Bureau of Land Management field offices in the northeast California communities of Alturas and Cedarville have been consolidated into a single organization.
The newly-named Applegate Field Office will be headquartered at the BLM’s current Alturas location, 708 West 12th St. The Cedarville office will be renamed Surprise Field Station and remain at its current location, 602 Cressler St. The BLM will retain its fire stations in Cedarville and at West Valley near Likely.
“We are not closing any offices or fire stations, eliminating jobs or requiring employees to move as part of this office consolidation,” said Nancy Haug, the BLM’s Northern California District manager. “Members of the public who rely on the public lands for their livelihoods and ways of life will see no change in their opportunities to use these lands or in the service provided by the BLM. This reorganization enables us to make more efficient use of funds by reducing duplication of services and streamlining overhead.”
While the field office headquarters will be in Alturas, a public contact representative and range management staff members will remain at the Surprise Field Station. Field Manager Dennis Sylvia will maintain office hours at the field office headquarters and at the field station in Cedarville.
The new field office name was based on input from employees in Alturas and Cedarville. It references the Applegate-Lassen Emigrant Trail, a pioneer route that traversed public lands managed by the former BLM Alturas and Surprise field offices. Trail remnants are still visible in many locations.
The consolidated office manages about 1.8 million acres of public lands in parts of Modoc, Lassen, Shasta and Siskiyou counties in California and in Washoe County, Nevada.
