Press Releases
The Secretary of the Interior has signed a Public Land Order opening an additional 11.1 million acres of BLM-managed public lands in Alaska for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veteran Land Allotment Program
The Bureau of Land Management announced a new national process for early coordination and engagement on mineral projects.
Approval allows Nevada Gold Mines, LLC to explore and mine for precious metals.
The Bureau of Land Management released the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Jove Solar Project, which if approved could generate up to 600 megawatts of clean energy, enough to power roughly 180,000 homes.
The BLM is seeking public input on two draft plans to update the management of public lands and minerals in Nebraska and northeast Wyoming. This starts a 90-day public comment period.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Purple Sage Energy Center proposed on approximately 4,424 acres of public lands in Clark County.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued the Record of Decision for the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP), updating management for nearly 13.3 million acres of public lands in central and northern Alaska.
The Bureau of Land Management today announced the launch of five new public-private partnership agreements designed to place wild horses and burros into private care. These partnerships could receive up to nearly $25 million in funding over five years and help place approximately 11,000 additional wild horses and burros over and above the BLM’s existing adoption program.
The BLM released a Final Environmental Impact Statement and proposed resource management plan amendment for the Lakeview planning area, covering 3.2 million acres of public lands in Lake and Harney counties.
The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan for public lands managed by the BLM Arcata and Redding field offices. The planning area covers 14.4 million acres in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, and Butte counties, including approximately 382,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands and 295,100 acres of federal mineral estate.
The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands.
The Bureau of Land Management and Cochiti Pueblo are announcing the reopening of Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument on Nov. 21, 2024.
The BLM and the FWS today issued a final supplemental environmental analysis of the proposed Northern Corridor highway in Washington County, Utah.
The Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are announcing the first completed land acquisition within the Gold and Twin Creeks area of the Blackfoot River Watershed.
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released the final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
Today, leadership from the Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service, and Pueblo of Tesuque signed a memorandum of understanding to co-steward culturally significant Tribal places located on Caja del Río Plateau.
BLM will commit over $375 million to fund 36 projects to enhance recreation, conserve wildlife habitat, reduce hazardous fuels, and prevent wildfires across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
DOI and BLM leaders announce the approval of the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron mining project.
BLM is taking steps to expand geothermal energy development on public lands.
The BLM released Records of Decision for the Big Game Resource Management Plan Amendment, the Gunnison Sage-Grouse RMPA, and resource management plans for the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley Field Offices.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for a new Federal advisory committee that will help inform how the Bureau implements the Public Lands Rule.
The Department of the Interior today celebrated the signing of three landmark agreements with Alaska Native Tribes and Corporations to advance co-stewardship on public lands and waters.
BLM will invest nearly $2.4 million in IRA money to develop a cultural landscape study for public lands in California and Arizona.
With a $17.6 million investment from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management is expanding efforts to monitor, inventory, and assess baseline conditions of the nation’s public lands and waters.
The Bureau of Land Management announces the sale of 20 acres of public lands at $100 per acre for the construction of affordable housing projects in Southern Nevada.