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Portrait of Ron Nuckles
BLM welcomes Ron Nuckles as Needles Field Manager
Elizabeth Meyer-Shields
BLM California selects Elizabeth Meyer-Shields as new Deputy State Director, Resources
Plume of smoke rising over the sun in the desert.
BLM to conduct prescribed fire at Dos Palmas Preserve to improve wildlife habitat
Dirt bike on a dusty trail
BLM Ukiah Field Office seeks public input for off-highway vehicle grants
A dirt boke descends a hill with snow capped mountains in the background.
BLM and Inyo National Forest seek public input for off-highway vehicle grants
A dirt bike descends a sandy hill
BLM California Desert District seeks public input on 2024 off-highway vehicle grant proposals
A dirt bike at the top of a high desert peak.
BLM to hold virtual public meetings to discuss OHV grant funds in northern CA
Sagebrush in Carbon County
BLM announces $41 million investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration
A $41 million investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support 74 ecosystem restoration projects in 16 states.
Cotoni-Coast Dairies seen from the air: a green and yellow pasture receding to the ocean.
BLM Central California District to host Resource Advisory Council meeting
Kelly Savage kneels on green hillside collecting native seeds with mountains in the background.
BLM announces $18 million to enhance native seed supply, climate resilience 
The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, today announced nearly $18 million in new investments from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to ensure the ready source of native seeds to combat climate change and enhance landscape resilience.
A sign reading Litchfield corral and a large covered structure with hay underneath.
Storms cause damage, limit operations at BLM Litchfield corrals
A large boulder in the foreground with a high desert valley and large blue mountains in the background .
BLM office in Cedarville will be closed on Fridays during construction project
An OHV ascends a dune.
BLM schedules DUI checkpoints on public land within Imperial County
Matt Lohr stands in front of a cactus with desert mountains in the background.
BLM California selects Matthew Lohr as the new El Centro Field Manager
A montage of security camera footage depicting a white tacoma
BLM seeks assistance in case involving 19 dead wild burros

NEEDLES, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to justice for the ongoing investigation of the shooting and killing of 19 wild burros.

A high desert meadow during a rain storm with mountains in the background.
BLM cancels advisory council field tour, will conduct business meeting
Solar array in the desert with tall mountains in the background
BLM approves Camino Solar Project in Kern County
Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area
BLM offers virtual option for attending Resource Advisory Council meeting
a trail along the Pacific Ocean sliding down a large cliff.
BLM announces temporary closure of Fleener Creek Trailhead in Humboldt County
angled solar panels
BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout the West

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production in more Western states

A pile of brush burns with wet forest in the background
BLM plans prescribed fire projects in Shasta, Trinity counties
A wooden building and a trail sign.
Falk townsite in Headwaters Forest Reserve named to National Register of Historic Places
Jeremiah Karuzas
BLM California selects Jeremiah Karuzas as new Deputy State Director, Energy and Minerals
A pile burn in snow.
BLM plans pile burns in NE California to reduce wildfire risk
three cyclists in a line on the Bizz Johnson trail
BLM Resource Advisory Council meets Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 in Redding