Press Releases


The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern States District welcomes its new Field Manager at the Lower Potomac Field Station, Nicholas Weber.
There’s a new tool for recreationists planning visits to public lands. The Free National Mobile Map Package Program allows anyone to access maps so they have the information they need to get outside, even when they are offline
The BLM Eastern States State Office today opened a public scoping period to receive public input on six oil and gas parcels that may be included in a September 2025 lease sale in Louisiana, Michigan, and Mississippi.
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 Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment evaluating potential impacts of removing excess vegetation from approximately 1,212 public acres in Maryland and Virginia. 
The BLM is seeking public input on draft environmental assessments evaluating potential impacts from the proposed plugging of 30 orphaned oil and gas wells on public lands in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The BLM and Village of Tequesta will open a connectivity trail following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 17 at 5:30 pm.
The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule to help guide the balanced management of America’s public lands. The final Public Lands Rule provides tools for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to help improve the health and resilience of public lands in the face of a changing climate; conserve important wildlife habitat and intact landscapes; facilitate responsible development; and better recognize unique cultural and natural resources on public lands. 

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule to revise the Bureau of Land Mana

The Bureau of Land Management plans to sell certain public lands in Simpson County, Miss., to resolve a decades-long inadvertent unauthorized use.

Falls Church, Va. – The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States State Office held a competitive oil and gas lease sale, offering three parcels covering 91 acres in Mississippi.

FLOWOOD, Miss.— The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangela

The schedule of Wild Horse and burro adoption events throughout BLM Eastern States for 2024. Updated 18 June, 2024.

*** UPDATE: Due to inclement weather the Gainesville Wild Horse and Burro event is delayed one day and will now take place Jan. 19-20. *** 

 

Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern States District released its approved Decision Record of the environmental assessment for the Doe Run Company Lease Modifications, which auth

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a wild horse and burro placement event on November 3-4, 2023, offering approximately 30-70 excess animals gathered

FLOWOOD, Miss. — The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event on October 19-21, 2023, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from we