. The California desert, majestic, challenging, and very vulnerable. Deserts. In the Lucerne Valley and elsewhere, a series of soils impact studies to determine the effect of surface disturbance by vehicles are being conducted. Pick-up trucks, four-wheel-drive vehicles, and motorcycles are periodically run over sites comprised of different soil types. Soil strength tests, staged at various intervals following rainfall, are compiling data that will be used to evaluate impacts in other areas of the desert. Data needed to describe surface- and ground-water supplies are being obtained through a co
. The California desert, majestic, challenging, and very vulnerable. Deserts. In the Lucerne Valley and elsewhere, a series of soils impact studies to determine the effect of surface disturbance by vehicles are being conducted. Pick-up trucks, four-wheel-drive vehicles, and motorcycles are periodically run over sites comprised of different soil types. Soil strength tests, staged at various intervals following rainfall, are compiling data that will be used to evaluate impacts in other areas of the desert. Data needed to describe surface- and ground-water supplies are being obtained through a cooperative agreement with the Geological Survey. Information on existing wells, springs, and stream gaging stations throughout the CDCA will be stored in the DPS computer. A survey of water-related programs of governmental and private agencies within the CDCA is in progress. Studies are being performed to determine the present air quality, including investigation of the possible airborne transport of valley fever spores and other potentially toxic materials. This is being done by personnel from DPS, Arizona State University, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. If these materials are spread as a result of soil disturbances, desert-land-use management may be significantly Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office. Riverside, Calif. : Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California Desert Plan Program
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