Press Releases

In order to keep up with increasing demand, while allowing us to continue to provide high quality services, we're raising overnight fees at three campgrounds in the Lander Field Office area, effective May 1, 2025.

The Lake Havasu Field Office Fisheries Improvement Program will have a dumpster available for drop-off of Christmas trees from December 26 to January 6 at Lake Havasu City Aquatic Center.

Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).

Bureau of Land Management today approved the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Idaho, which could power as many as 500,000 homes with clean energy, while creating hundreds of jobs and supporting local and regional economies.

The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Easley Solar project proposed on approximately 2,700 acres of BLM-managed public lands and 990 acres of private lands in Riverside County. The project is expected to generate up to 390 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy and 650 megawatts of battery storage capacity, delivering reliable clean energy to the statewide transmission grid. The project will add nearly $305 million in infrastructure investment to the community and create 530 construction jobs followed by 10 operational positions once construction is complete.

The BLM Medford District is closing the gate on Bear Camp Road on Monday, December 9. The gate, which is closed annually for public safety due to winter weather, will remain closed until snow conditions allow for safe passage in the spring.

The Bureau of Land Management today held a competitive geothermal lease sale, offering seven parcels totaling 4,468 acres in Doña Ana County. All seven parcels sold for $66,493.

The BLM Elko District, Wells Field Office and Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office on Dec. 4, 2024, concluded the FY2025 Triple B Complex wild horse gather in Elko and White Pine counties, 60 miles north of Ely, Nev.

Weather permitting, the Bureau of Land Management Ely District on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 will begin burning slash piles of pinyon pine and juniper on public lands in south Steptoe Valley, approximately 25-30 miles south of Ely.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale and Kemmerer Field Office is seeking volunteers to assist with a national mid-winter bald eagle survey on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

The White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Colorado River Valley Field Office seek public comments on the West Mamm Creek Pipeline Project Draft Environmental Assessment, which analyzes a proposal for approximately seven miles of new natural gas and produced water pipelines south of Rifle.

Fire managers with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plan to burn slash piles in Mesa County now through April 2025. Firefighters will only burn the piles if conditions are ideal for a safe, effective burn, as well as for good smoke dispersal. Smoke may be visible in surrounding areas during burning operations and days following as the piles smolder.

The Bureau of Land Management is hosting five events to quickly fill more than 100 vital wildland firefighter and various supporting positions throughout the state for the 2025 fire year. Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the in-person events but may apply online in advance.

The BLM completed scoping in Oct. 2024 and is now seeking public comment.

Certain areas on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management’s Prineville District are temporarily closed to public access, use and occupancy, effective Monday, December 2.

The Lake Havasu Field Office announces the temporary closure and restriction of selected public lands for the 2025 Unlimited Racing’s Parker 400 race in La Paz County, Arizona.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will conduct controlled burns of slash piles from Dec. 3, 2024, through March 2025.

Announces temporary closure for the 2024 Rage at the River OHV Event

Annual winter closures in the Uncompahgre Field Office begin December 1 to prevent road and trail damage and reduce stress to wintering wildlife.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed noncompetitive direct land sale of nearly 200 acres of public lands east of Carlsbad to Eddy County.

The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley Field Offices will begin winter closures Dec. 1. These seasonal closures protect wildlife and natural resources and reduce damage to roads.

Volunteers invited to participate in Annual Christmas Bird count

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a plan to improve rangeland health and livestock grazing management within the Louse Canyon Geographic Management Area.

The Bureau of Land Management will conduct aerial native seeding treatments across approximately 1,525 acres within the Klamath Falls Field Office.

Annual seasonal wildlife closures begin December 1 for BLM-administered public lands in the Durango area of the Tres Rios Field Office and remain in effect through April 30 to protect wintering mule deer and elk.