Announcements

The Grand Junction Field Office seeks public input on a business plan with proposed recreation fees for select campsites in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area. The field office will accept comments from the public through Sept. 25.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro program is working with Wyoming Mustang Association to sponsor Wyoming Mustang and Burros Days in Wheatland on Aug. 24-25.

On Sept. 14-15, the BLM will co-host the Wild Horse Youth Challenge along with the Kansas State Fair, the Wild Horse Youth Challenge Board and volunteers.

The BLM is pleased to announce the addition of four new and two reappointed members to the Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC).

The newly appointed members represent perspectives including reindeer grazing, Alaska Natives and Tribes, state natural resource agencies, energy and mineral development, and dispersed recreation.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roswell Field Office is celebrating the 31st Annual National Public Lands Day by inviting volunteers to help plant native grasses and shrub seeds and install riprap rock check dams on Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area in Lincoln County.

BLM reopens Mckay’s Bend Campground and Boat Launch after wildfire

On Thursday, Aug. 22, the BLM will lift all seasonal fire restrictions for public lands administered by the Phoenix District Office, including BLM lands in Maricopa, northern Pinal, western Pima, and Yavapai counties.

The Bureau of Land Management Upper Colorado River District will remove stage 1 fire restrictions for the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley Field Offices effective 12:01 a.m. Friday.

The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is issuing an emergency closure of the Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Management Area in Tulare County, due to wildland fire danger from the nearby Coffee Pot Fire. This temporary closure is effective immediately, until further notice.

Today, the BLM announced a seven-day public comment period on the draft environmental assessment for an Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Project following the Deer Springs Fire.