Carrizo Plain National Monument faces threats from inside and out

Carizzo Faces Threats from Inside and Out (San Luis Obispo New Times)
Saving the silence
Carrizo Plain National Monument faces threats from inside and out
BY MATT KETTMANN

The Carrizo Plain opened up like an earthen vault, its natural jewels spilling before my eyes, accompanied by serious silence. I had traveled a long journey inland by pickup truck to [...]

The first Obama appointee stopped on the Senate floor…What’s going on?

There is an interesting development with respect to Interior, namely that President Obama’s selected appointee did not get appointed by the Senate. Given that it is a Democratic senate and that there is a preference for deferring to presidential choices (or so I was told by my Democratic senators when I tried to get them [...]

Carrizo Resource Management Plan’s final meeting June 12

BLM Announces Meeting On Proposed Plan for Carrizo Plain National Monument
The Bureau of Land Management will hold a public meeting June 12 to discuss a Proposed Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Carrizo Plain National Monument.
The meeting will run from 2-4 p.m. at the old Farm Bureau building, located about one mile east [...]