Press Releases

Due to high fire danger and prolonged drought, the BLM is implementing fire restrictions on public land at the Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area and BLM lands around the community of Lincoln.

BISHOP, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office is offering a $1,500 reward for information on the individuals responsible for damaging petroglyph panels at the Volcanic Tableland, north of Bishop. The perpetrators vandalized three locations within the site.

BISHOP, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service have approved a plan for the agencies to gather and remove excess wild horses that have roamed outside the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory near Benton onto public and private lands, in accordance with the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burros Act of 1971. High priority areas for this gather include, but are not limited to, horses located in the Mono Basin and horses along CA State Route 120 East and U.S. Highway 6.

Ruby Hill Mining Company, LLC, is authorized to build additional facilities on private lands and expand operations into additional subsurface federal mineral estate within existing approved boundaries.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment in support of the proposed renewals of grazing authorizations for two allotments on public lands south of Phoenix.

The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Nevada North Lithium Exploration Project near Montello in Elko County.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Dillon Field Office has completed the Programmatic Vegetation Management Environmental Assessment (EA), which includes actions across 905,000 acres of public land in Beaverhead and Madison counties in southwest Montana. The EA will be available for public review starting March 5, 2025, with a 44-day comment period concluding on April 18, 2024.

The Bureau of Land Management has approved the Newcastle Geothermal Development project, which is expected to generate up to 20 megawatts of renewable energy on public lands near Newcastle in Iron County.

In its first year, the team covered 20,000 acres and collected over 1,000 points of vegetation data on both untreated lands and those previously treated for cheatgrass.

The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Final Pancake Complex Wild Horse Gather & Herd Management Plan for how wild horses will be managed within the Pancake Complex.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office leased 4 parcels totaling 2,443.11acres for $6,725,713 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

BLM's Salmon Field Office management has issued a temporary restriction of use for motorized vehicles on the Discovery Hill River Bluffs Road (BLM Road 118) due to deteriorating road conditions, effective immediately. Restricting travel on this road now will save repair costs later.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office is getting ready for prescribed burning in the Blackfoot Corridor in the coming weeks.

The Bureau of Land Management Northwest, Southwest and Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) will meet jointly, April 2 and individually April 3.

The BLM’s Vernal Field Office has opened a 30-day public scoping period to gather input on a proposal to re-open a portion of the Taylor Flat Airstrip for public aviation use, with comments accepted until April 3, 2025.

The Roseburg District, Bureau of Land Management announces the winners of the 2025 Land of Umpqua Amateur Photo Contest.

The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 29, 2025, to offer 11 oil and gas parcels totaling 4,266 acres in Montana and North Dakota.

The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure on March 7-8, 2025. This closure will minimize the risk of potential collisions with spectators and racers during the 2025 Mint 400 race.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for a gold mine proposed on about 195 public acres in the Rogers Wash area near Wickenburg in Maricopa County.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Gila District will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions in Apache and Navajo counties in Arizona, effective February 28, at 8 a.m.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern States District welcomes its new Field Manager at the Lower Potomac Field Station, Nicholas Weber.

The Bureau of Land Management is offering an opportunity to live and work in a beautiful public land setting along the Susan River in Lassen County, as a camp host at a popular day use area.

The BLM issued the final environmental impact statement analyzing the proposed Dry Creek Trona Mine Project south of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The 30-day public review period will start Feb. 28, 2025.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Copper Creek Exploration Project on public lands near Mammoth in Pinal County.

The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day comment period beginning Feb. 28, 2025, for a proposed update to the plan of operation for the Silver Peak Lithium Mine near Silver Peak, Nevada.