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California
Four brown and black horses in the high desert

BLM to offer inmate-trained horses for adoption

California, Northern California DO
A brown, fuzzy burro

BLM to offer horses, burros for adoption in Ferndale

California, California Desert DO
Portrait of Ron Nuckles

BLM welcomes Ron Nuckles as Needles Field Manager

California
Elizabeth Meyer-Shields

BLM California selects Elizabeth Meyer-Shields as new Deputy State Director, Resources

California
Plume of smoke rising over the sun in the desert.

BLM to conduct prescribed fire at Dos Palmas Preserve to improve wildlife habitat

California, Central California DO
Dirt bike on a dusty trail

BLM Ukiah Field Office seeks public input for off-highway vehicle grants

California, Central California DO
A dirt boke descends a hill with snow capped mountains in the background.

BLM and Inyo National Forest seek public input for off-highway vehicle grants

California, California Desert DO
A dirt bike descends a sandy hill

BLM California Desert District seeks public input on 2024 off-highway vehicle grant proposals

California, Northern California DO
A dirt bike at the top of a high desert peak.

BLM to hold virtual public meetings to discuss OHV grant funds in northern CA

National Office, California
Sagebrush in Carbon County

BLM announces $41 million investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration

A $41 million investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support 74 ecosystem restoration projects in 16 states.
California, Central California DO
Cotoni-Coast Dairies seen from the air: a green and yellow pasture receding to the ocean.

BLM Central California District to host Resource Advisory Council meeting

National Office, California
Kelly Savage kneels on green hillside collecting native seeds with mountains in the background.

BLM announces $18 million to enhance native seed supply, climate resilience 

The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, today announced nearly $18 million in new investments from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to ensure the ready source of native seeds to combat climate change and enhance landscape resilience.
California, Northern California DO
A sign reading Litchfield corral and a large covered structure with hay underneath.

Storms cause damage, limit operations at BLM Litchfield corrals

California, Northern California DO, Applegate FO
A large boulder in the foreground with a high desert valley and large blue mountains in the background .

BLM office in Cedarville will be closed on Fridays during construction project

California
An OHV ascends a dune.

BLM schedules DUI checkpoints on public land within Imperial County

California, California Desert DO
Matt Lohr stands in front of a cactus with desert mountains in the background.

BLM California selects Matthew Lohr as the new El Centro Field Manager

California, California Desert DO
A montage of security camera footage depicting a white tacoma

BLM seeks assistance in case involving 19 dead wild burros

NEEDLES, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to justice for the ongoing investigation of the shooting and killing of 19 wild burros.

California, Northern California DO
A high desert meadow during a rain storm with mountains in the background.

BLM cancels advisory council field tour, will conduct business meeting

California, California Desert DO
Solar array in the desert with tall mountains in the background

BLM approves Camino Solar Project in Kern County

California, Northern California DO
Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area

BLM offers virtual option for attending Resource Advisory Council meeting

California, Northern California DO
a trail along the Pacific Ocean sliding down a large cliff.

BLM announces temporary closure of Fleener Creek Trailhead in Humboldt County

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

California
A pile of brush burns with wet forest in the background

BLM plans prescribed fire projects in Shasta, Trinity counties

California, Northern California DO
A wooden building and a trail sign.

Falk townsite in Headwaters Forest Reserve named to National Register of Historic Places

California
Jeremiah Karuzas

BLM California selects Jeremiah Karuzas as new Deputy State Director, Energy and Minerals