Announcements

Find out what's happening in your local community. Use the map or the search and filter below to read BLM Announcements by region.
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Idaho
Idaho Resource Advisory Council discusses recreation in Idaho

BLM invites public to Idaho Resource Advisory Council fall meeting and tour

The Idaho Resource Advisory Council (RAC) invites the public on an in-person tour of BLM managed restoration and fuels treatments projects on Oct. 9, and a hybrid in-person and virtual Idaho RAC meeting on Oct. 10, 2024.
Wyoming
WY Honor Farm

BLM seeks public feedback on wild horse gentling and adoption partnership

BLM initiated a 30-day public scoping period prior to preparing an environmental assessment (EA) regarding a wild horse gentling & adoption partnership held between BLM Wyoming and the Wyoming Department of Corrections.
Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO
view of campground with fir trees, water, picnic table, and fire pit

BLM Klamath Falls Field Office Campground Entering the Off-Season

While the BLM's Gerber Recreation Area remains open year-round, the area will soon be entering off-season starting September 30, 2024.
Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO
helicopter conducting an aerial herbicide spraying operation

BLM to conduct aerial herbicide applications

The Bureau of Land Management will conduct aerial herbicide applications from Sept. 25 through Oct. 31, 2024. Weather permitting, approximately 2,599 acres in Klamath County will be treated.
Idaho
BLMs popular Blackwell Island closes for the season Oct. 11

BLM’s Blackwell Island Recreation Site to seasonally close October 15

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The annual seasonal closure for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Blackwell Island boat launch and recreation area is set to begin Oct. 15.
Colorado
A firefighter walks away towards burnt vegetation carrying large tools slung over their shoulder.

BLM planning annual prescribed burns

Fire crews prepare two sites northwest of Cañon City. The Bureau of Land Management is preparing three prescribed burns, scheduled to take place between late September 2024 and April 2025.
Wyoming
Warren Bridge Campground

BLM Winterization of campground water systems in Lincoln and Sublette Counties

Kemmerer and Pinedale FOs advise that the water systems at the Fontenelle Creek Campground in Lincoln County, Scab Creek & Warren Bridge Campgrounds in Sublette County will be winterized during the week of Sept. 25-26.
Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO
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Volunteers to honor National Public Lands Day Sept. 28 at Decision Point

Volunteers can celebrate National Public Lands Day by helping Bureau of Land Management staff maintain the Decision Point trail, Sept. 28.
Montana-Dakotas, Lewistown FO
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Volunteers to make Elk Creek fences friendlier for Public Lands Day, Sept. 28

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by making fences near Grass Range, Montana, safer for migrating wildlife, Sept. 28.
Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO
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BLM Selects Monument Manager to Lead North Central Montana District

Zane Fulbright, previously the manager of the district’s Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, brings a wealth of experience to apply to his new role as district manager of the North Central Montana District.
Oregon-Washington, Medford DO
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Bureau of Land Management re-opens Rainie Falls Trail

The Bureau of Land Management Grants Pass Field Office is excited to announce that repair work has finished on the Rainie Falls Trail nearly three months ahead of schedule.