10 Years Later - Death Valley National ParkAcronyms
10 Years Later - Death Valley National ParkAcronyms
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10 Years Later - Death Valley National Park
Early suggestions of Park status, appreciation of current Park status, by a superintendent of the park. Ed Rothfuss (Article), Fall 2004 p.7
100 Million $ Mesquite Landfill Moving Forward
In Imperial County. (Current Issues), June 15, 2007 p.11
100 Years of Preserving America's Past
Centennial of the Antiquities Act. Dwight Young (Article), September 16, 2006 p.10
1872 Mining Law
Proposed expansion of 5ac mine dump limit
Mining (Senator Craig's proposed modification of 1872 mining law.) (Issues Update), Summer 1999 p.2
Still at Risk Without Mining Law Reform (The 1872 Mining Law - outdated. HR3968 Rahall-Shay-Inslee bill.) Terry Weiner (Article), Summer 2006 p.12
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22 Years of Keeping Nevada Wild
Friends of Nevada Wilderness. Judy Anderson & Brian Beffort (Article), March 15, 2007 p.10
29 Palms Marine Base Seeks Expansion in Johnson Valley
Preferred Alternative Moves West. DEIS. Room to train 15,000 Marines at a time. Pat Flanagan (Article), June, 2011 p.22
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3809 mining regulations
Miners go to Kindergarten (3809 mining regs being revised.) Stan Haye (Article), Spring 1999 p.1
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440,000 Acres of Wilderness
Clark Co., NV, SB 2612. John Hiatt (Article), Fall 2002 p.1
49 Palms Canyon Ridge Dayhike, Joshua Tree National Park
(Outings Notice), Winter 2003 p.20
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5th Annual Ruby Rendezvous
(Outings Notice), Spring 2004 p.17
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A Matter of Words
Legal interpretation of regulations concerning motorized access to guzzlers in wilderness. (Sidebar), March, 2008 p.16
AB 811
Rooftop solar
Funding Rooftop Solar (California AB 811 law.) (Current Issues), March 2009 p.12
ABDSP - abbreviation for Anza Borrego Desert State Park
Abele, Rich
Angeles Chapter's "Little Hikers" Explore Death Valley
Families with children. (Article), Winter 1998-1999 p.17
Access to Public Lands
Personal history by the author of involvement with public land access. Ed Waldheim (Article), September 2008 p.22
ACEC - abbreviation for Area of Critical Environmental Concern
ACHP - abbreviation for Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Acronyms
ABDSP - Anza Borrego Desert State Park
ACEC - Area of Critical Environmental Concern
ACHP - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
AML - Appropriate Management Level
AMP - Adaptive Management Plan
ARR - Alliance for Responsible Recreation
ATCC - Area of Traditional Cultural Concern
ATMP - Air Tour Management Plan
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
BOR - Bureau of Reclamation
CAA - Clean Air Act
CAASP - California Archaelogical Site Stewardship Program
CARB - California Air Resources Board
Carissa Plains - Carrizo Plain
CBD - Center for Biological Diversity
CBP - Customs & Border Patrol
CDCA - California Desert Conservation Area
CDD - California Desert District
CDEM - Consejo Desarrollo Economic de Mexacali
CDFG - Californial Department of Fish & Game
CDMG - California Desert Manager's Group
CDPA - California Desert Protection Act
CDPA10 - California Desert Protection Act of 2010
CEC - California Energy Commission
CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
CEQA - California/Environmental Quality Act
CERCLA - Superfund Law
CNPS - California Native Plant Society
CNRCC - California Nevada Regional Conservation Committee
COW - Community ORV Watch
CRIT - Colorado River Indian Tribes
CURE - Citizens United for Resources and the Environment
Current Issues - News Items
CWHC - California Wild Heritgage Campaign
DAC - Desert Advisory Committee
