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BLM seeks public input and will host public meetings on the environmental impacts for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project

A view of a flag pole on the Mountain View Golf Course in Battle Mountain, Nevada
Bureau of Land Management Seeks Public Comment on 172.51 Acres Non-competitive Direct Sale of Public Land to Lander County
The Mount Lewis Field Office is seeking comment on a proposed non-competitive direct sale to Lander County of the United States’ reversionary interest in 172.51 acres of land in Lander County, Nevada.
The BLM initiates seasonal fire and target shooting restrictions in the California Desert District
BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in May

BLM authorizes Nine Mile Canyon interpretive infrastructure improvements for better visitor experience

PRICE, Utah — Nine Mile Canyon, a place of rich heritage and solitude, will receive improvements to the visitor experience through a decision issued by the Bureau of Land Managemen

Trona Pinnacles rise from the desert floor in the morning light. (Bob Wick/BLM)
BLM seeks public input on proposed trona mining project in Sweetwater County

KEMMERER, Wyo.

A greenish frog with brown spots and big eyes rests its head on a piece of vegetation in the water
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument to help bolster population of sensitive species

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BLM to gather wild burros in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area

KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin a wild burro gather on May 2, 2022, in the Black Mountain Herd Management Area located west of Kingman, in Mohave Co

BLM Pecos District implements fire restrictions across public lands

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BLM Selects San Juan Islands National Monument Manager
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District Manager Kurt Pindel announces the selection of Brie Chartier as the San Juan Islands National Monument Manager.
BLM issues fire prevention order, urges public to help prevent human-caused wildfires 

RENO, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management, Nevada is asking for your help to prevent human-caused fires all year long.

BLM to implement Tamarack Fire Salvage Project

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Sierra Front Field Office has approved the implementation of the Tamarack Fire Salvage Project in accordance with Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulat

A virus has been identified as the principal cause of the outbreak and mortality at BLM’s wild horse and burro facility

CAÑON CITY, Colo.

Recreation Plan for South Sand Wash Open OHV Area Public Scoping Meetings

BLM Farmington and Taos implement fire restrictions across public lands

FARMINGTON, N.M.

BLM to begin Sinbad Herd Management Area wild burro gather

PRICE, Utah — On April 30, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office will begin gather operations to remove wild burros from within and outside of the Sinbad Herd Mana

Bureau of Land Management leases public lands for renewable energy development

SALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Land Management announced today it has leased eight parcels, covering approximately 21,685 acres of public land in a geothermal lease sale for develo

Bureau of Land Management opens new campground and finalizes rules in the Klondike Bluffs area

MOAB, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Moab Field Office has opened a new campground and issued final rules that limit camping to designated areas, require use of a portable or establishe

BLM Sponsors Lovelock Cave Days for Local Fourth Graders

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. – On May 17-19th the Humboldt River Field Office will host the annual Lovelock Cave Days.

Wild Horse facility quarantined due to disease outbreak

CAÑON CITY, Colo.

BLM gives visitors advance reservation option at Virgin River Campground

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Winnemucca District Fire and Aviation Division is transferring a wildland fire engine to Lovelock Volunteer Fire Department

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.

Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on Late Mungers Integrated Vegetation Management Project

Grants Pass, Ore.

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Annville, Pennsylvania
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Annville, Pennsylvania

MILWAUKEE – The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event June 10-11, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at Shale Knoll Aren

Aerial photo of the tundra and rivers of the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Following January Announcement, Bureau of Land Management Issues Record of Decision for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
The Department of Interior today signed a new Record of Decision (ROD) to guide management of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).