Cotoni-Coast Dairies Chronology
Chronology Part One (2012 – 6/30/2021)
- Apr 2012 Coastal Commission Land Division Approval creating parcels for BLM (Map next slide)
- Apr 2014 Cotoni-Coast Dairies Upland Parcels acquired by BLM
- Jan 2017 C-CD Receives Monument status by Presidential Proclamation
- Additional protection under the National Landscape Conservation System
- Identifies 24 non-federally protected species and 13 biotic groups to be protected
- May 2018 FONC Vision Statement to BLM
- Oct 2018 DNCA first recommends including Mocettini Barn site to BLM in analysis for Northern Access
- Feb 2020 C-CD Draft RMPA/EA Released
- Apr 2020 Comment Letters from over 20 organizations
- Sep 2020 BLM Proposed RMPA and FONSI released
- Oct 2020 Protests submitted by 24 parties, including FONC, DNCA, and RBDA
- Dec 2020 Coastal Commission Federal Consistency Determination Meeting
- Jun 2021 FONC notifies BLM of presence of Monarch Butterflies at Warrenella Parking Lot (6/7)
- Jun 2021 TPL notifies BLM of final decision not to provide easement for Southern Entrance (6/16)
- Jun 2021 Decision Record for the C-CD RMPA (6/23) approval)
Chronology Part Two (7/1/2021 to present)
- Jul 2021 “7 Organization Group” Proposal for Yellow Bank South Gate Alternative to BLM (7/1)
- Jul 2021 NCC Files Appeal with Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) (7/21)
- Jul 2021 BLM letter supporting Yellow Bank South Gate Proposal “in concept” (7/30)
- Mar 2022 NCC learns of Great American Outdoors Act Grant to restore Barn
- Apr 2022 BLM issues Revised Plan for Northern Entrance
- May 2022 BLM Field Manager Ben Blom departs Federal Service
- May 2022 NCC Petitions IBLA to Stay Implementation
- Aug 2022 BLM removes 4 Monarch trees starting 8/8
- Aug 2022 BLM Starts Northern Access Parking Area rough grading on 8/18
- Aug 2022 Interior Board of Land Appeals Issues Decision on 8/31
- Sets aside/remands Implementation Action MA-REC-23 (Two Access Requirement)
- Dismisses Implementation Action MA-REC-24 (Southern Access at upper terrace location “impossible” to implement without easement across ag field)
- Denies Petition for Stay as Moot
- Construction halted
- Dismisses Implementation Action MA-REC-24 (Southern Access at upper terrace location “impossible” to implement without easement across ag field)
- Sep-Nov NCC initiates meetings with staff of County, Coastal Comm’n and BLM
- Oct 2022 BLM Issues a Notice of Intent to Prepare Revised Environmental Document
- Nov 2022 NCC submits detailed Scoping Comments + Preferred Northern Entrance package
- Dec 2022 New BLM Field Manager Zachary Ormsby introduced in Press Release
- Feb 2023 New California Coastal National Monument Manager Leiskya Parrot Press Release
- Feb 2023 NCC meets AM onsite with BLM’s Field Manager and PM with Congressman Panetta
- Feb-Apr NCC supports Roundtable Prep meeting set up by TPL at BLM Field Manager request
- Mar-Apr NCC meets onsite with Sup. Cummings and Laird Dist. Dir. Woodruff
- Apr 2023 Roundtable Prep meeting derailed by BLM stating plan to access off Warrenella
- May 2023 Zoom meeting of 8 Organization Group expressing solidarity
- May 2023 DNCA onsite meeting with Field Manager Ormsby (5/12)