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The San Bernadino National Forest, located in Southern California, was established in 1893. Previous to the forest's creation, the area was used excessively for mining, timber production, and grazing. These uses put extreme stress on the land to the point where a Forestry Board report stated "the necessity of the hour is an intelligent supervision of the forest and brush lands of California, with a view to their preservation" <ref name= "San Bernadino"> https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/sbnf/about-forest </ref>. The national forest now encompasses around 672,701 acres of [[United States Forest Service]] land and 151,341 acres of [[designated wilderness]]. <ref name ="San Bernadino"/> | The San Bernadino National Forest, located in Southern California, was established in 1893. Previous to the forest's creation, the area was used excessively for mining, timber production, and grazing. These uses put extreme stress on the land to the point where a Forestry Board report stated "the necessity of the hour is an intelligent supervision of the forest and brush lands of California, with a view to their preservation" <ref name= "San Bernadino"> https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/sbnf/about-forest </ref>. The national forest now encompasses around 672,701 acres of [[United States Forest Service]] land and 151,341 acres of [[designated wilderness]]. <ref name ="San Bernadino"/> | ||
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| + | ==Cooperative Agreements== | ||
| + | *Federal Interagency Communication Center (FICC) <ref>FICC https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/ecc/ficc/about.php </ref> | ||
| + | **Agreement between United States Forest Service (USFS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to consolidate dispatching services for the following Federal Agency Units in California: | ||
| + | ***San Bernardino National Forest - 850 Thousand Acres | ||
| + | ***BLM California Desert District - 24 Million Acres | ||
| + | ***Joshua Tree National Park - 764 Thousand Acres | ||
| + | ***Death Valley National Park - 3.3 Million Acres | ||
| + | ***Mojave National Preserve - 1.6 Million Acres | ||
| + | ***Southern California Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs | ||
| + | ***Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (Administered by Forest Service and BLM) 272 Thousand Acres. | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| + | == Disclaimer == | ||
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| + | This page may contain student work completed as part of assigned [[ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems|coursework]]. It may not be accurate. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of [[CSUMB]], its staff, or students. | ||
Revision as of 12:50, 5 March 2021
An environmental summary by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
Summary
The San Bernadino National Forest, located in Southern California, was established in 1893. Previous to the forest's creation, the area was used excessively for mining, timber production, and grazing. These uses put extreme stress on the land to the point where a Forestry Board report stated "the necessity of the hour is an intelligent supervision of the forest and brush lands of California, with a view to their preservation" [1]. The national forest now encompasses around 672,701 acres of United States Forest Service land and 151,341 acres of designated wilderness. [1]
Cooperative Agreements
- Federal Interagency Communication Center (FICC) [2]
- Agreement between United States Forest Service (USFS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to consolidate dispatching services for the following Federal Agency Units in California:
- San Bernardino National Forest - 850 Thousand Acres
- BLM California Desert District - 24 Million Acres
- Joshua Tree National Park - 764 Thousand Acres
- Death Valley National Park - 3.3 Million Acres
- Mojave National Preserve - 1.6 Million Acres
- Southern California Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (Administered by Forest Service and BLM) 272 Thousand Acres.
- Agreement between United States Forest Service (USFS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to consolidate dispatching services for the following Federal Agency Units in California:
Links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/sbnf/about-forest
- ↑ FICC https://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/ecc/ficc/about.php
Disclaimer
This page may contain student work completed as part of assigned coursework. It may not be accurate. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of CSUMB, its staff, or students.
