BLM seeks public input on future of King Range National Conservation Area--Please write to show your
support for wilderness status
The King Range National Conservation Area (NCA) in Humboldt and Mendocino counties, part of California's famous Lost Coast, is the longest stretch of roadless and undeveloped coastline in the United States outside of Alaska. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now seeking public input on the future management of the NCA -- most of which is wilderness. The agency has done an excellent job of managing the King Range over the last decade, but given the current anti-conservation leadership in the White House, it is important that Californians let the BLM know that they want this excellent management to continue. This is where you can help!
The King Range has been proposed for Wilderness designation in the California Wild Heritage Act. Please write the BLM to let them know that you support permanent protection for this special place. Specific points to mention:
--All roadless land in the NCA should be identified and managed as a Wilderness Study Area.
--Senator Boxer and Representative Thompson's proposed King Range Wilderness should be managed in a manner that is consistent with the Wilderness Act.
--No new areas should be opened to motorized vehicle use.
--Tree cutting should be limited to the removal of only small trees for fire management or habitat restoration.
Feel free to share any other suggested management improvements you may have, and to explain why the King Range is important to you.
Send your comments to:
Bureau of Land Management
Arcata Field Office
1695 Heindon Rd.
Arcata, CA 95521
For more information about BLM's management of the King Range, please contact CWC Policy Director Ryan Henson at ryan@calwild.org
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
