Dear North Bay Burners,

Welcome to your newly quarterly newsletter! There is a lot to report, and we have a call to action. Please read on!
xoxo RLL

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*** This is a CALL TO ACTION ***

BLM has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Burning Man event, and their new requirements pose an existential threat to the future of Black Rock City.

We need you and your teams to weigh in on these issues by writing a comment and/or attending

one or both of the Draft EIS public hearings

Monday April 8 in Reno and

Tuesday April 9 in Lovelock

We have reviewed the report and broken it down for you here:

• BLM Threatens Future of Burning Man With Draft Environmental Impact Statement
• Fact-checking BLM: EIS Backgrounder
• How to Submit a Great Comment on BLM’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement

These Burning Man Journal posts will answer your pressing questions and without a doubt inspire you to get involved. BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF APRIL 29.

Let’s be clear: this is a real threat to Burning Man’s future, and we need the community’s help.

Send this email to your campmates and subject matter experts. Read the report. Comment now and join us at the public meetings in Reno on Monday April 8 and Lovelock on Tuesday April 9 (details in the posts).

This EIS is for the next 10-year permit. We have asked BLM to study potential growth, but we have no immediate plans to grow. We want to understand the true potential environmental, operational, and cultural impacts before any decision about growth is made.

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Permanent Breakfast
10am Sunday May 5thCourthouse Square in Downtown Santa Rosa

It began in Vienna, Austria. A pop up breakfast. Everyone is
invited. It’s a BYO DIY brunch so bring a table and chairs, throw down
your spread and invite passerby to join you for a meal.

Afterward we will leave no trace. You are then invited to continue the tradition in another location if you are so inspired.
https://www.permanentbreakfast.org/2018/03/30/permanent-breakfast-burner-edition/

https://www.facebook.com/events/339901020218298/

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See below for your Burning Man media round-up, brought to you by the Comms Team:

This was a busy week on the Burning Man Journal. Ahead of this weekend’s Theme Camp Symposium (which you can watch LIVE here), the BRC Cultural Direction Setting group gave us two big updates on what has happened so far and what they’ve heard from everyone. We posted about the Bureau of Land Management’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement with instructions on how the community (including YOU) can help respond. The Man Pavilion team put out a call for performers and design proposals.

Instructions on how to submit your 2019 BRC sticker designs here!.

Burning Man takes aim at draft BLM report – calls it ‘unreasonable’ and fears ticket hike
By Sam Gross for the Reno Gazette-Journal

BLM Proposes Big Changes To Burning Man; Organizers Call Them ‘Unreasonable’ (RADIO)
By Megan Goldsby for KCBS

Las Vegas teen’s mammoth sculpture bound for Burning Man
By Brian Sandford for the Las Vegas Review-Journal

Austrian Town Tops Burning Man With World’s Tallest Bonfire
For the Associated Press

Burning Man: A Journey Through a Desert Oasis of Art & Technology
By Sasha Landauer for Stanford University

(This also has video from the daylong Burning Man symposium)

Artista puertorriqueño revive su obra para unir a la comunidad en Loíza

For BeOne Magazine”

Burning Man published the first post in a new series about diversity and Radical Inclusion in the Burning Man community. Give it a read here.

You can also watch the livestreams from last weekend’s Theme Camp Symposium here:

Saturday morning – http://bit.ly/2TIE0JH

Saturday afternoon – http://bit.ly/2UkbkLB

Sunday morning – http://bit.ly/2uyOHEA

Sunday afternoon – http://bit.ly/2CIyxwO

Here’s your weekly roundup of Burning Man media from the Communications Team:

Burning Man Up in Arms Over Feds’ New Demands
By Joe Kukura for SF Weekly

Going to Burning Man? The Feds Want You Searched For Drugs
By Brian Doherty for Reason

Burning Man tickets 2019: What you need to know
By Jenny Kane for the Reno Gazette-Journal

An Unlikely Pairing: No Spectators The Art of Burning Man
By David Lyman for Cincy Magazine

Suburban Burning Man: A weird, art-encrusted cottage on an ordinary street
By Petula Dvorak for The Washington Post

Bequinox 2019 Have a Hot Time in Cal City
By Kane Wickham for Mojave Desert News

Rebuilding Sonoma County: Santa Rosa funds public art to help community cope with 2017 wildfires
By Penny Popken for The Press Democrat

As you’ve probably heard, Burning Man just published a few updates on the Burning Man Journal about the Bureau of Land Management’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Here’s the updated statement on the situation. Also, here is the in-depth backgrounder on BLM’s many proposed mitigations that are unreasonable, attempt to solve problems that don’t exist, and/or create new (and potentially worse) problems. Finally, here’s the guide on how to submit effective comments to BLM.

Please share these far and wide! We need your help!

Remote corner of Nevada ranked among world’s darkest spots
By Benjamin Spillman for the Reno Gazette-Journal

Bombay Beach Biennale focuses artists’ energy in effort to save Salton Sea
By Douglas Zimmerman for SF Gate

Legendary pranks in Burning Man history: Get some April Fools’ Day inspiration here
By Jenny Kane for the Reno Gazette-Journal

Burning Man changing ticket sales to become more inclusive
For KGO (ABC7 SF)

Eugene Art Collective to Create Life-Sized Dollhouse for Burning Man
By Emily Matlock for the Daily Emerald

Burning Man benefit for PEACE campus
By Jeff Piorkowski for Cleveland.com

Also, in case you missed the April Fools joke:
Google has acquired the majority share of Burning Man
By Roman Gugel for Mixmag

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