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      Wyoming, High Plains DO, Newcastle FO
      trees on a cliffside

      BLM requesting input on proposed forest health project near Newcastle

      NEWCASTLE, Wyo.

      Wyoming

      BLM authorizes Rock Creek transmission line project in Wyoming

      RAWLINS, Wyo.

      National Office, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana-Dakotas, Oregon-Washington, Wyoming
      A herd of pronghorn wander through snowy rangeland

      Interior Department Announces Nearly $12 Million to Protect and Restore Western Wildlife Habitats and Migration Corridors

      WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today (link is external)

      High Plains DO, Newcastle FO
      Stage 1 fire restriction logo

      BLM places Stage 1 fire restrictions for Crook, Weston, and Niobrara counties

      NEWCASTLE, Wyo

      Wyoming, High Desert DO, Kemmerer FO
      Landscape

      BLM begins public comment period on Environmental Assessment associated with the Project West Trona Mine Project in Sweetwater County

      KEMMERER, Wyo.

      Wyoming
      BLM Logo

      BLM releases analysis of bentonite mining expansion in Big Horn County

      CODY, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management has analyzed a proposed bentonite mining expansion project in Big Horn County, 15 miles southeast of Lovell.

      National Office, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana-Dakotas, Nevada, Oregon-Washington, Utah, Wyoming
      news_sage grouse

      BLM proposes stronger greater sage-grouse conservation plans

      WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing a draft plan to strengthen greater sage-grous

      Wyoming
      Image of two oil and gas pumps.

      BLM holds March 2024 sale for Wyoming oil and gas leases

      CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office held a competitive oil and gas lease sale, offering 28 parcels covering 12,974.71 acres in Wyoming.

      Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
      A firefighter in red helmet and yellow shirt carries a drip torch used to light brush on fire.

      BLM to conduct spring prescribed fire projects in the Bighorn Basin

      WORLAND, Wyo.

      Wyoming
      An abandoned well with vegetation growing through it

      BLM invests in restoring abandoned wells in Wyoming

      CHEYENNE, Wyo.

      Wyoming
      Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.

      BLM proposes wild horse gather in Wyoming’s White Mountain area

      ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management invites input on a proposed wild horse gather in southwest Wyoming’s White Mountain Herd Management Area.

      National Office, Wyoming
      Seymour antelope mascot sits with a book in front of a replica tipi.

      Visit the Trails Center for 'Storytime with Seymour Antelope'

      Wyoming
      National Historic Trails Interpretive Center sign with cloudy sky in background.

      Trails Center announces winter youth program series: Pioneering Frugality

      Wyoming, High Plains DO
      A bald eagle flying over a bare hill.

      Volunteers count 436 eagles in the Powder River Basin during midwinter survey

      Buffalo, Wyo. – Ninety volunteers spent the morning of Jan.

      Wyoming
      Wyoming Resource Advisory Council

      Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming Resource Advisory Council to host meeting

      CASPER, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in person in Casper on Jan.

      National Office, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana-Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming
      angled solar panels

      BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout the West

      WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production in more Western states

      Wyoming
      Oil Rig Eastern Montana-Dakotas District

      BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming

      CHEYENNE, Wyo.

      Wyoming
      Image of two oil and gas pumps.

      BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming

      CHEYENNE, Wyo.

      Wyoming, Casper FO
      Snow covered Muddy Mountain access road, Dec. 15, 2020.

      Muddy Mountain Road closing for the season

      CASPER, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office will close Muddy Mountain Road for the winter on Sunday, December 31.

      Wyoming
      Slash piles burn amidst snow covered ground.

      BLM Casper to burn slash piles in Natrona County

      Wyoming
      Silhouette of a pumping oil rig at sunset.

      BLM announces oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming

      CHEYENNE, Wyo.

      Rawlins FO
      Rawlins Gen-Tie Line

      BLM seeks public comment for proposed gen-tie electric line project

      RAWLINS, Wyo.

      High Desert DO
      A deer standing in deep snow

      BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices announce big game winter range closures

      Wyoming
      Model trains in foreground with replica town in background.

      Trails Center hosts annual holiday model train display

      Wyoming
      Pinedale Mountains

      Pinedale Anticline Project Office sets deadline for 2024 project applications

      PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) is soliciting project applications for potential 2024 funding.