Press Releases

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Montana-Dakotas

BLM plans burns in Silver Bow, Beaverhead, Lewis & Clark, Jefferson counties

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will burn slash piles during the coming months in Silver Bow, Beaverhead, Lewis and Clark and Jefferson counties.

Montana-Dakotas

Rangeland Stewardship Award presented to Garfield County Conservation District

MILES CITY, Mont.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM opens public scoping period for March lease sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The BLM has opened a 15-day public scoping period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana.

Montana-Dakotas

Oil and gas lease auction brings in over $340,000

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas raised over $340,000 in its quarterly oil and gas lease sale held online September 24.

Montana-Dakotas

Butte BLM to repair rough road leading to Ringing Rocks geologic sit

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management will begin repairs of the Ringing Rocks Road near Pipestone beginning Oct. 7. 

Montana-Dakotas

Water shut down at Coal Banks Landing and James Kipp Campground

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – Coal Banks Landing and James Kipp Campground have shut the water off in preparation of the upcoming cold weather.

National Office, Montana-Dakotas

BLM announces rangeland stewardship award winners for 2019

GREAT FALLS, MT. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presented its 2019 Rangeland Stewardship Awards today, which are given in recognition of an individual or group’s commitment to the stew

Montana-Dakotas

BLM prescribed burning scheduled for Musselshell County

(BILLINGS, Mont.) –The Bureau of Land Management Billings Field Office will be conducting prescribed burning in Musselshell County this month when fuel and weather conditions permit safe operations

Montana-Dakotas

Fall prescribed fire projects scheduled for Custer County

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting prescribed burn operations in Custer County this fall when fuel conditions and weather permit. 

Montana-Dakotas

White Sandy Recreation Site to close for boat dock repair

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will temporarily close White Sandy Recreation Site on Hauser Lake for the season in order to remove a troublesome piling at the e

Montana-Dakotas

BLM plans local prescribed burn projects

(BELLE FOURCHE, S.D.)  --- The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed burns on both the Fort Meade Recreation Area near Sturgis and near Englewood as soon as conditions permit.&

Montana-Dakotas

Be Responsible With Warming Fires

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Montana-Dakotas

Missoula BLM plans prescribed burns this fall

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – Smoke may be visible periodically during the next two months in the mountains east of Missoula.  The Missoula Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is prepari

Montana-Dakotas

BLM to host National Public Lands Day event at Ulhorn Trailhead

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) –Americans across the country will visit their favorite public lands in September, to take care of the treasured placUlhorn Trailhead Sign

Montana-Dakotas

BLM cautions public about algae blooms at Hauser Lake

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Though it may appear to be harmless “green stuff” floating in the water, algae blooms can be toxic for humans and their pets.

Montana-Dakotas

Dillon Field Offices announces new bear food storage device check out system

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Montana-Dakotas

BLM opens public comment period for December lease sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The BLM has opened a 30-day public comment period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota.

Montana-Dakotas

Meeting set to discuss Pine Hills area wildfire mitigation work Aug. 27

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The BLM Miles City Field Office, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and Custer County will jointly host a public meeting for the residents of the Pine Hi

Montana-Dakotas

BLM to drain and repair Dean S. Reservoir

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The BLM Miles City Field Office will drain and repair the Dean S. Reservoir beginning on Aug. 14.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM volunteer dies at Schnell Recreation Area

 (DICKINSON, N.D.) – A volunteer for the Bureau of Land Management North Dakota Field Office was found deceased Sunday at the Schnell Recreation Area near Richardton.

Montana-Dakotas

Sheep Mountain Road to get new culvert

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Montana-Dakotas

Montana, North Dakota Oil and Gas Lease Auction Brings in Over $1.6 Million

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas raised $1.6 Million in its quarterly oil and gas lease sale held online July 30, 2019.

Montana-Dakotas

Bureau of Land Management issues decision on Tenmile project

(HELENA, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management has issued its Record of Decision approving vegetation treatments on 968 acres of BLM lands within the 61,000-acre study area analyzed in the Tenmile

Montana-Dakotas

BLM releases sale notice for September 2019 Oil and Gas Lease Sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the September 2019 Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale List, which includes 12 parcels