DG - Distributed Generation
DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DMG - Desert Manager's Group
DOI - Department of the Interior
DRECP - Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
DVNP - Death Valley National Park
DWP - Department of Water and Power (Los Angeles)
EA - Environmental Assessment
EIR - Environmental Impact Report
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
Energy - Wind Energy
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESA - Endangered Species Act
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FEIS - Final Environmental Impact Statement
FLPMA - Federal Land Policy Management Act
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FOMC - Friends of Minietta Cabin
FONSI - Finding of No Significant Impact
FWS - Fish & Wildlife Service
GBUAPCD - Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District
GMP - General Management Plan
HMA - Herd Management Area
IBLA - Interior Board of Land Appeals
IID - Imperial Irrigation District
Imperial Valley Solar Energy Project - Solar Two
Intaglios - Geoglyphs
IVAN - Imperial Visions Action Network
JTNP - Joshua Tree National Park
LADWP - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Land Management - Public Land Management
LORP - Lower Owens River Project
MACT - Maximum Achievable Control Technology
MMPA - Marine Mammal Protection Act
MNP - Mojave National Preserve
MSCP - Multi-Species Conservation Plan
MWD - Metropolitan Water District
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NAWS - Naval Air Weapons Station
NCA - National Conservation Area
NDEP - Nevada Department of Environmental Protection
NECO - Northern and Eastern Colorado Desert Plan
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
News Item - Current Issues
NHPA - National Historic Preservation Act
NLCS - National Landscape Conservation System
NM - National Monument
NPCA - National Parks Conservation Association
NPS - National Park Service
NTR - National Toll Roads
NWR - National Wildlife Refuge
OHMVRD - Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division
OHV - Off-Highway Vehicles
OI - Owyhee Initiative
ORV - Off-Road Vehicles
OSNHT - Old Spanish National Historic Trail
OSTA - Old Spanish Trail Association
Parks - National Parks, State Parks
PCT - Pacific Crest Trail
PEER - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
PEIS - Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
POO - Plan of Operations
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RES - Renewable Electricity Standard
RETI - Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
RMP - Resource Management Plan
ROD - Record of Decision
S.2921 - California Desert Protecton Act of 2010
SCA - Student Conservation Association
SCML - South Coast Missing Linkages
SEEP - Sand Canyon Environmental Education Program
SGIP - Self Generation Incentive Program
SHPO - State Historic Preservation Office
SLAPP - Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation
SMARA - Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (CA)
SMGB - State Mining and Geology Board
SNWA - Southen Nevada Water Authority
Solar Two - Imperial Valley Solar Energy Project
TPL - Trust for Public Land
TWC - The Wildlands Conservancy
USBP - US Border Patrol
VFHCP - Valley Floor Habitat Conservation Plan
Wild & Scenic Rivers - Rivers
YDP - Yuma Desalting Plant
Acronyms and Familiarity with Issues
Elden Hughes (View from the Chair), April 1997 p.2
Adopt-A-Cabin
BLM Adopt-A-Cabin Program Makes for Rewarding Experience (Minietta Cabin.) Don Peterson (Trip Report), Spring 1999 p.17
El Paso Mts Adopt-A-Cabin Exploratory and Primitive Carcamp (Outings Notice), Spring 2003 p.21
Panamint Valley BLM Adopt-A-Cabin Program and Carcamp (Outings Notice), Fall 1998 p.8
Sierra Club Adopt-A-Cabin Project (Minietta Mine Cabin.) Lygeia de Jesus (Article), Spring 2000 p.22
Sierra Club Members Adopt-A-Cabin (Minietta Mine Cabin.) Lygeia deJesus (Trip Report), Summer 1999 p.18
