Mojave
From Neglected Space To Protected Place:
An Administrative History of Mojave National Preserve
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER TWO: PRELUDE TO SYSTEMATIC FEDERAL MANAGEMENT

  • Native Americans and Anglo Contact
  • Grazing
  • Mining
  • Railroads
  • Homesteading
  • Modern Roads and Rights of Way
  • Modern Military Training
  • Recreation

CHAPTER THREE: BLM MANAGEMENT IN THE EAST MOJAVE

  • FLPMA and the Desert Plan
  • The East Mojave National Scenic Area and the Genesis of the CDPA
  • The Political Battle Over the CDPA

CHAPTER FOUR: AN AWKWARD START AND THREATS OF AN EARLY END

  • The Dollar Budget

CHAPTER FIVE: PLANNING FOR MOJAVE'S FUTURE

CHAPTER SIX: PARK MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER SEVEN: VISITOR SERVICES

  • Resource and Visitor Protection
  • Interpretation

CHAPTER EIGHT: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  • Natural Resources
  • Cultural Resources

CHAPTER NINE: FUTURES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

FOOTNOTES

INDEX (omitted from the online edition)


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Illustration 1 - Joshua tree and buckhorn cholla
Illustration 2 - Prehistoric petroglyphs at Indian Well
Illustration 3 - The 7IL Ranch
Illustration 4 - Stone walls of 1880s-era Providence
Illustration 5 - U.S. Highway 66, Essex, California
Illustration 6 - High-tension power wires and associated infrastructure
Illustration 7 - Visitor's center for Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
Illustration 8 - Zzyzx
Illustration 9 - Four-wheel drive vehicles traveling the Mojave Road
Illustration 10 - Painted sign opposing S.21
Illustration 11 - Cross on Sunrise Rock
Illustration 12 - Solar panels at Hole-in-the-Wall
Illustration 13 - Mojave National Preserve entrance monument
Illustration 14 - Official logo of Mojave National Preserve
Illustration 15 - Buildings at the New Trail Mine
Illustration 16 - Graffiti on Kelbaker Road
Illustration 17 - The Union Pacific Railroad
Illustration 18 - Kelso Depot
Illustration 19 - NPS visitors' center at Hole-in-the-Wall
Illustration 20 - Lake Tuendae at Zzyzx
Illustration 21 - Desert cattle
Illustration 22 - Rock walls of the military outpost at Piute Creek
Illustration 23 - The Rock Springs Land & Cattle Company water trough and corral
Illustration 24 - Headframe of the Evening Star Mine
Illustration 25 - Morning Star Mine

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACLU — American Civil Liberties Union
AML — Abandoned Mine Land
ATV — All-Terrain Vehicle
AUM — Animal Unit Month
BLM — Bureau of Land Management
CalTrans — California Department of Transportation
CDF&G — California Department of Fish & Game
CDPA — California Desert Protection Act
DOI — Department of the Interior
DTRP — Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan
EIS — Environmental Impact Statement
EMNSA — East Mojave National Scenic Area
FLPMA — Federal Land Policy and Management Act
FMO — Fire Management Officer
FWS — U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
GMP — General Management Plan
HAZMAT — Hazardous Material
LRIP — Long-Range Interpretive Plan
MOU — Memorandum of Understanding
NEMO — Northern / Eastern Mojave Planning Effort
NPS — National Park Service
NRA — National Recreation Area
OHV — Off-Highway Vehicle
SET — Special Event Team
UP — Union Pacific Railroad
USGS — United States Geological Survey
WSA — Wilderness Study Area


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