UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management are in the early stages of developing a management plan for the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and invite the public to participate in community conversations about the monument.
The conversations are an opportunity for the public to express what they value in the management of the monument, or BSMNM.
Coordinating BSMNM planners Sharen Parker of the Mendocino National Forest and Jonna Hildenbrand of the Bureau of Land Management's Ukiah Field Office said they want to learn what is important to the community about the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
“We hope you will join us,” they said in a joint statement.
The conversations are designed in an open format with resource specialists at individual stations to talk one-on-one with interested individuals.
The community conversations will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the following locations and times:
– Wednesday, Sept. 14: Grange Community Center, 9355 Government St., Upper Lake.
– Wednesday, Sept. 28: Winters Community Center, 201 Railroad Ave., Winters.
– Tuesday, Oct. 4: Holiday Inn Express, 545 N. Humboldt Ave., Willows.
The BSMNM was established in July 2015 to preserve the objects of scientific and historic interest on the lands of the Berryessa Snow Mountain area.
The 330,000-acre area is bounded on the north by the Snow Mountain Wilderness and on the south by Berryessa Mountain in north-central California.
Approximately 197,000 acres are administered by US Forest Service and 133,000 acres by the BLM.
For more information, http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mendocino/home/?cid=FSEPRD506559 .