Press Releases

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Montana-Dakotas

Fire prompts temporary closure of BLM campground north of Helena

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily closing the White Sandy Recreation Area north of Helena due to fire activity.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM opens public scoping period for December lease sale

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

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

Dillon Field Office releases Rochester Watershed report

Landscape with rocks trees and mountains in the distance
Montana-Dakotas

New Manager to lead Western Montana BLM District

Swearing in ceremony
As BLM State Director
Montana-Dakotas

Hamilton horse adoption event postponed

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Wild Horse and Burro adoption event scheduled for this weekend in Hamilton, Mont., has been postponed.

Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO

BLM Supplemental Draft EIS public meeting July 17

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – A public meeting to discuss the Bureau of Land Management Miles City Field Office Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been scheduled for July 17 in Miles Cit

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

Dillon BLM releases East Bench watershed assessment for public comment

Rochester Watershed
The Di
Montana-Dakotas

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

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the July 2019 Notice of Competitive oil and gas lease sale list, which includes 34 parcels tota

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

Garnet Day celebrates mining heritage of Montana's most intact ghost town

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – The sights, sounds and smells of a 19th-century mining town will come back to life during this year’s family-friendly Garnet Day.

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

Dillon BLM crews to conduct East Pioneer, Madison watershed assessments

(DILLON, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office will analyze the existing resource conditions on BLM-administered public lands within the East Pioneer and Madison Watersheds t

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

Missoula BLM Field Office releases draft Resource Management Plan

Members of the public discuss RMP
Members of the publ
Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO

Lewistown Field Office releases draft Resource Management Plan

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) –The Lewistown Draft Resource Management Plan and associated Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft RMP/Draft EIS) has been released by the Bureau of Land Management.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM opens public comment period for September 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

BLM recognizes Missoula officer as 2018 Ranger of the Year

(MISSOULA, Mont.) – Ranger Kelly Cole of Missoula was recognized this week as the Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security 2018 Ranger of the Year.

Montana-Dakotas

Kipp Campground to open after flood

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – Employees have been working nonstop to clean up the James Kipp Recreation Area after melting snow caused the Missouri River to rise and flood the area.     

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

BLM recreation sites closed during vegetation treatment

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management will close some recreation sites near Helena for two days in May while workers spray for noxious and invasive weeds in the area.

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

Western Montana BLM adds 250 acres from land donation

(BUTTE, Mont.) – Working with Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation and using funding provided by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conversation Trust, the Bureau of Land Management’s Western Montana Dis

Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO

BLM opens public scoping period for September lease sale

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

Montana-Dakotas

Melting snow has caused flooding along the Missouri river

Flooding at Kipp Recreation Area

Montana-Dakotas

BLM seeks comments on Little Missouri River Bridge Environmental Assessment

(DICKINSON, N.D.) – The Bureau of Land Management North Dakota Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment for an application to authorize an existing bridge and access r

Montana-Dakotas

Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed fires this spring in north central Montana

Prescribed Burn(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pl

Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO

Who owns the minerals under your land? Know before you dig

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The BLM would like to encourage surface owners to properlyMineral Materials Trespass

Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO

BLM opens public comment period for July 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. The comment period runs through April 11, 2019