After the Cows Go Home
Subtitle: A Natural History and Study of Grazing Impacts in the Granite Mountains. Letty French (Article), Spring 2000 p.14
Afton Canyon
Cady Mountains WSA (Viewed from Afton Gorge.) Elden Hughes (Photo), Summer 2000 p.Centerfold
East Mojave Carcamp at Afton Canyon (Outings Notice), Spring 2001 p.18
Afton Canyon ACEC
(Outings Notice), Summer 1999 p.16
Afton Canyon Exploratory
(Outings Notice), July 1997 p.13
Afton Canyon, East Mojave Carcamp
(Outings Notice), Summer 2001 p.21
Aglodones Dunes, Service and Hiking
(Outings Notice), March 15, 2007 p.21
Agriculture
China Ranch. A Welcome Oasis in the Desert Environmentally responsible date farm on the Amargosa River. Brian Brown (Article), June, 2011 p.4
Air Pollution in the Mono Lake Basin
Subtitle: Status of Control Efforts. Jim Parker & Theodore Schade (Article), Winter 2004 #2 p.1
Air Quality
Air Quality in Imperial County It can get worse. Fred Cagle (Article), September, 2010 p.10
Air Quality: An Issue in the Desert Economic struggle, political will, and those left gasping for air. Agricultural burning in Imperial County. Luis Olmedo (Article), September 2009 p.18
Mercury Emissions from Mines Under Pressure Great Basin Mine Watch's efforts to control mercury emissions from Nevada mines. Dan Randolph (Article), June 15, 2007 p.6
Regulations on Dumping Sewage Need to Include Enclosure Open-air sludge dumps in the Mojave Desert. (Current Issues), March, 2008 p.11
Air Quality at Risk in Salton Sea Water Transfers
Effect on air quality of water transfers resulting in lowering Salton Sea water level. Theodore Schade (Article), Spring 2004 p.1
Air Quality in Imperial County
It can get worse. Fred Cagle (Article), September, 2010 p.10
Air Quality in the High Desert
(Current Issues), Dec 2007 p.15
Air Quality: An Issue in the Desert
Economic struggle, political will, and those left gasping for air. Agricultural burning in Imperial County. Luis Olmedo (Article), September 2009 p.18
Air Tours
Death Valley National Park
Protecting the Natural Sounds of Death Valley (Air Tours over Death Valley National Park.) Mike Cipra (Article), June 2010 p.2
Importance of Quiet in Grand Canyon National Park The Sound of Silence. Capped at 94,000-plus helicopter tours per year. Dick Hingson (Article), June, 2011 p.12
Special Flight Rules for Grand Canyon NP, DEIS Available Some movement in the controversy about airtours over the Grand Canyon. (Current Issues), March, 2011 p.10
Airports
Dramatic Change for Ivanpah Valley Planned Las Vegas overflow airport on a dry lake in Ivanpah Valley. Deborah DeMeo (Article), Dec 15, 2006 p.11
Ivanpah Airport Land Grab Elden Hughes (Article), Fall 1998 p.1
Las Vegas Airport Developments (Current Issues), Dec 2008 p.4
Mammoth-Yosemite Airport: The Judge Asks Questions Proposed Mammoth Lakes airport. (News Item), Winter 2004 #2 p.5
Mojave Preserve Threatened by Airport Legislation Airport for Clark Co., NV, serving Las Vegas, close to Mojave Nat'l Preserve. NPCA (Article), Summer 1999 p.11
Use of Publicly Owned Land Potential Las Vegas airports on public land. Mathew Christian (Article), Summer 2004 p.3
Airtours
Death Valley National Park
Sightseeing Airtours over Death Valley (Deciding airtour frequency and locations. With map of current airtour paths.) Tom Budlong (Article), December, 2010 p.12
Alabama Hills
Congressional Designation for Owens Valley's Alabama Hills? Mike Prather (Current Issues), June 2010 p.10
Lone Pine Lake, Alabama Hills, Manzanar (Outings Notice), Spring 2006 p.20
Alabama Hills, Manzanar, Lone Pine Lake
(Outings Notice), Winter 2004 #1 p.17
Albright, Donald
Protecting the Sky Island
Sierra San Pedro Martir. (Article), June 2010 p.12
Alegretti Farms
Imperial County Water Grab. (News Item), Spring 2003 p.18
Algodones Dunes
(News Item), Fall 2003 p.9
Dune Buggies at the Algodones Dunes El Centro Field Office BLM (Photo), Spring 2000 p.16
