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BLM opens public comment period for September lease sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The BLM has opened a 30-day public comment period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota.

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BLM recognizes Missoula officer as 2018 Ranger of the Year

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – Ranger Kelly Cole of Missoula was recognized this week as the Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security 2018 Ranger of the Year.

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Kipp Campground to open after flood

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – Employees have been working nonstop to clean up the James Kipp Recreation Area after melting snow caused the Missouri River to rise and flood the area.     

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BLM recreation sites closed during vegetation treatment

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management will close some recreation sites near Helena for two days in May while workers spray for noxious and invasive weeds in the area.

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Western Montana BLM adds 250 acres from land donation

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Working with Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation and using funding provided by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conversation Trust, the Bureau of Land Management’s Western Montana Dis

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BLM opens public scoping period for September lease sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The BLM has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota.

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Melting snow has caused flooding along the Missouri river

Flooding at Kipp Recreation Area

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BLM seeks comments on Little Missouri River Bridge Environmental Assessment

(DICKINSON, N.D.) – The Bureau of Land Management North Dakota Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment for an application to authorize an existing bridge and access r

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Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed fires this spring in north central Montana

Prescribed Burn(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pl

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Who owns the minerals under your land? Know before you dig

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The BLM would like to encourage surface owners to properlyMineral Materials Trespass

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BLM opens public comment period for July lease sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The BLM has opened a 30-day public comment period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota. The comment period runs through April 11, 2019

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BLM fire projects scheduled for Musselshell, Yellowstone counties

Prescribed Burning
BLM photo by Mark Ja
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Grazing permits renewed in Bears Paw to Missouri River Breaks area

(HAVRE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) North Central Montana District is renewing grazing permits Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

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Butte BLM seeks public comment on proposed land donation

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The BLM is working with Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation to secure the donation of more than 258 acres of private lands near Toston Dam

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Bureau of Land Management to burn slash piles in Meagher County

Pile burning in the BLM North Central District
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Dillon BLM issues final reports on Rochester and East Bench watersheds

Rochester and East Bench watersheds land
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Wintertime pile burning to begin in Rosebud County

Prescribed Fire Sign(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Manage

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BLM releases report with public comments on bison grazing proposal

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – A report that will help the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) analyze a proposal to change grazing allotments in north central Montana held by the American Prairie Reserve (APR)

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BLM WHB hearing set for Feb. 15

Wild Horses
The Miles City Pine
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BLM releases sale notice for March 2019 Oil and Gas Lease Sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the March 2019 Notice of Competitive oil and gas lease sale list, which includes 305 parcels to

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BLM opens public scoping period for July lease sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The BLM has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota.

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BLM employee's quick response saves motorist's life

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – A Miles City motorcycle rider caught a lucky break after crashing his motorbike at the Glendive Short Pine Off-Highway Vehicle Area last September.

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Oil and gas lease auction brings in over $538,000

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – Bids on oil and gas leases in Montana brought in $538,807 in an online auction held December 11, 2018, by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO

BLM announces SEIS/RMP amendment scoping period

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period as part of the process to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan a

Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO

Malta Field Office to hold open house

(MALTA, Mont.) – The public is invited to an open house at the recently remodeled Bureau of Land Management Malta Field Office on December 6 from 4-6 p.Malta Field Office