CORVA LAND USE REPORT
by Bruce Whitcher, VP Land Resources and Public Policy

Federal land use bills reintroduced into Congress in 2015:

• Desert Protection and Recreation Act, S 414, (Feinstein)
• California Minerals, Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act, HR 3668, (Cook)
• Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act, HR 1838 (Farr)
• Central Coast Heritage Protection Act, (Lois Capps)

Pending BLM and Forest Service plans:

• Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan – final plan released earlier in November
• West Mojave Plan - Final Supplemental Plan delayed for further comment until January 2016
• Forest Plan Revisions for Sequoia, Sierra, and Inyo National Forests – draft environmental impact statement due for publication fall 2015
• Forest Service Travel Management Subparts A, Road Analysis, and Subpart C Over Snow Travel (presently in draft stage).

• Carnegie SVRA General Plan – comment period closed, final plan remains under development.