Press Releases

Fire danger remains high on Wyoming public lands.

Up to 30 untrained wild horses will be available for adoption or sale on Friday, October 18 from the Wheatland Off-Range Corral in Wyoming.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District (HDD) issued a decision on Sept. 26, 2024, based on the finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the Vegetation Management using Herbicides on Public Lands Environmental Assessment (EA).

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on four oil and gas parcels totaling 2,443 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale.

The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office hosted a successful community event on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 27, 2024, bringing together volunteers to participate in a sagebrush planting effort at the historic Fossil Well #1 site. This restoration project is a key part of the ongoing reclamation of one of the Kemmerer area’s earliest 20th-century petroleum exploration sites, contributing to the recovery of local ecosystems and wildlife habitats, including sage grouse core habitat.

To help offset the costs to maintain the sites, while generating funding toward future updates, the Cody Field Office has drafted a plan for new and updated overnight fees at three campgrounds in the Cody area.

– The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 24,728.91 acres.

The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct a prescribed burn this fall in the Beartrap Meadow area along Hazelton Road in southwest Johnson County.

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office held a competitive oil and gas lease sale, offering 4 parcels covering 159.38 acres in Wyoming.

Recreationists will still be able to access the Twin Creek Trail while Wyoming Game and Fish Department replace the siphon on Rock Creek.

The group modified more than 2 miles of barbed wire fence on Y U Bench, southeast of Cody, making it easier for the Carter Mountain pronghorn herd to travel between summer and winter ranges.

BLM initiated a 30-day public scoping period prior to preparing an environmental assessment (EA) regarding a wild horse gentling & adoption partnership held between BLM Wyoming and the Wyoming Department of Corrections.

Kemmerer and Pinedale FOs advise that the water systems at the Fontenelle Creek Campground in Lincoln County, Scab Creek & Warren Bridge Campgrounds in Sublette County will be winterized during the week of Sept. 25-26.

All of the offered wild horses and burros found new homes at the most recent BLM/Wyoming Honor Farm adoption. The highest bid was for 2-year-old Walker, who will be used to teach a college horsemanship course.

The Bureau of Land Management today announced the winners of the 2024 Rangeland Stewardship and Rangeland Innovations awards.

In an early celebration of National Public Lands Day, the Cody Field Office, local volunteers, the Northwest Wyoming OHV Alliance and the Shoshone Trails Coalition cleaned up the popular Red Lake area.

Important work on the Shoshone Lake Road has greatly improved this popular recreational access route west of Lander.

The BLM today announced its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public lands, designed to expand efficient and environmentally responsible solar project permitting on public lands across the West.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro program is working with Wyoming Mustang Association to sponsor Wyoming Mustang and Burros Days in Wheatland on Aug. 24-25.

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming state office today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs Field Office.

Events will be held September 7, 14, 20 and 28. Trained and untrained animals will be offered to qualified adopters for a $125 minimum fee.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, local re-enactment group, The Platte Bridge Company, will be at the Trails Center to showcase life on the frontier.

BLM works on controlling erosion in the Greater LaBarge Restoration Landscape.

In lieu of an in-person meeting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office has made Pinedale Anticline Project Area planning updates available online.

BLM and local weed and pest districts will aerially spray cheatgrass in Bighorn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park and Washakie counties through mid-September.