Press Releases

The final rule implements direction from President Donald J. Trump issued on his first day in office through Executive Order 14153 and responds to calls from Alaskans, including North Slope leaders, to restore the previous regulatory framework.

BLM opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include oil and gas parcels in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi and Nevada in March 2026 lease sales.

BLM announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Jan. 13, 2026, to offer 20 oil and gas parcels totaling 4,276 acres in Montana and North Dakota.

Scoping period extended 45 days and public meeting scheduled for Dec. 3. The BLM will accept comments until Dec. 18, 2025.

The Bureau of Land Management approved the expansion of the Coyote Mine near Carlin, Nevada.

Interior takes steps to reopen the Coastal Plain for oil and gas leasing, permitting for Ambler Road, moving forward with the King Cove–Cold Bay Road, and providing Alaska Native land allotments.

The BLM Eastern Interior Field Office will open the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence winter hunt on federal public lands in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F on Oct. 27, 2025. 

The approved plan includes new open pit mining operations and will add in-situ recovery using a combination of injection, production, and monitoring wells. New authorized mining would result in the recovery of more than half a billion pounds of copper.

Operations at the new open-pit mine are expected to allow the company to adjust operations, as the existing Blackfoot Bridge Mine becomes depleted.

The preliminary parcel lists include 23 parcels in North Dakota that covers 8,992.22 acres and 227 parcels covering 250,930.64 acres in Wyoming.

The closure area includes State Route 163 to the north, T.32S., R.66E sections 20, 21, 22, and 23 and is bracketed by Bruce Woodbury Dr. to the south and southwest, and Thomas Edison Dr. to the east.

The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 250 excess wild burros.

In 2018, the Utah Department of Transportation applied for a right-of-way for a four-lane highway north of St. George to help ease traffic congestion in the area.

The planning area contains twelve Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, five Special Recreation Management Areas, a National Historic Trails corridor, and thirteen Wilderness Study Areas.

Lease will give access to 53 million tons of metallurgical coal on 14,050 acres of federal mineral estate.

The Bureau of Land Management sold nearly 47 million board feet of timber across 5,542 public acres during 12 timber sales held in in four states, for a total of $7,555,225; more than $946,545 above the total appraised values.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 68 oil and gas leases, totaling 94,465 acres in Wyoming in a March 2026 sale.

The Department of the Interior announced the opening of 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing, tripling the benchmarks set by the landmark One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The Bureau of Land Management leased 20 parcels totaling 20,304 acres in Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and Utah for $22,815,714 in total receipts during quarterly oil and gas lease sales.

The Bureau of Land Management will offer approximately 3,508 acres of federal coal reserves for competitive lease by sealed bid on Oct. 8, 2025.

The BLM today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 59 oil and gas parcels totaling 71,787 acres that may be included in a March 2026 lease sale in Utah. The comment period ends Oct. 27, 2025.

The BLM announces an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Dec. 10, 2025, to offer 46 oil and gas parcels totaling 68,203 acres in Utah.

Starting on Sept. 18, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management will host a sealed bid timber sale in Cañon City, and is planning to sell 880,000 board feet of timber.

The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with the Idaho Department of Lands, will offer the Trail Ridge Good Neighbor Authority timber auction of approximately 4.8 million board feet to be harvested from 256 acres near New Meadows in Adams County. The IDL will accept oral bids only at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Sept. 30 at the IDL Payette Lakes Supervisory Area Office, 555 Deinhard Ln., McCall, ID 83638.

The Bureau of Land Management leased 32 parcels totaling 39,225 acres in Wyoming for $8,450,944 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale