Press Releases

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Wyoming

Fortification Creek RMPA Monitoring Meeting Scheduled

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office (BFO) will host a Fortification Creek Planning Area (FCPA) Monitoring meeting on Nov.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM seeks comments on Rosebud Mine coal lease modification

MILES CITY, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing the start of a 30-day public scoping period regarding an application to add 160 acres of federal coal to an existing Western E

Utah

BLM Seeks Feedback on Plan to Protect Corona Arch and Gemini Bridges

MOAB, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Moab Field Office is seeking comments on a proposed supplementary rule that would make permanent restrictions on certain rope

Arizona

Prescribed Burning Planned Near Parker

PARKER, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office plans to conduct prescribed burning on the Parker Strip from Nov.

California

BLM, Forest Service Announce new Manager for Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

UKIAH, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management and U.S.

Arizona

Prescribed Burn Planned at Senator Wash Area

YUMA, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct a prescribed burn as early as Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in the northern portion of the Senator Wash Area.

Nevada

Drivers asked to closely watch for wild horses, burros during low visibility

Las Vegas –The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District Office asks motorists to be careful of wild horses and burros along our roadways, as the end of Daylight Saving Ti

Nevada

Animal Detectives and Mail Order Brides: The California Trail Interpretive Center Announces November Programs

ELKO, Nev. — Fall is a wonderful time to visit the California Trail Interpretive Center.

Nevada

Final Environmental Impact Statement Available for the 3 Bars Ecosystem & Landscape Restoration Project, Eureka County, Nevada

The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field Office, Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 3 Bars Ecosystem and Landscape Restoration Project, located in

Utah

BLM Seeks Public Comment on Rights of Way for Enefit Project

Vernal, Utah—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vernal Field Office has announced a 60-day comment period on the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (

National Office, California, Nevada, Utah

BLM Leases 41,000 Acres for Geothermal Energy Development

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a successful competitive geothermal lease sale in Sacramento on Oct.

New Mexico

BLM and BIA Update Scoping Meeting Schedule for Mineral Leasing and Development Effort in Northwest New Mexico

On October 21, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Farmington Field Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Navajo Regional Office announced the start of an expanded resource managem

Utah

BLM Prescribed Burn Planned for Tooele County

West Valley City, Utah – Fire crews in the Bureau of Land Management’s West Desert District are planning to conduct two prescribed burns of juniper slash in Tooele County begi

Colorado

BLM initiates Stage One fire restrictions in four Central Colorado Counties

CANON CITY, Colo. – On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Bureau of Land Management will begin Stage One fire restrictions within El Paso, Jefferson, Park and Teller counties.

Nevada

BLM to conduct wild horse gather on Owyhee Comple 2016 Owyhee Wild Horse Gather website.

Elko, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), will begin a wild horse helicopter gather on the Owyhee Complex in Northern Nevada on Tuesday, November 1st.

Idaho

BLM Conducting Timber Pile Burning Near Silver City, Idaho

Boise, ID - This fall the Boise District BLM will be prescribed burning timber piles from a 2015 hazardous fuels reduction project in the Owyhee Field Office near Silver City, Idaho.

Eastern States

Bureau of Land Management Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Assessment for Oil and Gas Leasing on Wayne National Forest

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northeastern States District (NSD) is seeking public comments on a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of potential oil and gas leasing in the Wayne National For

Idaho

BLM's Cottonwood Office to Hold Open House

Cottonwood, ID – The Bureau of Land Management’s Cottonwood Field Office will hold an open house at their newly constructed office building on 

Oregon-Washington

BLM Announces Its Preferred Alternative for the Vantage to Pomona

Spokane, Wash. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vantage to Pomona Heights T

Montana-Dakotas

BLM Announces Partial Closure of Big Pines Recreation Site

Ellensburg, Wash. -- Effective Oct. 31, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Big Pines recreation site within the Yakima River Canyon will be partially closed to camping.

Nevada

Red Rock Canyon Scenic Loop hours change November 1

Las Vegas – The 13-mile Scenic Loop at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting November 1.

Nevada

Red Rock Canyon Scenic Loop hours change November 1

Las Vegas – The 13-mile Scenic Loop at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting November 1.

Nevada

BLM Proposes Public Land Sale near Hiko and Alamo, Nevada

ELY – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is proposing to offer through a competitive sale three parcels of public land totaling 165.92 acres located adjacent to Hiko and Alamo, Nevada

Nevada

BLM Proposes Public Land Sale near Hiko and Alamo, Nevada

ELY – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is proposing to offer through a competitive sale three parcels of public land totaling 165.92 acres located adjacent to Hiko and Alamo, Nevada