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Still at Risk Without Mining Law Reform (The 1872 Mining Law - outdated.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