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Pat Cook is a force of nature. Just ask anyone who has dealt with her when it comes to Gold Bug Park. Energetic, funny and often unorthodox, Cook, chairman of the Gold Bug Park Development Committee, has been involved with the park for 32 years, helping it grow from weed-covered Bedford Park to one of [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released an update on a bureauwide initiative that is helping the agency evaluate and respond to public land issues such as wildfire, energy development, and climate change while continuing to promote the smart use of the public lands. The initiative, called the Landscape Approach for Managing the Public Lands, looks [...]
Making a special trip to El Dorado County on March 8 was Jim Kenna, the new director of the Bureau of Land Management in California. He did it as part of a tour he is making throughout the state to become better acquainted with all the lands managed by the BLM. Kenna started his new [...]
Bureau of Land Management California State Director Jim Kenna announced the selection of Angie Lara as BLM California’s new associate state director. Lara has served as the district manager for BLM’s Colorado River District in Arizona for almost two years. Previous to that, she served as the associate district manager in the Southern Nevada District in [...]
New State Director Jim Kenna is now on board for the Bureau of Land Management in California. Kenna started in his new position Sept. 12. Kenna succeeds acting California State Director Jim Abbott. Kenna comes to California from Arizona, where he served as BLM State Director starting in 2005. His federal career began as a [...]
By Krysten Kellum Photo editor Last week the South Fork of the American River Trail was officially opened for public use, marking the completion of a land conservancy project 20 years in the making. In that time the American River Conservancy and the Bureau of Land Management acquired 2,632 acres parcel by parcel along the [...]
Last week the South Fork of the American River Trail was officially opened for public use, marking the completion of a land conservancy project 20 years in the making. In that time the American River Conservancy and the Bureau of Land Management acquired 2,632 acres parcel by parcel along the South Fork of the American [...]
Special to the Democrat Recently the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced it could no longer retain ownership and management responsibility for the 20,000-acre Folsom State Recreation Area (including Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake) and the 26,000-acre Auburn State Recreation Area. This announcement should concern everyone living within the greater Sacramento metropolitan area. These two State [...]
Editor Wednesday we launched our Readers Panel with a group of six community members that I chose to represent a variety of views and sections of the county. The group will meet once a month for a year and we aim to keep each meeting to one hour. In the future weÕll make our selections [...]