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News Releases Archive
For current news concerning
the national forests, monuments & parks of southern California, please visit the main News
Releases page.
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News Releases and
Announcements, from October 2015 back to April 1999:
10-23-15 Rep. Judy Chu:
HR3820 proposes expansion of San Gabriel Mts. Nat. Monument 6-8-15 Angeles NF:
Mgmt. Plan for San Gabriel Mountains
National Monument 4-15 NPS:
Rim of the Valley Corridor Study
10-10-14 Presidential Proclamation:
Establishment of San Gabriel Mts. National Monument 9-31-14 Presidential
Proclamation: Fifty Years National Wilderness System 2-14 Santa Monica Mts.
Nat. Rec. Area: Trail Plan 2-15-13 Forest Service:
Land Use in So. Calif. Roadless Areas 10-12 NPS:
Rim of the Valley Corridor Study
4-30-12 Forest Service:
Mgmt. Plan, So. Calif. Forests 10-17-11 NPS:
San Gabriel Watershed & Mts. Study, Draft 8-11 City of Monrovia:
Wilderness Plan 2-4-11 NPS:
Grand Canyon Overflight 1-5-11 Angeles & San
Bernardino NF: Bill to Extend
Wilderness 6-10 NPS:
L.A. Rim of the Valley Corridor 12-21-09 California Desert:
Desert Protection Act of 1010
(proposed) 8-09 NPS:
San Gabriel Watershed &
Mts. Resource Study 4-8-09 NPS:
Channel Islands Wilderness Designations
3-18-09 Forest Service:
Mgmt. Plan, Sequoia Nat. Monument
2-17-09 Caltrans:
Highway 39 Rebuilding Project 1-30-09 NPS:
Carrizo Plains Nat. Monument Mgmt. Plan
12-18-08 NPS:
Proposed Mountain Bicycle
Amendment 12-10-08 NPS:
Nat. Park Gun Rule Amendment
10-2-08
40th Anniversary, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act 2-5-08 Forest Service:
Mgmt. Plan, Sequoia Nat. Monument
5-24-07 Angeles N.F.: Wheeled
Vehicle Off Highway Routes
4-11-07 NPS: Merced River Plan
9-20-06 Forest Service: Roadless
Protection
9-14-06 F&WS: Yellow Legged Frog, Critical
Habitat
3-15-06 BLM: West Mojave Plan Approved
11-9-05 Forest Service: Travel Mgmt. -
Designated Routes
9-23-05 Forest Service: New So. Calif. Forest
Plan
9-05 Santa Monica Mts. Nat. Rec. Area: Trail
Plan
6-9-05 Forest Service: Change in
Recreation Fee Program
1-25-05 Forest Service: Stock Mgmt in
Muir/Adams Wildernesses
1-19-05 NPS: Study of San Gabriel
Watershed
1-5-05 Forest Service: New Forest Mgmt.
Plan
1-5-05 Forest Service: 2000 Mgmt. Plan
Removed
7-16-04 Forest Service: Change of Roadless Rule
5-18-04 NPS: Mgmt. Plan, Sequoia and Kings Canyon
4-28-04 F&WS: Arroyo Toad, Critical Habitat
1-21-04 F&WS: Southwestern Willow Flycatcher,
Habitat
12-04-03 Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Nat. Mon.: Closure
of Certain Public Lands
6-13-03 BLM: Draft West Mojave Plan
3-18-03 Forest Service: Sierra Nevada Plan,
Changes
3-03 Santa Monica Mts. Nat. Rec. Area: Trail
Plan
2-11-03 Angeles National Forest: Forest
Plan Revision
12-18-02 Forest Service: Amendment of Comment and
Appeals Procedure.
12-6-02 Forest Service: Land & Resource
Management Planning.
10-28-02 Forest Service: Review
of the agency's current Strategic Plan and recommend changes.
6-11-02 BLM: proposed West Mojave
Habitat Conservation Plan.
