BLM Website Resources For Rockhounds
As a follow up to the recent presentation by Cheryl Martinez, a Field Geologist with the Palm Springs BLM office, here are several websites that may be of interest and help ensure that you stay in compliance with the BLM rules when rock hounding:
BLM home website: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html)
Additional
information on this site includes:
- Where in California are BLM wilderness
areas located?
(plus you can click on each wilderness area to learn it’s specific rules) - How can I be a Responsible Visitor?
- Leave No Trace, to help keep
it "wilderness."
Map Identifying Wilderness Locations and Additional Information
http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/clickable_map50.html
List of Wilderness Areas and Additional Information
http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/wa_lister.html
BLM Palm Springs Office Website:
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings.html
Two
websites for checking on active mining claims:
http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/index.shtm
In
the middle of the geocommunicator homepage, click on “Mining Claim Map”
I think
you will find much of this information very useful.
Ken Bonus
