the defeated Eagle Mountain President Obama used his executive powers will be managed by the Forest Service and landfill and a current threat: the Eagle as outlined in the 1906 Antiquities Act to BLM. It protects some of the most diverse Crest Pumped Storage Project. designate three new spectacular California desert monuments: Sand to Snow, Mojave habitat in the country, linking the San Now, thanks to Congressman Ruiz and Trails, and Castle Mountains National Gorgonio Wilderness to Joshua Tree National the National Park Service, a boundary Monument. These new monuments Park and the San Bernardino National Forest. adjustment study is under way, which preserve spectacular cultural and historic Rising dramatically from the Sonoran is the first step in returning Eagle sites, habitat for desert species, and serve as Desert floor to Southern California’s tallest Mountain lands to the park. NPCA has the connective tissue for wildlife moving alpine peak, this monument is one of the been hard at work organizing stake- between the California desert national parks. most critical wildlife corridors in Southern holders to comment on the boundary California. Hiking enthusiasts should know study. The Eagle Mountain lands have Mojave Trails will be managed solely by the it contains a 23-mile stretch of the famed substantial populations of desert tortoise, Bureau of Land Management and is the Pacific Crest Trail! continued on page 2 bighorn sheep, and golden eagle as corridor linking Mojave National Preserve Top: View of blooming Joshua Tree Woodland well as significant historical resources. to Joshua Tree National Park and existing The National Park Service stands framed by the now protected Castle Mountains wilderness areas, providing vital habitat for ©David Lamfrom | NPCA Above: Five Name Ridge, ready to steward these resources for sensitive wildlife, and unspoiled desert vistas. Sand to Snow National Monument ©Frazier future generations. It contains irreplaceable archaeological and Haney | Campaign for the California Desert FIELD LETTER FROM THE SENIOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR REPORT Three Steps Forward—One Step Back ur California Desert The Obama administration took Summer 2016 parks and the lands in three steps forward when the Obetween them just got monuments were designated. Pacific Regional Office Staff a huge lift. After eight years of However, just seven weeks 1330 Broadway, Ste 933, Oakland, CA 94612 NPCA advocacy three new later the Department of Interior, 415.989.9921 national monuments were in a move that might be called Ron Sundergill created, setting the stage for oddly dissonant, undermined SR. REGIONAL DIRECTOR landscape protection and intact some of the park protections it Neal Desai wildlife corridors in much of had just put in place by approving DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS the region. (See article titled a badly placed solar industrial “Monumental Land Protection facility right next to Mojave Roxanne Bradley in the California Desert”.) National Preserve. (See article REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT titled “Soda Mountain Solar”.) Kati Schmidt These three new monuments, ASSOC. DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS one of which is a national park unit, So NPCA members, this is not the time to Shareeka Spooner represent a huge victory for all NPCA take the foot off the accelerator. We must SR. COORDINATOR members. Congratulations to all who made continue to keep the “pedal to the metal”— John Garder this possible with your emails, letters, because we have a lot more work to do. We DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS attendance at public hearings—and through certainly have not given up in our effort to your support of NPCA over this period. block the construction of Soda Mountain California Desert Field Office Solar. Developers are coming up with even 61325 29 Palms Hwy, Ste B But then came the next decision. And it was more monstrosities proposed near the Joshua Tree, CA 92252 not good. parks. We promise to keep the NPCA 760.366.7785 Above: Ron Sundergill engine revved up for as long as it takes. Seth Shteir CALIFORNIA DESERT PROGRAM MANAGER Barstow Field Office 400 S. 2nd Ave., Ste 213, Barstow, CA 92311 760.957.7887 David Lamfrom DIRECTOR Los Angeles Field Office 1055 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 1660 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213.482.0642 Dennis Arguelles PROGRAM MANAGER Laura Torres FIELD REPRESENTATIVE Nevada Field Office Monumental Land Protection 10161 Park Run Dr., Ste 227 Las Vegas, NV 89145 in the California Desert! 702.318.6524 continued from page 1 it is home to sensitive bat species, and it is a Lynn Davis target location for the reintroduction of SR. PROGRAM MANAGER Finally, Castle Mountain National Monument pronghorn, the second-fastest species of has become the 410th National Park Unit, land mammal in the world. NPCA Membership Services Team protecting some of the finest Joshua tree, 800.628.7275 • [email protected] piñon pine, and juniper forests in the entire The designation of national monuments will Newsletter Design by kelleyalbertdesign.com California Desert Conservation Area. It raise the profile of the California desert as a encompasses native desert grassland and destination for regional tourism, benefit features stunning vistas of California and public health by enhancing opportunities Nevada desert mountain ranges, including for outdoor recreation, and preserve the Nevada’s Spirit Mountain, which is revered vibrant but fragile desert ecosystem for by southwestern Native American tribes and generations to come. is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, Castle Mountains Above: Marble Mountains in Mojave Trail National National Monument offers unparalleled Monument ©Frazier Haney | Campaign for the opportunities to study wildlife movements, California Desert npca.org Momentum Grows for Expansion of Santa Monica Mountains NRA fforts to expand the Santa Monica expands on these recommendations and interpretation programs to urban and Mountains National Recreation Area proposes adding approximately 193,000 underserved communities. It would also Egot a big boost in February when the acres to the existing park. expand outdoor recreational opportunities National Park Service released its final for the region’s 17 million residents. recommendations for the Rim of the Valley The Rim of the Valley would more than Corridor Special Resource Study, and again double the size of the existing Santa Monica The recommendations were met by wide- in June when Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28th) Mountains National Recreation Area and spread public support during two town introduced the Rim of the Valley Corridor represents an opportunity to leave a hall meetings hosted by Rep. Adam Schiff, Preservation Act (HR 5467). The Park Service significant conservation and environmental who introduced the original study legislation recommended adding approximately justice legacy for future generations. and has championed the effort for over a 170,000 acres to the park and protecting Operating in these areas would allow the decade. NPCA is now working with the wildlife corridors, waterways, and other Park Service to form partnerships with representative to move the bill through landscapes critical to the connectivity and local communities, greatly enhance research Congress and continues to build support health of the region’s ecosystem. This and planning, improve habitat protection for it through the Rim of the Valley Coalition includes the Simi Hills, Santa Susana and and restoration, and increase outreach and and other efforts. Verdugo Mountains, Griffith Park, Los Angeles River, and Arroyo Seco. Cultural Left: Congressman Adam Schiff speaks to members of the Rim of the Valley Coalition. Right: Cyclists and hikers in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area ©Photoeye | Dreamstime Bottom: View sites that preserve and interpret Los Angeles of trails in Griffith Park and Los Angeles from Griffith Observatory. © Jon Bilous | Dreamstime history, such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the birthplace of the City, El Pueblo de Los Angeles, were also included in the expansion area. Rep. Schiff’s bill A ‘Black Hole’ & Exceptional Dark Sky Viewing Great Basin NP achieves International Dark Sky status, hosts weekly astronomy programs and a three-day stargazing festival rom the air, at night, eastern Nevada Because of the park’s remote location (five formations in vivid details and the glittering, is vast darkness with a few pinpricks hours from Las Vegas, four hours from Salt sparkling Milky Way. From September 29th Fof light, a black hole of a different kind. Lake City), increasing numbers of travelers to October 1st, Great Basin hosts it annual Noted as having the darkest skies in the are making their way there to gape at millions three-day Astronomy Festival with daytime lower 48 states, Great Basin National Park of stars, brilliant against dark night skies.
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