Press Releases

The Department of the Interior today announced it generated over $39 million in total receipts from oil and gas lease sales held in the first quarter of 2025

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for June 3, 2025, to offer 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 22,965 acres in Wyoming.

PINEDALE, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management is opening a 15-day public scoping for the Dry Piney Helium and Carbon Sequestration Project proposed on public, private, and state lands near LaBarge in Sublette County. The project is estimated to be capable of producing more than 800 million cubic feet of bulk liquid helium per year from subsurface mineral estates.

In its first year, the team covered 20,000 acres and collected over 1,000 points of vegetation data on both untreated lands and those previously treated for cheatgrass.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office leased 4 parcels totaling 2,443.11acres for $6,725,713 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

The BLM issued the final environmental impact statement analyzing the proposed Dry Creek Trona Mine Project south of Green River in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The 30-day public review period will start Feb. 28, 2025.

The Bureau of Land Management is urging the public to help combat illegal dumping on public lands, a widespread issue that degrades natural resources, threatens wildlife, and imposes significant cleanup costs on taxpayers.

Miller comes to us from the BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office. In her new position, she oversees the management of approximately 2.5 million acres of public land in central Wyoming.

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office has implemented a call ahead appointment system to allow for a more streamlined use of the public room.

There’s a new tool for recreationists planning visits to public lands. The Free National Mobile Map Package Program allows anyone to access maps so they have the information they need to get outside, even when they are offline

The federal grazing fee for 2025 remains $1.35 per animal unit month for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month for lands managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 

The Bureau of Land Management’s Kemmerer Field Office has issued a decision record and finding of no significant impact for Uinta Wind Energy LLC’s Wind Farm Project.

Today the Bureau of Land Management issued a decision and Finding of No Significant Impact resulting from the court-ordered additional analysis of 81 parcels sold during the June 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming.

Approximately 125,000 pounds of garbage were removed from more than 40 acres of public lands. The cleanups were conducted by contractors qualified to remove hazardous materials and other potential hazards.

The Bureau of Land Management Newcastle Field Office plans to burn slash piles this winter on BLM-administered public lands in Crook and Weston counties. Burning may continue as conditions permit through April 2025.

The Bureau of Land Management closed the Muddy Mountain Road for the winter, effective Dec. 31, 2024.

BLM Kemmerer & Pinedale Field Offices will close public big game winter ranges to motorized vehicles Jan. 1–Apr. 30, 2025, to protect wildlife during harsh winter months. Non-motorized access allowed.

The BLM’s Rawlins Field Office initiated a 15-day public scoping period prior to preparing an environmental assessment for the Lucky Star Wind Transmission Line Project in Carbon and Albany counties.

BLM today announces a decision for management of the Rock Springs Field Office in Wyoming.

The BLM Rawlins Field Office today issued a decision record approving the Two Rivers wind energy project on 4,507 acres of BLM-managed land near Medicine Bow and Rock River in Carbon and Albany counties.

The BLM is offering in-person public meetings in Scottsbluff and Valentine, Neb., to provide information and solicit feedback during the Draft RMP comment period.

Visitors to the Hogan and Luce Recreation Area near Cody will notice an improved, safer shoreline, new rock fishing pier and other improvements.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office held a competitive oil and gas lease sale, offering 51 parcels covering 60,427 acres in Wyoming.

The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a series of public meetings in January where people can learn more about the Draft Newcastle and Nebraska Resource Management Plans (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

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.