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(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) North Central Montana District plans to conduct up to five prescribed fire operations during the coming winter, district fire managemen

(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.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office has lifted its closures in the Big Hole River area, invoked due to the Alder Creek Fire.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management has removed its previous fire restrictions for BLM-administered lands within the boundaries of the Woods Creek Fire near Townsend.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – East Bank Campground, along the Big Hole River eight miles west of Wise River, has re-opened, while other surrounding areas remain closed due to the Alder Creek Fire.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Galena Gulch Campground, near Basin, Mont., has re-opened after being closed Sept. 22 due to the nearby Haystack Fire.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Due to a wildfire burning near Boulder, Mont., the Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed the Galena Gulch Campground and day use area.  The closure order takes effe

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The rough and rocky road to reach the Humbug Spires trailhead will soon be a much smoother ride thanks to a major resurfacing project planned by engineers from the Bureau of Land M

(FORT BENTON, Mont.) –- After a successful summer season, the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument transitions to its winter schedule. 

(MALTA, Mont.) – Two Bureau of Land Management campgrounds in Phillips County, Montana, reopened to the public following a temporary closure caused by the Pine Grove Fire, BLM’s Malta Field Manager

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management has removed its previous fire restrictions for all BLM-administered lands in Gallatin and Park counties starting today.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Divide Bridge Campground has re-opened after being closed for a month while crews fighting nearby wildfires used the Bureau of Land Management’s recreation site as a base camp.

(MALTA, Mont.) – Due to the rapidly-growing Pine Grove Fire (also called the Hays/Lodgepole Fire), the Bureau of Land Management’s Malta Field Office temporarily closed the Camp Creek Campground, l

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – All Bureau of Land Management lands surrounding Garnet Ghost Town are once again open to the public now that the Anderson Hill Fire has been successfully contained.

 

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Divide Bridge Campground is temporarily closed while crews fighting nearby wildfires use the Bureau of Land Management’s recreation site as a base camp.

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – Garnet Ghost Town is once again open for visitors after the Bureau of Land Management issued a new area closure in the Anderson Hill Fire vicinity.

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – Due to increased fire activity, the Bureau of Land Management, in coordination with the U.S.

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – Federal firefighters were injured when a sudden wind shift blew the wildfire back over their position as they were constructing a defensive fire line on the perimeter of the D

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Due to increased fire activity near the Big Hole River, the Bureau of Land Management expanded the area closure Tuesday.

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Stage II fire restrictions will go into effect for most lands administered by the Bureau of Land of Land Management in the agency’s Western Montana District, start

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – Due to a wildfire burning about a mile east of Garnet Ghost Town, the Bureau of Land Management has temporarily closed the historic site and surrounding area fo

(MALTA, Mont.) –  The public now has a total of 90 days to submit comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FO