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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.

Wyoming
Oil and gas rig in front of a sunset.

BLM oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $3,405,179

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 37 parcels covering 35,353.86 acres in Wyoming.

Pinedale FO
Bald Eagle

BLM Pinedale seeks volunteers for bald eagle survey

PINEDALE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office is seeking volunteers to assist with a national mid-winter bald eagle survey on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.

Rawlins FO
BLM fire crews conduct controlled burns to help reduce the potential for large-scale wildfires on Colorado ranges.

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

RAWLINS. Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office this Fall and Winter.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
A dirt trails curves along the side of a brushy slope with a view of rolling hills in the background.

New hiking, horseback trail complete at Johnny Behind the Rocks

LANDER, Wyo. — Construction is complete on a new trail at the Bureau of Land Management-administered Johnny Behind the Rocks (JBR) Trail System southeast of Lander.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
Small boulders mark the border of a gravel parking area.

BLM approves Outlaw Trails plan

CODY, Wyo.—A plan for an official trail system at the Outlaw Trails area north of Cody has been approved by the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office.

Wyoming
Wy_christmas_tree

BLM Christmas tree permits available

Pinedale FO
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

PINEDALE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District (HDD) plans to conduct slash pile prescribed burns on lands managed by the Pin

Wyoming
Christmas tree in foreground with a covered wagon behind it.

Trails Center announces annual 'Holiday on the Homestead' celebration

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
Several wild horses of various colors stand in an open sagebrush landscape.

Bait trap gather to begin in McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area

CODY, Wyo.

Wyoming
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM Wyoming High Desert District to conduct prescribed burns

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.

Wyoming
A firefighter ignites a slash pile surround by snow.

BLM Newcastle to burn slash piles in Crook and Weston counties

Wyoming
Slash piles burn along Billy Creek Road.

BLM to burn slash piles in Johnson and Campbell counties

BUFFALO, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Buffalo Field Office plans to burn slash piles this fall and winter on BLM-administered lands in western Johnson County and north-cent

Wyoming
Idaho Resource Advisory Council discusses recreation in Idaho

BLM Seeks Nominations to the Wyoming Resource Advisory Council

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on the Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC).

Wyoming
Sparse sagebrush in foreground with hills, blue sky in background.

BLM set to kick off Marton Ranch planning with public meeting

Casper, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management is seeking the public’s input on the future management of the Marton Ranch property southwest of Casper.

National Office, Wyoming
antelope in a field

BLM extends public comment period for draft Rock Springs RMP and draft EIS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the request of the state of Wyoming and other stakeholders, the Bureau of Land Management is extending the comment period on the Dr

Wyoming
Sign showing "National Historic Trails Interpretive Center"

Trails Center hosting 'Native American History' demonstrations, youth program on Saturday

Wyoming
large green valley with tall grass

BLM extends public participation period for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Proposal in Laramie County

Wyoming
Wild horses stand in a pen at the Wheatland off range corral.

Adopt a wild horse from the Wheatland Corral in October

Wheatland, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Wheatland Off-Range Corral will offer up to 30 untrained wild horses for adoption on Friday, October 27.
Wyoming
Pinedale Mountains

Pinedale Anticline Project Office Board of Directors to hold virtual meeting November 7, 2023

PINEDALE, Wyo. The Pinedale Anticline Project Office Board of Directors will hold a virtual on November 7, 2023.

Wyoming
Oil and gas rig in front of a sunset.

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

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
A yellow and black road grader has its windows broken out.

BLM offers reward for information about equipment vandalism

LANDER, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management continues to investigate the vandalism of a road grader near the Sweetwater Station intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Wyoming Highway 135.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
Piles of vegetation burn while surrounded by snow and trees.

BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District to burn slash piles this fall and winter

WORLAND, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to burn slash piles within the Cody, Lander and Worland field office areas this fall and winter.