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<br />002777 <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />Slide 23. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Slide 24. <br /> <br />Slide 25. <br /> <br />Slide 26. <br /> <br />Slide 27. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />To meet these demands the Bureau of Land Management created <br /> <br />a special Planning Task Force to inventory resources and <br /> <br />develop plans for the public lands in the California Desert <br />(DPS). One of the first assignments of this Desert Plan <br />Staff was interim California (vehicle) Management plan which <br />brought regulation of ORV use to the desert. <br />Following this desert-wide planning effort, the Desert Plan <br />Staff concentrated on completing intensive management plans <br />for specific areas of the desert of highest priority. We <br />completed inventories and MFP's on approximately 4 million <br />acres by Fall 1976. <br />In the Fall of 1976, Congress passed the "Federal Land Policy <br />and Management Act of 1976. <br />A key element of this legistation was the recognition of the <br /> <br /> <br />California Desert Conservation Area. Under this section of <br /> <br /> <br />the Act, Congress directed that a comprehensive long-range <br /> <br /> <br />plan be developed and ready for implementation by September <br />1980. <br /> <br /> <br />Briefly I will give you an idea of the information that has <br />been gathered by staff and consultants. The current land- <br /> <br /> <br />use of the desert has been mapped utilizing information <br /> <br /> <br />gathered from state, county and local agencies. Also a <br /> <br /> <br />historical land-use contract was completed to give an <br /> <br />accounting of the past. <br /> <br />C-13 <br />