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Proclamation 9089

Boundary Enlargement of the California Coastal National Monument

President Obama enlarged the California Coastal National Monument by adding approximately 1,665 acres of Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands in Mendocino County as the first shoreline unit, permanently withdrawing these federal lands from development, mining, and mineral leasing under the Antiquities Act.

Federal Register Open PDF 79 FR 14603

Key directives

  • Reserve approximately 1,665 acres as Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of California Coastal National Monument
  • Withdraw all federal lands from entry, location, selection, sale, leasing, or other disposition under public land laws
  • Withdraw from location, entry, and patent under mining laws
  • Withdraw from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing
  • Secretary of the Interior to manage unit through Bureau of Land Management as part of National Landscape Conservation System
  • Motorized vehicle use permitted only on designated roads (except emergency or authorized administrative purposes)
  • Non-motorized mechanized vehicle use permitted only on designated roads and trails

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Lands withdrawn from entry, location, selection, sale, leasing, or other disposition under public land laws
  • Mining laws and mineral/geothermal leasing laws no longer apply
  • Monument designation takes effect

Near term (90d)

  • Bureau of Land Management to begin management planning under National Landscape Conservation System
  • Motorized vehicle restrictions to be implemented on designated roads only

Long term

  • Permanent protection of habitat for endangered and endemic species
  • Ongoing scientific and archeological research opportunities
  • Potential future acquisition of non-federal lands within unit boundaries

Risks & tensions

  • Mining and energy development interests permanently excluded from 1,665 federal acres
  • Tribal rights explicitly preserved but potential future tensions over management practices
  • State of California retains fish and wildlife jurisdiction, creating overlapping authority with federal management
  • Non-federal lands within boundaries not immediately reserved; acquisition dependent on future action
Proclamation 9089: Boundary Enlargement of the California Coastal National Monument · Executive Orders