Press Releases

The Steens Mountain Advisory Council will meet Thursday, October 10 and Friday, October 11. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. A virtual participation option is available as well.

The Colorado River Valley Field Office will restrict access to JQS Road, located northwest of Rifle, to conduct annual road maintenance Oct. 1-11.

– 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.

BLM lifts seasonal fire restrictions in western Arizona

The Bureau of Land Management and Lassen Land and Trails Trust are inviting outdoor enthusiasts to help with Lassen County cleanup and improvement projects in recognition of National Public Lands Day and Susanville Hometown Pride on Saturday, Sept. 28. Projects will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the historic Susanville Railroad Depot and along the Bizz Johnson Trail.

Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced a 30-day call for public applicants to the Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC).

Fire managers with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plan to conduct a prescribed fire treatment Sept. 30-Oct. 19 about 18 miles south of Grand Junction.

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.

Idaho Falls District welcomes John Reffit as the new field manager for the Upper Snake Field Office. His official starting date was Sep. 23.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment evaluating potential impacts of removing excess vegetation from approximately 1,212 public acres in Maryland and Virginia. 

The BLM Richfield Field Office is initiating a public comment period for the Travel Management Plan (TMP) for the Henry Mountain Fremont Gorge Travel Management Area.

The BLM has awarded a total of $24.6 million to the Utah Department of Natural Resources to continue the collaborative efforts to restore and preserve watersheds across the state.

The history, archaeological record and ongoing preservation efforts at the Falk townsite in the Bureau of Land Management Headwaters Forest Reserve will be topics of a free presentation, Saturday, Oct. 5, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Clarke Museum, 240 E St., in Eureka.

A Management Evaluation has been prepared and is available for public review. The documents represent the current situation on range and will aid in alternative development of the Bullfrog Gather Plan.

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 Bureau of Land Management has amended the emergency closure associated with the No Man fire, along Canton Creek and Pass Creek on lands administered by the BLM Roseburg District.

The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office would like to encourage all visitors who plan on camping in the Alabama Hills this fall to plan ahead and prepare in order to have the best camping experience possible while enjoying and taking care of public lands. Camping in the Alabama Hills from mid-September through November can be very busy, with campsites filling up on weekends.  Additionally, the main access to the Hills through Whitney Portal Road is closed and visitors must use an alternate route, which adds travel time to get to Movie Road.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council will meet in person on Tuesday Nov. 19, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The public is welcome to attend both meetings.

Fire restrictions will decrease in northeast Nevada on Tuesday, October 1 on public lands and unincorporated private lands in Elko, Lander, and Eureka Counties.

The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office held a competitive oil and gas lease sale, offering one parcel covering 120 acres in Colorado.

The BLM uses its Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring framework to gather data and report on the condition and trend of natural resources across BLM-managed lands.

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.

The Idaho Resource Advisory Council (RAC) invites the public on an in-person tour of BLM managed restoration and fuels treatments projects on Oct. 9, and a hybrid in-person and virtual Idaho RAC meeting on Oct. 10, 2024.

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.