Imperial Sand Dunes ORV Impacts Geoffrey Smith (Article), Spring 2000 p.16
Listing Sought for Algodones Dune Species (Continuing efforts, by CBD, Sierra Club. 16 species.) Daniel Patterson (Article), Winter 2006 p.14
North Algodones Dunes Wilderenss Area - Service and Hiking (Outings Notice), Dec 15, 2006 p.16
Algodones Dunes (South)
Thanksgiving weekend report. (News Item), Fall/Winter 1999 p.11
Algodones No One Knew
Larry Hogue (Article), Summer 2002 p.20
Aliens in the Desert
Non-native grasses, mustards and other plants replacing native plants. John Hiatt (Article), Summer 2005 p.12
All American Canal Brings International Litigation
Issue of canal seepage, related to proposed concrete-lining the canal. David Czamanske (Article), Winter 2006 p.1
Allen, Edwina
Sierra Club Works to Protect Owyhee Canyonlands
Sierra Club's official position on the Owyhee Initiative. (Article), June 15, 2007 p.12
Allen, Harriet
Harriet Allen, Desert Queen (Profile.) Judy Anderson (Article), Summer 2001 p.9
Allen, Kate
Bird Guzzlers in Wilderness
(Article), March, 2008 p.16
Alliance for Responsible Energy Policy,
Better Way, The
Renewable energy. Comparison of point-of-use energy with industrial wind and solar. (Article), Dec 2008 p.10
Alternate Energy
Environmental Justice Short Circuited Eagle Mountain environmental situation. Donna Charpied (Article), September 2008 p.12
Proposition 7: More than Meets the Eye Green energy proposal - deeply flawed. (Current Issues), September 2008 p.15
Solar in the California Desert Siting solar facilities in the CA desert, with maps. Ileene Anderson (Article), September 2008 p.4
Wind Turbines (News Item), Fall 2003 p.9
Amargosa Region
solar power proposals
Muddy Waters in the Amargosa Region (Solar Power Problems - competing for water with other uses in the Amargosa.) Brian Brown (Article), March 2009 p.2
Amargosa River
Beatty Area Land Release Still on Hold (5400 acres, oasis, critical habitat. Old RMP out of date.) (Current Issues), March 15, 2007 p.13
Fire in Amargosa River (Arson suspected.) (News Item), Spring 2002 p.9
New Proposal for the Amargosa River (History and current status of caring for the Amargosa.) Miriam 'Mim' Romero (Article), Fall/Winter 1999 p.4
Protecting a Desert Jewel (The Amargosa Conservancy.) Susan Sorrells (Article), September 16, 2006 p.18
Report on the Lower Amargosa Miriam 'Mim' Romero (Article), Summer 2000 p.3
Thoughts on the Amargosa River Country Miriam 'Mim' Romero (Article), Fall 2001 p.3
Water Wars and the California/Nevada Dilemma (Border area issues created by differing state rules and regulations.) Greg James (Article), March 15, 2007 p.3
Wild and Scenic Amargosa (Outings Notice), September 2007 p.21
Amargosa River Carcamp and Hike
(Outings Notice), Winter 2001 p.18
Amargosa River Country
(Outings Notice), Spring 2001 p.18
Amargosa River Proposal
Wild and Scenic River designation. Brian Brown (Article), Fall 2003 p.5
Amargosa River Study Hikes and Carcamp
(Outings Notice), Fall/Winter 1999 p.15
Amargosa River, Hike the
(Outings Notice), Winter 2003 p.21
Amargosa Wild & Scenic River Exploration
(Outings Notice), Dec 15, 2006 p.16
American Lands Sage Grouse Conservation Project
Mark Salvo (Article), Spring 2000 p.11
American West at Risk, The
Science, Myths and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery. Howard Wilshire, Jane Nielson and Richard Hazlett. "We are already serious, are actively working on wasteful personal habits, and are commenting to agencies and politicians about threats to our arid western landscapes. This book is for us.". Pat Flanagan (Book Review), March 2009 p.22
AML - abbreviation for Appropriate Management Level
AMP - abbreviation for Adaptive Management Plan
An Open Letter to Law Enforcement Officials & Elected Representatives
Offroad Vehicle Rage Targets Residents Seeking Relief. Philip M Klasky (Letter), March 2009 p.13
