Announcements

BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 9,102 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct prescribed burns in Socorro and Catron counties. Weather permitting, the burns will take place between now and March 2025. Pre-burn burn plan notifications will be implemented prior to all ignitions.

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a temporary emergency closure on part of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail in response to a rockslide that has blocked the route about three miles west of the Susanville Trailhead.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking good homes for wild burros during three “Burro Palooza” adoption and sale events in March.

The BLM and Cochiti Pueblo today announced the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will reopen on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

The BLM Lake Havasu Field Office announces the temporary closure and restriction of selected public lands for the 2025 Legacy Racing the Dam 500 race in La Paz County.

In total, 255 bids were received, with 13 parcels covering 1,324 acres leased, roughly 100 percent of the total acreage available. A total of $11,314,786 in high bids were received.

The Bureau of Land Management will be closing a portion of the High Rock Canyon Road in the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area to vehicle use.

The Bureau of Land Management, Swiftwater Field Office, Roseburg District is providing notification that BLM road 25-7-29 is closed to through traffic.

The Bureau of Land Management Upper Colorado River District welcomes Lisa Dawson as the new field manager for the Colorado River Valley Field Office. Dawson reports for duty as field manager today.

BLM firefighters kickoff the second year of a wildland fire education program at a career-tech high school in Reno, Nevada.