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Group of wild horses on the Nevada Wild Horse Range
Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

LAS VEGAS – On or about Dec.

A river meanders through the golden-colored boreal forest on a clear autumn day. The mountains are visible in the distance.
BLM announces additional public meetings for supplemental analysis of Ambler Road Proposal
Williams Hill with wildflower blooms
The BLM Central Coast Field Office lifts seasonal fire restrictions
Model trains in foreground with replica town in background.
Trails Center hosts annual holiday model train display

Fires billow smoke on a snow-covered landscape during a prescribed pile burn near Stinking Springs in the Whistler Mountains, north of Eureka, Nevada, Jan. 1, 2022.
BLM to Conduct Pile Burning Activities from December to March

Battle Mountain, Nev.

A fire pit and picnic table in the forest
BLM has openings for volunteer camp hosts in Northern California
Crop Jet Aviation, LLC, is pictured seeding the Becky Peak Fire.
Government agencies and a nonprofit work together to restore Nevada public lands

Federal and state agencies, and a non-profit conservation organization recently partnered to seed 26,000-plus acres of eastern Nevada’s burned public lands to enhance natural r

Pinedale Mountains
Pinedale Anticline Project Office sets deadline for 2024 project applications

PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) is soliciting project applications for potential 2024 funding.

Throughout the year, dead wood is collected into piles. Those piles are then burned under optimal conditions in the winter months.
BLM plans two pile burns in San Luis Valley

MONTE VISTA, Colo.

Artist in Residence Poster
Black Rock Desert Artist-in-Residence Program Exhibits in Winnemucca and Elko, Nevada

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Winter weather closes Steens Mountain Loop Road for the season

HINES, Oregon – Winter weather has officially landed on Steens Mountain, closing all sections of its Loop Road for the season.

A pump jack in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Subasta de arrendamiento de petróleo y gas de la BLM en Oklahoma y Nuevo México obtiene una ganancia neta de $22,530,735

Pump jack at sunset.
BLM oil and gas lease sale in Oklahoma and New Mexico nets $22,530,735

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Bureau of Land Management addresses dying Douglas fir across southwestern Oregon

Medford, Ore. — More Douglas fir have died in southern Oregon in the last four years than the last four decades, according to an article in the Journal of Forestry.

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As winter weather approaches, gate on Bear Camp Road closed November 30

Medford OR – The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Medford District is closing the gate on Bear Camp Road, located near Galice, OR, on Thursday, November 30.

Wild Horses on public lands.
The Black Rock Field Office to release Calico Complex mares treated with fertility control

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.

A large valley with a mountain range in the background
BLM Bakersfield Field Office lifts fire restrictions December 1
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Skull Creek and Horton Mill area roads temporarily closed for winter

Hines, Ore.

A transmission line at sunset in southern New Mexico.
BLM to Analyze Potential Changes to West-wide Energy Corridors as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
Elk bugling in Wyoming
BLM Public Meetings in Colorado for the Big Game Habitat Conservation Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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San Juan Islands Monument Advisory Committee to meet virtually Dec. 7

SPOKANE, Wash. – Bureau of Land Management officials are scheduled to hold a meeting of the San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee via Zoom from 9:00 a.m.

Silhouette of a pumping oil rig at sunset.
BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Mississippi

FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Bald Eagle
BLM Pinedale seeks volunteers for bald eagle survey

PINEDALE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office is seeking volunteers to assist with a national mid-winter bald eagle survey on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.

Towering sequoias stretch far into the sky
BLM to reduce wildland fire risk for Case Mountain giant sequoias
Kanab Creek Wilderness offers some of the finest canyon hiking anywhere. Kanab Creek has etched out a spectacular gorge among soaring red rock cliffs. This is a view of Hack Canyon from the Willow Spring Trailhead. This is a historic trail used to move cattle in and out of the canyon. A great experience for those who want a rough and rustic hiking experience.
BLM to conduct prescribed fire 30 miles south of Fredonia, Arizona
The Bureau of Land Management’s Arizona Strip District is planning prescribed burning operations as part of an ongoing riparian restoration project in the Kanab Creek drainage, located 30 miles south of Fredonia, Ariz.