Grazing Will Remain a Controversy on Carrizo Monument Under the New Plan

SLO Tribune: Finally, A Plan for the Carrizo The plains monument has its first management guidelines, which will direct it for 20 years By David Sneed | dsneed@thetribunenews.com Nearly a decade after it was created, the Carrizo Plain National Monument has its first resource management plan. The plan uses grazing as a management tool for [...]

Carrizo Is Place of Togetherness: Chumash

Taft Midway Driller Carrizo Plain: ‘This land has always brought people together’ By Doug Keeler Taft Midway Driller Posted Apr 15, 2010 @ 10:40 AM Last update Apr 15, 2010 @ 12:39 PM Taft, Calif. — Carrizo Plain, the people who treasure it now, and the people who have treasured it for centuries met Saturday [...]

Carrizo Plain National Monument’s Plan Stiffs Conservation in Favor of Cattle

The actions of the Obama Administration on environmental matters is disappointing to say the least. Now, the Carrizo Plain National Monument has a plan, and The Wilderness Society published an article lauding the newly adopted plan and the protections it will give endangered species of flora and fauna. The Center for Biological Diversity gives the [...]

The Beauty of the Carrizo Plain National Monument

Recently the local news has been abuzz with the spectacular wildflowers on the Carrizo. I want to share a few sites that provide some extraordinary photographs and articles about the experience of visiting the monument. Mike Baird’s photos of Soda Lake and the monument are very different from the usual views. Bill Bouton posts spectacular [...]