Advisory Committee on Geographic Names (CACGN) Agenda August 13, 2021 Virtual Webinar Sacramento, California 10:00A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Zoom Webinar: Or Telephone: USA 214 765 0479 US Toll, USA 888 278 0296 US Toll-free Conference code: 596019

Call to Order and attendance

1. Roll Call  Introduce members, ex-officios and advisors

2. Approve Minutes for May 7, 2021 meeting

3. Introductions / Announcements / Business  Update roster / Confirm contact information – Roster will be circulated electronically  How to refer to offensive names  Negro Bar case update  Other

4. Actions made by U.S. BGN since May 7th, 2021 Source: geonames.usgs.gov > Domestic Names > Action List; 2021.07.09; Accessed 2021.04.06) Negro bar – revisit

Feature Review BGN Decision Case Proposed Name Type County List Date Status Leonard Creek Creek Sierra 434 6/10/2021 approved

5. Names proposals on Pending Review Lists for Consideration **Ongoing case assignments that were worked on under previous CACGN structure ***Following committee discussion of each proposed name, public comments will be accepted for up to three minutes.

BGN Assigned County Proposed name Current name list # member Plumas Damalusung Lake Squaw Lake 416 Christina Snider Plumas Delmooah Valley Squaw Valley 416 Christina Snider Plumas Delunga Peak Squaw Valley Peak 416 Christina Snider Plumas Seshme Creek Squaw Queen Creek 416 Christina Snider Alameda Oakland Hills n/a 428 Tiffany Meyer Nevada Johnson Canyon Negro Canyon 434 Susan Anderson San Bernardino Oak Springs n/a 436 Mary Simmerer San Bernardino Paac Küvü̱ hü̱ ’ḵ Squaw Tank 437 Christina Snider Napa Doak Creek To Kalon Creek 437 Tiffany Meyer Howe Arch n/a 439 Greg Lucas Da-ek Dow Go-et Wa Alpine Jeff Davis Creek 440 Tah Amy Loseth Marin Elk Creek n/a 440 Richard Lis Riverside Menifee Hills n/a 440 Amy Loseth El Dorado Sawyier Falls n/a 440 Daniel Walsh San Mateo Aramai Point n/a 441 Mary Simmerer El Dorado Gasparini Creek Gasparni Creek 441 Susan Anderson San Bernardino Risler Buttes Pickaninny Buttes 442 Mary Simmerer Imperial Chesed Hills n/a 443 Greg Lucas Tuolumne China Creek Chinaman Creek 443 Tiffany Meyer Nevada Granite Face Lake n/a 443 Richard Lis Tuolumne The Duke n/a 443 Daniel Walsh

6. Names proposals on Pending Review Lists to be introduced and assigned **Case assignments are subject to change following committee meeting discussion

Proposal BGN Assigned County Proposed name Current name release date list # member

7. Time and place of next meeting: December 8th, 2021 @ 9:30 A.M. – Location to be confirmed

Proposed Spring meeting date: March 25th, 2022 @ 9:30 A.M. - ROSTER (as of 7/21/21)

Committee Members:  Mary Simmerer, Department of Water Resources  Daniel Walsh, Department of Parks and Recreation  Richard Lis, Department of Fish and Wildlife  Amy Loseth, Department of Conservation  Tiffany Meyer, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Acting Chair)  Christina Snider, Native American Heritage Commission  Greg Lucas, California State Library  Susan Anderson, California African American Museum

Ex-Officio Members:  Amar Azucena Cid, Department of Transportation  Assemblymember James C. Ramos, Select Committee on Native American Affairs  Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., Legislative Black Caucus  Assemblymember Luz Rivas, Latino Legislative Caucus  Assemblymember , Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus  Senator , Legislative LGBTQ Caucus  Designee TBD, Legislative Women’s Caucus

Federal Advisors:  Carol Ostergren, Geological Survey  James Barnes, United States Bureau of Land Management  Jeffrey Ferguson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Rich Spradling, United States Forest Service  Amanda Kaplan, National Park Service

Emeritus Advisors:  Jim Trumbly, former Chair, retired State Parks  Will Patterson, past member, California Department of Fish and Wildlife  Clayton Guiraud, past member, Department of Water Resources

CACGN Support Staff  Kira Healey  Sue Tyson  Tom Negrete  Pam Martin