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Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's May 8 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $3,950,025.The highest single-parcel bid was $238,400 submitted by Western Land Service, Inc.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today accepted a single, high bid of $10,650,000 ($0.30 per recoverable ton) from Signal Peak Energy LLC for five unleased coal parcels in the Bull Mountains Min

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's January 24 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $35,975,750.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments to the Dakotas’ citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the Bureau of Land Management on

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has rejected the only bid it received at its November 16 coal lease sale.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a competitive coal lease sale by sealed bid at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments of 16 members to Montana's three citizen-based resource advisory councils (RACs), which advise the Bureau of L

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's October 18 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $6,812,693.The highest single-parcel bid was $1,957,500 submitted by Clear Creek Resources L

The BLM realigned its field offices' boundary in Lewis and Clark County on October 1.

The calendar says that summer is over, but the weather says there's still time for camping.Enjoy your public lands, but remember to extinguish campfires properly with water and dirt until coals are

Bonus bids for a total of 32,180 acres (19,292 acres in North Dakota and 12,788 acres in South Dakota) at the Bureau of Land Management's July 12 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $66,259,

Our cool wet spring is giving way to warmer, drier conditions.

Bonus bids for a total of 14,458.22 acres (13,459.91 acres in M.T.

Kate Kitchell is the new associate state director of the Montana/Dakotas Bureau of Land Management.

Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas today announced the addition of Melodie A. Lloyd as director of communications to its State office in Billings.

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's February 15 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $2,080,635.The highest bid at the sale was $352,000 submitted by Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation

The Bureau of Land Management has lifted suspensions on all of 45 Montana oil and gas leases.

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's December 9 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $36,339,587.The highest bid at the sale was $8,352,000 submitted by Lodgepole Land Services LLC o

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments of 16 members to Montana's three citizen-based Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the Bureau of L

Jamie Connell will be installed as State Director for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana and the Dakotas on November 8 by the agency's national director, Robert Abbey.A short installation cer

A federal oil and gas lease sale will be held December 9 at the Bureau of Land Management's  Montana State Office in Billings.Earlier this year, the BLM delayed lease sales while addition

Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey has named Jamie Connell as the agency's new state director for Montana and the Dakotas.In naming Connell and two other new state directors, Abbey said,

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourages the public to submit comments on eight environmental assessments issued today that analyze oil and gas leasing decisions for 57 suspended Montana leas

Our cool wet spring is giving way to warmer, drier conditions.

Gene Terland, State Director for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana and the Dakotas, has retired.Terland was at the Montana post since 2006.