5-30-02 BLM: trail designations for off-road vehicles within the Surprise
Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
2-11-02 Forest Service: Sequoia
National Monument Plan.
12-31-01 Forest Service: Sierra Nevada Plan.
Initiation of a broad review.
12-27-01 Forest Service: Sierra Nevada Plan. Decision
not to conduct discretionary review.
11-8-01 NPS: Channel Islands Managemetn Plan.
7-10-01 Forest Service: Roadless Area Conservation.
Proposed Rulemaking.
6-8-01 Forest Service: Preparation of an environmental
impact statement (EIS) to establish management direction for the Giant Sequoia National
Monument.
4-20-01 Forest Service: Wilderness
Management Plan for the Ansel Adams, John Muir, and Dinkey Lakes Wildernesses culminates a
decade of wilderness planning
3-28-01 Forest Service: Chief
Dombeck resigns
3-17-01 Forest Service: Roadless Policy
delayed until May.
2-13-01 Angeles National Forest: Forest Plan Update
2-1-01 F&WS: Peninsular Bighorn Sheep
1-12-01 Forest Service: Sierra Nevada
Forest Plan Amendment
1-5-01 Forest Service: Roadless Area
Conservation
1-4-01 Forest Service: new forest road management
policy
2-21-00 F&WS: Red Legged Frog - designate
5.4 million acres as critical habitat.
12-14-00 NPS: proposed General Management Plan
(GMP) for Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
11-21-00 Yosemite NP: Yosemite Valley Plan, Final EIS
9-6-00 Death Valley NP: EIS for proposed management
plan
8-00 Forest Service: proposed management for Ansel
Adams, John Muir and Dinkey Lakes Wilderness Areas.
7-7-00 BLM: land-management issues prompted by the
growing popularity of OHV use
7-5-00 Fish & Wildlife Service: critical habitat for the Peninsular Bighorn Sheep
7-3-00 Yosemite N.P. Wild
and Scenic River Plan
6-29-00 Fish & Wildlife Service critical
habitat for the California gnatcatcher
6-6-00 Fish & Wildlife Service critical habitat for the endangered arroyo toad
5-9-00 Forest Service: regulations
to protect certain roadless areas
5-2-00 Forest Service: management
alternatives for eleven national forests in the Sierra Nevada mountain range
4-15-00 White House: Giant Sequoia
National Monument has been created by presidential proclamation to protect the trees
growing outside Sequoia National Park.
4-13-00 Yosemite N.P. The
proposed Valley Plan would restore approximately 180 acres to natural conditions.
3-3-00 Forest Service: The Forest Service has concluded that it must thoroughly
review its forest road system policy.
3-3-00 Sequoia National Forest:
The future of the giant sequoia groves.
2-4-00 Fish and Wildlife Service:
Proposal to designate critical habitat on
nearly 800,000 acres for the California gnatcatcher
1-7-00 National Park Service: Proposed Merced Wild and Scenic River Plan to protect and
enhance the "Outstandingly Remarkable Values" for which the river was designated
1-3-00 Fish and Wildlife Service:
The Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep distinct
population segment warrants classification as an endangered species
12-22-99 Fish and Wildlife Service:
Proposal to list
the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) as endangered...
10-28-99 Joshua Tree N.P.
Backcountry/Wilderness Plan
10-19-99 Forest Service: This proposed rulemaking responds to strong public sentiment for
protecting roadless areas and the clean water, biological diversity, wildlife habitat....
10-5-99 Forest Service: A proposed
rule to guide land and resource management planning for the National Forest System. This
proposed rule makes sustainability the foundation for National Forest System planning and
management.
6-11-99 National Park Service: Merced
River Management Plan which will encompass protection and enhancement of the values
for which Merced River was designated as a Wild and Scenic River.
4-20-99 Fish & Wildlife Service: Emergency Protection of the Sierra Nevada Population of Bighorn
Sheep.
4-15-99 Forest Service: New
Management Direction in Sierra Nevada National Forests
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