California Desert District
District Background
Location: South and South Central California
BLM Surface Acreage: 10,900,000
Designated Wilderness Acreage: 3,318,246
Wilderness Study Area Acreage: 418,181
Citizen-Proposed Wilderness Acreage: 710,056
National Landscape Conservaton System (NLCS) Information
Santa Rosa/San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Resource Management Plan (RMP) Information
South Coast RMP
RMP in Revision? Yes
Last Action: Scoping Completed 1/9/08
Next Action: Draft RMP
East San Diego RMP
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Published October 2008
Next Action: None
Santa Rosa/San Jacinto Mountains National Monument RMP
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2003
Next Action: None
Coachella Valley CDCA Plan Amendment
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2002
Next Action: None
Northern and Eastern Colorado CDCA Plan Amendment (NECO)
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2002
Next Action: None
Western Colorado OHV Designation CDCA Amendment (WECO)
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2003
Next Action: None
North and Eastern Mojave CDCA Plan Amendment (NEMO)
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2002
Next Action: None
Western Mojave Route Designation CDCA Amendment
RMP in Revision? No
Last Action: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2006
Next Action: None
Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area Management Plan/CDCA Amendment
RMP in Revision? Yes
Last Action: Draft Maps Released March 2009
Next Action: Draft EIS
District Contacts
Alice Bond
The Wilderness Society
Presidio Building, P.O. Box 29241
San Francisco CA 94129
415-561-6641 x104 Email
Juli Slivka
The Wilderness Society
1660 Wynkoop St Ste 850
Denver CO 80202
303-650-5818 x 129 Email
California Desert BLM District Office
22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos
Moreno Valley CA 92553
951-697-5200
Brent Shoradt
California Wilderness Coalition
1212 Broadway, Suite 1700
Oakland CA 94612
510-451-1450 Email
Wilderness Experts View All >
Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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