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APPENDIX J REFERENCES WEST MOJAVE (WEMO) DESERT PLAN AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REFERENCES Chapter 1.0 Introduction BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2003. Decision Record for the Western Mojave Desert Off Road Vehicle Designation Project. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2005. Final Environmental Impact Report and Statement for the West Mojave Plan, A Habitat Conservation Plan and California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment. Moreno Valley, California: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2006. Record of Decision, Western Mojave (WEMO) Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan. March, 2006. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2012. Travel and Transportation Management Handbook 8342-1. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2016a. Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, Land Use Plan Amendment, September, 2016. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2016b. BLM Travel and Transportation Manual 1626. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2011. Revised Recover Plan for the Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento, CA. May 6, 2011. Chapter 2.0 Alternatives BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2006. Record of Decision, Western Mojave (WEMO) Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan. March, 2006. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2012. Travel and Transportation Management (TTM) Handbook 1626-1. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2016a. Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, Land Use Plan Amendment, September, 2016. Section 3.1 Analysis of the Management Situation BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2005. Final Environmental Impact Report and Statement for the West Mojave Plan, A Habitat Conservation Plan and California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment. Moreno Valley, California: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2006. Record of Decision, Western Mojave (WEMO) Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan. March, 2006. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2015. Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Proposed Land Use Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement. October 2015. J‐1 WEST MOJAVE (WEMO) DESERT PLAN AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2016a. Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, Land Use Plan Amendment, September, 2016. Section 3.2 Air Quality Anderson, J., F. Chung, M. Anderson, L. Brekke, D. Easton, M. Ejeta, R. Peterson, and R. Snyder. 2008. Progress on incorporating climate change into management of California’s water resources. Climatic Change 89, Supplement 1: 91-108. Aspen Environmental Group. 2018. Air Quality Analysis, West Mojave (WEMO) Planning Area Route Network. Prepared for: BLM Barstow and the Ridgecrest Field Offices. October 2018. Barrows, C.W. and M. L. Murphy-Mariscal. 2012. Modeling impacts of climate change on Joshua trees at their southern boundary: How scale impacts predictions. Biological Conservation 152:29-36. Bierbaum, R. M., J. P. Holdren, M. C. MacCracken, R. H. Moss, and P. H. Ravens (eds). 2007. Confronting climate change: avoiding the unmanageable and managing the unavoidable. Report prepared for the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, and the United Nations Foundation, Washington D.C., USA. Bytnerowicz, A; Fenn, M; Allen, EB; Cisneros, R. 2016. Atmospheric Chemistry. Chapter 7 in Ecosystems of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Pp. 107-128. Burley, J.D., Bytnerowicz, A., Ray, J.D., Schilling, S. and Allen, E.B., 2014. Surface ozone in Joshua Tree National Park. Atmospheric Environment, 87, pp.95-107. CARB (California Air Resources Board). 2012b. Air Quality Standards and Area Designations. Accessed at <http://www.arb.ca.gov/desig/desig.htm>. January, 2013. CARB (California Air Resources Board). 2012c. Annual Monitoring Network Report for Small Districts in California. June 2012. Cayan, D. 2009. Climate change – what southern California should prepare for?” In Climate change and the future of southern California. Southern California Association of Governments. July 2009. CCSP (Climate Change Science Program). 2008. Preliminary review of adaptation options for climate-sensitive ecosystems and resources: a report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. [Julius, S.H., J.M. West, editors., J.S. Baron, B. Griffith, L.A. Joyce, P. Kareiva, B.D. Keller, M.A. Palmer, C.H. Peterson, and J.M. Scott, authors]. Coachella Valley Regional Water Management Group. 2010. Final Coachella Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan. December 2010. Coastal Resources Center. 2009. Adapting to coastal climate change: a guidebook for development planners. University of Rhode Island and International Resources Group. EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2011. Climate change handbook for regional water planning. Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 and J‐2 WEST MOJAVE (WEMO) DESERT PLAN AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT California Department of Water Resources, in partnership with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, Resources Legacy Fund, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development. Prepared by CDM under EPA Contract Number EPA099BOA002. November 2011. <http://www.water.ca.gov/climatechange/CCHandbook.cfm>. Friggens, M. M., Warwell, M.V., Chambers, J.C., and Kitchen, S.G.. 2012. Modeling and Predicting Vegetation Response of Western USA Grasslands, Shrublands, and Deserts to Climate Change. Pages 1 - 20 in Finch, D. M., ed. Climate change in grasslands, shrublands, and deserts of the interior American West: a review and needs assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-285. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. GBUAPCD (Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District). 2012. Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan. April 12, 2012. Kim, C.S., Anthony, T.L., Goldstein, D. and Rytuba, J.J., 2014. Windborne transport and surface enrichment of arsenic in semi-arid mining regions: examples from the Mojave Desert, California. Aeolian Research, 14, pp.85-96. MDAQMD (Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District). 2013. West Mojave Plan Air Quality Evaluation Report. April, 2013. SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District). 2012. South Coast Air Quality Management District Annual Air Quality Monitoring Network Plan. USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). 2013. Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Complex – Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR – Coachella Valley NWR. Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment, Volume 1, July 2013. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. VanCuren, R., 2015. Transport aloft drives peak ozone in the Mojave Desert. Atmospheric Environment, 109, pp.331-341. Section 3.3 Geology, Soils, and Water Beeby, D.J., R.V. Miller, R.L. Hill, and R.E. Grunwald. 2002. Aggregate resources in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, Calif. Div. of Mines and Geology, Miscellaneous Map No. 010. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2005. Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health, BLM Tech Reference 1734-6, Version 4. Hedrick, J.B. 2002. Yttrium, U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, pp. 186- 187. Leszcykowski, A., et al., 1993, Mineral resources of the West Mojave Desert tortoise habitat (category one and two lands), U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center, Special Publication, unpublished report prepared at the request of the BLM to conduct a study of the mineral resources as mandated by the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980, pp. 68, Appendix A & B, four plates, 1:100,000 scale. J‐3 WEST MOJAVE (WEMO) DESERT PLAN AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT Ouren, DS. et.al., 2007. Environmental Effects of Off-Highway Vehicles on Bureau of Land Management Lands: A Literature Synthesis, Annotated Bibliographies, Extensive Bibliographies, and Internet Resources. US Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey, Open File Report 2007-1353, Reston, Virginia, 2007. 241 pgs. Ver Planck, W.E. 1957. Strontium: California Division of Mines and Geology, Mineral Commodities of California, Bull. 176, pp. 607-611. Wright, L.A., Stewart, R. M., Gay Jr., T. E., and Hazenbush, G.C.. 1953. Mines and mineral deposits of San Bernardino County, California. California Jour. Mines and Geology. vol. 49, nos.1 and 2, pp. 247, tab. list. Section 3.4 Biological Resources Best, T. L. 1995. Spermophilus mohavensis. Mammalian Species 509:1-7. Brattstrom, B.H. and D.F. Messer. 1988. Current status of the southwestern pond turtle, Clemmys marmorata pallida, in southern California. Final Report for California Department of Fish and Game, Contract C-2044. 47 pp. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2005. Final Environmental Impact Report and Statement for the West Mojave Plan, A Habitat Conservation Plan and California Desert Conservation Area Plan Amendment. Moreno Valley, California: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District. BLM (U.S. Bureau of Land Management). 2016a. Desert Renewable
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