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**Final Agenda**

**April 27-28, 2005**

**Ridgecrest, CA**

**[April 27- Open to stakeholders]{.underline}**

9:00 am Welcome/Introductions (John O'Gara, Hector Villalobos, Jon
McQuiston)

9:10 am NAWS China Lake and BLM mission and activities (Capt. Gleason
and Villalobos)

9:40 am Habitat Restoration and Illegal Dump Report (Russ Scofield)

-   Riparian Habitat Restoration Strategy and funding proposals

-   Lower desert WMA update

-   Saharan Mustard runs wild

10:10 am Valley Wells Rest Area design and next steps (Elaine
Downing/Ray Dresselle)

10:30 pm Mojave Ground Squirrel Conservation (Becky Jones/Larry LaPre)

11:00 am Stakeholder comments

11:15 am Break

11:30 am Desert Tortoise (DT) Recovery Action Reports

-   DT Education and Outreach Project Update (Zarki) -- 15 min

-   Feral Dog Management Plan update (Black/Leo Grillo-DELTA Rescue)- 15
    min

-   Raven Management EA (Fesnock/FWS)- 15 min

-   DT Implementation/Planning Work Group report (Hamill) \--15 min

12:30 pm Next Meetings

-   Summer meeting: July, 2005 Ventura, CA. Host: FWS

-   Fall Meeting: date, location and host TBD

12:40 pm Stakeholder Comments

1:00 pm Lunch/Field Trip

5:30 pm Return from field trip

6:00 pm Barbeque at the Ridgecrest Wild Horse and Burro Corrals

**[April 28---DMG members and staff only]{.underline}**

8:00 am Follow up from day 1 (Villalobos and O'Gara)

8:20 am DMG update (Coordinators)

-   5 year plan

-   County government participation in DMG

-   wilderness training

-   upcoming events

-   Scenic Byways Feasibility Meeting

-   www.californiadesert.gov Meeting

8:40 am Kinder Morgan pipeline spill- lessons learned (John Key)

9:00 am Ivanpah Airport development plans (Mike Loghides, Clark County
Aviation Dept)

9:20 am Break

9:35 am California Desert Conservation Fund (Claire Thorpe-NFWF/Hamill)

10:00 am Mojave Desert Historic Resources GIS database Update (Bryson)

10:15 am USGS Science and Research Reports (Karen Phillips)

10:30 am DMG Charter and MOU (Everly and Hamill)

-   Review recommended changes/finalize draft

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-   Next steps

11:45 am Lunch

12:45 pm Desert Tortoise

-   Monitoring and Blood Sampling Update (Averill-Murray) -- 15 min

-   Monitoring Agreement/MOU (Hamill/BLM) -- 15 min

-   DT Recovery Coordination (Williams) -- 15 min

1:30 pm DMG Executive Coordination Meeting (Hamill and Everly)

-   Agenda and Action Items

-   Speakers and Participants

2:00pm Roundtable Report (Managers)

2:30 pm California Desert Interagency Fire Operations Plan (Tom
Patterson)

-   Background

-   Issues and Concerns

-   Approval/ Next steps

3:30 pm Adjourn

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**Meeting Action Items**

**April 27-28, 2005**

**Ridgecrest, CA**

**Saharan Mustard workshop**: Approve DMG co-sponsoring a 1 day workshop
in the summer of 2005 to discuss the spread and control of Saharan
mustard in the California desert.

**DT Education and Outreach Project:** *Approve Work Group Charter*

**Raven Management EA**: *Concur in scope and direction of the EA as
described in the Environmental Screening Form*

**Summer DMG meeting**\-- **July ??, 2005 Ventura, CA Host: FWS:**
*Agree on new date for the Summer DMG meeting*

**Fall DMG Meeting**: *Agree on the date, location and host for the Fall
DMG meeting*

**Scenic Byway Feasibility meeting:** *identify managers and staff to
participate in a one day meeting to assess the feasibility and benefits
of designating scenic byways in the California desert*

**www.californiadesert.gov meeting: :** *identify managers and staff to
participate in a one day meeting to review the website and prepare
recommendations for consideration by the DMG.*

**California Desert Conservation Fund:** *Provide the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation a vote of support for and concur with their efforts
to secure seed funding to establish a California Desert Conservation
Fund.*

**DMG Charter and MOU:** *Review recommended changes and agree upon a
draft Charter and MOU for presentation to the DMG Executives*

**Desert Tortoise Monitoring Agreement/MOU:** *Approve the development
of a MOU that identifies roles, responsibilities, deliverables, etc.
that are associated with the interagency desert tortoise monitoring
effort*

**DMG Executive Coordination Meeting:** *Agree on the agenda, action
items, and presenters at the May 24 DMG executive Coordination Meeting*

**California Desert BLM/NPS Interagency Fire Operations Plan (NPS
Superintendents and BLM Field Managers)***: Sign the proposed
Interagency Fire Operations Plan or identify issues which need to be
resolved*