WEMO- Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Plan Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan in the West Mojave Planning Area, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties, CA

The West Mojave Route Network Project (WMRNP) is a travel management planning effort covering 9.24 million acres in the West Mojave area (PDF Map) of the California desert.  Approximately 3.1 million acres in the planning area are public lands managed by the BLM.  The WMRNP supplements the 2006 West Mojave Plan. 

WEMO TMA

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Draft Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the West Mojave Route Network Project, providing guidance and management direction for over three million acres of public lands in San Bernardino, Inyo, Kern, Riverside and Los Angeles counties.

Concurrent with the WMRNP planning effort, the BLM is proposing CDCA LUPA alternatives in the DRECP that include, among other proposals, special area designations and associated management parameters, and which comprise new information that may be considered in the identification of alternatives and the analysis of impacts in the WMRNP. The BLM is considering whether to adjust or add additional alternatives to the WMRNP in response to the proposals in the DRECP. All previously submitted comments will be considered; comments submitted during the initial WMRNP comment period need not be resubmitted.

Documents relevant to this notice may be examined at the California Desert District Office and associated Field Offices in Barstow, Ridgecrest, Needles, Palm Springs, El Centro and at the BLM's California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825 or online at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/energy/DRECP.html. See DRECP

For further information, contact Edythe Seehafer at 760-252-6021, BLM Barstow Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, Barstow, CA 92311 or by email cawemopa@blm.gov.

Interactive Alternative WEMO Maps (PDF) Follow the instructions on the website 

When reviewing the routes on the maps remember your vehicle must stay on the open marked roads and trails.  Verify the designated routs do in fact go to the collecting areas.   If not,  you have reason to make an input and comment to the WEMO Management Plan.

• Afton Canyon Collecting Area  Red Jasper - Agate  (PDF)
• Afton Canyon -  Crucero Hill, Cave Mountain (PDF) 7 MB
• Broadwell Dry Lake (Cady Mtns. area) (PDF)
• Calico Mountains (Mule Canyon - Green Ash Hills)  (PDF)
• Darwin area  (Old mining area)  (PDF)
• El Mirage (Shadow Mtns - Mines)  (PDF)
• Fremount Peak (North and East of Kramer Junction - East of US 305) (PDF)
• Iron Mountain ( South of Hwy 58 and East of Kramer Junction)  (PDF)
• Jawbone Canyon  - OHV (West of Hwy 14 and South of Hwy 178)  (PDF)
• Johnson Valley - OHV (Many old mines and tailing piles) (PDF)
• Kramer Hills (South of Hwy 58 and East of Hwy 395)  (PDF)
• Rosamond - Mojave - Gem Hill (West of Hwy 14 - South of Red Rock Canyon ST Park)  (PDF)
• Newberry - Rodman Mts. South of Newberry Springs  (Azucar Mine - Camp Rock Mine - Silver Bell -Silver Cliff Mines)  (PDF)
• Rand Mining District ( Randsberg-Johanasberg - Freemont Valley) (Gold, Silver, Maraposite) (PDF)
• Red Mtn. (North of Kramer Junction to near Ridgecrest)  Agate - Jasper  (PDF)
• Southern Sierra  (Junction of Hwy 178 & Hwy 14 north to Owens Lake) Jaspers- Agates - Calcite  (PDF)
• Stoddard Valley (Tri-colored Marble, Verde Antique - Stoddere Wells Tailgate Party)  (PDF)

If you would like assistance working with the pdf maps, please call (951) 697-5258. You may also request a CD of all the maps by calling our office at (760) 252-6021.

Court Orders

• Remedy Order
• Summary Judgement

Court Mandated Plans

• BLM Notice of Filing - Sign Implementation Plan
• Notice of Filing of BLM Plans

Route Signing Plan

• Sign Implementation Plan
• Appendix A - Sign Implementation Strategy
• Appendix A-1 - Barstow Priority Criteria
• Appendix A-2 - Ridgecrest Priority Criteria
• Appendix B - CDD Sign Policy Memo

Route Monitoring Plan

• Route Monitoring Plan
• Sub Region Observation Report

Route Maintenance and Kiosk Plan

• Route Maintenance and Kiosk Plan

Enforcement Plan

• Enforcement Plan

For further information about the Draft SEIS, and Hard copies are available upon request from the California Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553 or from the BLM California State Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W 1834, Sacramento, CA 95825.

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BLM Travel Management Guidance

• Travel Management Program
• Travel Management Guidance
• Off-Road Vehicles: 43 CFR Part 8340
• Designation Criteria: 43 CFR Part 8342.1
• CDCA Plan – Motorized Vehicle Access Element (from 1999 printed version of CDCA Plan)
• 43 CFR 9260 – Law Enforcement; Criminal  

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