NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — The Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service will host a public meeting in Woodland next week to hear from the community about management of the region’s public lands, including a proposal to designate existing public lands as a national monument in central California.
While the majority of the 330,000-acre monument is located in Lake County, no meeting on the expansion is planned here. Nor will it be live-streamed.
The meeting in Woodland will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Community Services Department, 2001 East St. in Woodland.
Speakers will include Nada Wolff Culver, principal deputy director, Bureau of Land Management; Karen Mouritsen, Bureau of Land Management — California director; and Wade McMaster, Mendocino National Forest Supervisor, representing Regional Forester Jennifer Eberlien.
The community meeting responds to requests from local, county, state and tribal officials, as well as pending legislation in Congress, calling for the protection of the landscape as Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument’s expansion area to be managed by the BLM and USFS.
In September, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and the proposed expansion area to meet with tribal leaders, local elected officials, and community members to hear about their vision for conserving the natural- and cultural-resources on BLM-managed public lands in Lake County.
The community meeting is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to support locally led conservation efforts across the country.
Community meeting on proposed boundary expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument planned
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