SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management reminds claimants who wish to retain mining claims on public lands through the 2025 assessment year to pay a Maintenance Fee or file a Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification (Small Miner’s Waiver) on or before Tues., Sept. 3, to prevent the mining claim from being declared forfeit and void.

Courtesy Mining Claims Packets are available online or upon request through the California State Office, Information Access Center (Public Room). The BLM will not be mailing packets, unless requested.

The Maintenance Fee for a Lode Claim, Tunnel Site, or Mill Site is $200 per claim or site. For Placer Claims only, the fees are $200 for every 20 acres or portion thereof. Claimants who filed a Small Miner’s Waiver in 2023 for the 2024 assessment year will be required to file an Affidavit of Annual Assessment Work form, including the required $15 assessment fee per claim on or before Monday, Dec. 30.

The California State Office Public Room is open to in-person visits; however, the BLM encourages submission of mining claims by mail or online.

• Mail: Checks must be pre-printed showing the address, with recommended Certified Mail being the preferred method of shipment, to Bureau of Land Management-CASO, ATTN: Accounts/Mining, 2800 Cottage Way, W-1623, Sacramento, CA 95825. Payments or filings by mail must be postmarked on or before Tues, Sept. 3.
   
• Phone: For Maintenance Fees Only: Call 916-978-4400 to pay with a credit card by telephone.
   
• Online: Visit the BLM’s Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS) payment portal to make payment with a credit card. Note: The Small Miner’s Waiver cannot be filed on MLRS due to original signatures needed; please submit the Small Miner’s Waiver in-person or through the mail.
   
• In-person: claimants who wish to make filings and payments via mail or in-person must make their filing to the proper BLM State Office for the state where the mining claims or sites are located. Check the website for times and telephone numbers for BLM Public Room hours.

For information on the filing deadlines, Maintenance Fees, Maintenance Fee Waiver Certifications, or Federal Land Policy and Management Act filings (Affidavit of Annual Assessment Work or Notice of Intent to Hold) please call the Information Access Center (CA Public Room) at 916-978-4400 or visit the BLM California Public Room website.

To review mining claim fees, please visit the website or the Federal Register. Please note the Federal Register notice states the fees are due on or before Sept. 1, 2024; however, that date is moved out to Sept. 3 due to the first being on a Sunday and Tuesday, Sept. 2, is a federal holiday.

Volunteers will assist the Bureau of Land Management El Centro Field Office in conducting maintenance and restoration activities in the Lark Canyon Day Use Area, Lark Canyon Campgrounds, and Cottonwood Campground in McCain Valley in San Diego County.

Activities:

* Removing trash from Day Use and Campground facilities

*Re-painting restrooms and interpretive signage in Day Use and Campgrounds

*Removing weeds with hand tools from Day Use and Campgrounds

*Fixing broken signs, campfire rings, and fencing.

 

Participants can register for the event by emailing BLM_CA_Web_EC@blm.gov. Participants will meet BLM employees at the Lark Canyon OHV Staging Area near the bathrooms.

 

Event Date and Time

Saturday, September 21, 2024

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location
located at Lark Canyon Day Use Area

Event Address:

2899 Mccain Valley Rd #2829
Boulevard, CA 91905
United States

Latitude: 32.7221
Longitude: -116.2689

The project will be a day of cleaning and upgrading facilities within the City of Main Street, on public lands along the Susan River and Bizz Johnson Trail and at the Historic Railroad Depot. 

Participants can pre register or sign up the day of the event- call the LLTT at 530-257-325 or email info@lassenlandtrust.org or sign up at https://lassenlandandtrailstrust.org/npld

The event will include replacing signs, painting, weed eating, gardening, washing facilities, restocking items, graffiti removal and much more! 

Supplies and lunch will be provided! Come have fun and help beautify the City of Susanville and Public Lands!

Learn more at: lassenlandandtrailstrust.org/

 

Event Date and Time

Saturday, September 28, 2024

9:00am to 12:00pm

 

Location

Bizz Johnson National Recreation Area

Event Address:

601 Richmond Road
Susanville, CA 96130, CA 96130
United States

 

Registration

Sign up at:https://lassenlandandtrailstrust.org/npld

Here at TCLT (partnering with Trinidad Rancheria and State Parks), we are planning a massive Ivy Pull/Stewardship Day.

We are hoping to solicit help from volunteers/community members to engage in invasive plant removal at three locations:
Trinidad Coastal Land Trust property (Site: TBD)
Trinidad Rancheria
Sue Meg State Park

Afterwards, we are hoping to throw a “party” at Trinidad Town Hall with a silent auction, live music and some food. There will also be interpretive tables.

Event Date and Time

Saturday, September 14, 2024

8:00am to 3:00pm

Location

Latitude: 41.0620
Longitude: -124.1412

 

Volunteers will assist the Bureau of Land Management El Centro Field Office in conducting maintenance and restoration activities in the Lark Canyon Day Use Area, Lark Canyon Campgrounds, and Cottonwood Campground in McCain Valley in San Diego County.

Activities:

* Removing trash from Day Use and Campground facilities

*Re-painting restrooms and interpretive signage in Day Use and Campgrounds

*Removing weeds with hand tools from Day Use and Campgrounds

*Fixing broken signs, campfire rings, and fencing.

 

Participants can register for the event by emailing BLM_CA_Web_EC@blm.gov. Participants will meet BLM employees at the Lark Canyon OHV Staging Area near the bathrooms.

 

Event Date and Time

Saturday, September 21, 2024

9:00am to 12:00pm

Location
located at Lark Canyon Day Use Area

Event Address:

2899 Mccain Valley Rd #2829
Boulevard, CA 91905
United States

Latitude: 32.7221
Longitude: -116.2689