Anatomy of an Invasion
Sahara Mustard - What do we do now?. Dr. Cameron Barrows, PhD (Article), June 2010 p.16
Ancient Bristlecone Pines and Barcroft Lab Open House
(Outings Notice), Spring 2002 p.21
(Outings Notice), Summer 2003 p.16
Ancient Horses, Camels and Mammoths in Las Vegas
Upper Las Vegas Wash - preservation plans for this rich fossil area. John Hiatt (Article), March, 2010 p.3
Anderson, Greta
Ecological Health and Livestock Grazing
In Southern California deserts. (Article), March 15, 2007 p.4
Anderson, Ileene
Lane Mountain Milkvetch - Under Siege
(Article), Summer 2001 p.10
More Unaffordable Housing… Or a New State Park
Tejon Ranch potential housing development. (Article), September 2007 p.14
Rare Plants Competing with Rare Minerals
Protection of endemic species growing on high quality limestones in the San Bernardino mountains. (Article), Fall 2003 p.4
Solar in the California Desert
Siting solar facilities in the CA desert, with maps. (Article), September 2008 p.4
Anderson, Judy
22 Years of Keeping Nevada Wild
Friends of Nevada Wilderness. (Article), March 15, 2007 p.10
Celebrating the Volunteers
Volunteers working for passage of the CDPA. (Article), Fall 2004 p.10
Everything is Still Hitched to Everything Else
Defending the Endangered Species Act. (Article), Summer 2005 p.3
Harriet Allen
d. Sept. 30, 2009. Long time environmental leader. (Obituary/Tribute), Dec 2009 p.2
Harriet Allen, Desert Queen
Profile. (Article), Summer 2001 p.9
Hiking the Desert Trail
Several segments of the Mexico-to-Canada desert trail. (Article), Fall 2005 p.4
Judy Anderson Wins John Muir Award Frank Wheat (Article), Fall/Winter 1999 p.1
Maris Valkass, 1936-2001
(Obituary/Tribute), Summer 2001 p.1
Meet Outings Chair Jim Kilberg
(Interview), April 1997 p.9
Preserving the Best of the Rest of the American West
The National Landscape Conservation System - an assessment of current condition. (Article), Dec 15, 2006 p.1
Remembering Frank Wheat
(Article), Fall 2000 p.11
Salton Sea, North Lake Proposal
(Article), Summer 2003 p.10
Andre, James M
Cultivating Research at Granite Mountains
Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center. (Article), Winter 2002 p.3
Recent Botanical Discoveries
In the Eastern Mojave Desert, 90 new species. (Article), Winter 2004 #1 p.1
Will We Know What We Lost?
California's Desert Flora. Floristic inventory is far from complete. (Article), Dec 2008 p.6
Angeles Chapter's "Little Hikers" Explore Death Valley
Families with children. Rich Abele (Article), Winter 1998-1999 p.17
Animals
Antelope Protection Carcamp (Outings Notice), Fall 2004 p.16
Anza Borrego Bighorn Sheep Count Up a Bit (News Item), Spring 2004 p.7
Bighorn Sheep Again Seen in Jacumba Wilderness (News Item), Spring 2006 p.7
Burros Burros Everywhere Burros on desert lands. Stan Haye (Article), Winter 1998 p.4
Burros in DVNP To Bruce Babbit, Sec'y of Interior, requesting control of burros in DVNP. Edgar Wayburn, M.D (Letter), April 1997 p.9
Carrizo Gorge Poses Risk to Peninsular Bighorn Sheep David Hogan (Article), Winter 2004 #1 p.1
Desert Tortoise - Haste makes Waste Tortoise mortality during relocations. (Current Issues), September 2009 p.12
Desert Tortoises on the Move Considerations when relocating desert tortoises. Michael J O'Conner, Ph.D. (Article), Summer 2004 p.1
Federal Protection for Peninsular Bighorn (Article), Winter 1998 p.1
For Love of Pronghorn Review of pronghorn antelope and researcher Jim Yoakum. Tina Nappe (Article), March, 2011 p.8
Grazing in Anza-Borrego Threatens Bighorn Sheep Subtitle: Recovery plan says no grazing. Elden Hughes (Article), Spring 2004 p.14
Great Farmer-Engineers of our Deserts Kangaroo Rat behavior. Laura Prugh (Article), September 2009 p.15
Grizzly Bear National Monument Proposal (Current Issues), Dec 2009 p.15
Home on the Peninsular Range Returning bighorn sheep from near extinction. Mark C Jorgensen (Article), Fall 2001 p.8