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Rawlins Gen-Tie Line
BLM seeks public comment for proposed gen-tie electric line project

RAWLINS, Wyo.

Photo of Emerald Mountain Road Sign and snow
BLM Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Area seasonal closure

photo of piles burning
Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker

A blue truck drives through the dirt.
BLM accepting permit applications for off-highway races on the Parker Racecourse
The Bureau of Land Management is accepting proposals for the available Special Recreation Permits for two competitive off-highway races on the Parker Racecourse.
Smoke plume from a controlled burn performed by the Pocatello Field Office staff (Cindy McClellan, BLM).
BLM to conduct pile burns near Malad City to complete a wildlife habitat project

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.

Log benches and a metal picnic table sit on the bank of a river.
The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to comment on recreation fees along the Madison River Corridor

DILLON, Montana -- The Bureau of Land Management Dillon Field Office is proposing to increase and begin collection of fees at BLM recreation sites along the Madison River

Photo of Signing Ceremony between BLM, USFS, and Ohkay Owingeh
Historic Co-stewardship Agreement Signed Between Ohkay Owingeh Tribe, Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management
A deer standing in deep snow
BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices announce big game winter range closures

Nevada State Office
BLM oil and gas lease sale in Nevada nets $10,595.00

Model trains in foreground with replica town in background.
Trails Center hosts annual holiday model train display

Williams Hill with wildflower blooms
The BLM Central Coast Field Office lifts seasonal fire restrictions
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
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.

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.

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

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
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

blm logo with black and white trees next to it
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.

blm logo with black and white trees next to it
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
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