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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.

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

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.

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
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.

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.

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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.

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

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.

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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.

Elk bugling in Wyoming
BLM Public Meetings in Colorado for the Big Game Habitat Conservation Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Oil and gas rig in front of a sunset.
BLM oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $3,405,179

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 37 parcels covering 35,353.86 acres in Wyoming.

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.
Photo of tamarisk pile burn
Slash pile burning scheduled in Iron and Beaver Counties to reduce wildfire risk

Nevada State Office
BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Nevada

Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)
BLM prescribed burning planned near Parker
Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Ariz., between December 2023 and March 2024 as weather and fuel conditions allow.