Ridgecrest
Needles
Barstow
Palm Springs
Central Coast
100

In Ridgecrest, the team will build enclosure fencing for these environments, which moderate flood effects, maintain water quality, and host endangered species.

What are wetlands?

100

The team will be constructing this for the visitor contact station.

What is irrigation system?

100
Running from LA to Chicago, Barstow was an important stop on this historic highway.

What is Route 66?

100

How many acres of public land does the Palm Springs BLM field station manage from the Southern California coast to the desert?

What is 1.7 million acres.

100

Camping in tents, with access to a tailor for common space and kitchen, and fire ring. Showers, WiFi, and lockers are just a 20 minute drive away.

What is the living situation in the Central Coast?


200

This famous desert is located in the Ridgecrest Field Office's district.

What is Death Valley?

200

The team will be camping near this landmark for the first part of their stay.

What is the Amboy Crater?

200

In addition to fencing and irrigation projects, Gold 6 will be repairing and maintaing a campground named for locally dubbed "Grand Canyon of the Mojave."

What is the Afton Canyon?

200

Gold 6 will be working on wilderness monitoring and restoration, along with trail repairs and restoration at Corn Springs campground.

What is Mojave Desert Land Trust service learning opportunity?

200

Trail construction, sign installation, fence repairs, and trash removal.


What is the work being done in the Central Coast?


300

This Navy weapons-testing site, comprising 38% of the US Navy’s landholding, is located in the Ridgecrest area.

What is NAWS (Naval Air Weapons Station) China Lake?

300

Its proximity to this state has recently become an important factor in Needles' economic decline.

What is Arizona?

300

The team will be staying in a luxurious set of mobile homes, complete with 4 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, and 3 showers, but will have access to this additional housing amenity.

What is a common space complete with TV and workout room?

300

Community need addressed in restoring Corn Springs Campground in Palm Springs, CA.

What is prehistoric petroglyphs?

300

284,000 acres of public land in Central California. Bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the San Joaquin Valley to the east, elevations range from sea level to over 5,000 feet and major landforms include the Diablo Mountain Range, Salinas Valley, and San Joaquin Valley.


What is the area managed by the Central Coast BLM field office?


400

This word, meaning "related to riverbanks," describes one of the areas the team will be focusing on during their stay in Ridgecrest.

What is "riparian"?

400

This is the Median Age of Needles California.

What is 41.5?

400

Gold 6 will have the chance to learn this BLM specific framework that seeks to standardize gathered data across different offices and agencies.

What is the Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) System?

400

Palm Springs lodging is a campground with two amenities.

What is showers and internet?

400

This man is our project leader for the Central Coast.


Who is Adam Wilde?


500

In case of inclement weather in Ridgecrest, the team will take shelter in these locations.

What are the BLM office and garage bay?

500

Needles was featured in this novel about a family living through the American Great Depression.

What is The Grapes of Wrath?

500

While improving recreational infrastructure for both locals and visitors, the work in Barstow will also provide this benefit.

What is wetlands conservation to help preserve the Mojave's fragile ecology?

500

Gold 6 has experience from Round 1 to aide in wilderness area monitoring and restoration, visitor education, trail repairs and restoration of Corn Springs Campground.

What is surveying Valley Elderberry shrubs in Redding, CA during Round 1?

500

Hollywood's Backyard.


What is the nickname for the Central Coast?


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