U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Idaho

Newsroom 2009 November Christmas Tree Permits Available BLM Waives Recreation Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day At Direction of Congress, BLM Will Collect $6,500 Processing Fee BLM Seasonal Closures for Motorized Trails in Pocatello BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Snake River Birds of Prey Festival Sponsoring Art Contest Stimulus Funding Supports Inventory of National Historic Trails in Southeastern Idaho Stinking Springs Area Closure Starts December 1st October Boise District Resource Advisory Council to Meet on October 7 Public Invited to Meetings on Preliminary Management Recovery Act Funding Restores Trail, Protects Wilderness Resources BLM Seeks Comments on Amending Land Use Plan Covering China Mountain BLM and Forest Service Examining Visitor Use on BLM Challis Travel Management Maps Available Road Maintenance near Leadore BLM Honors Hailey Area Ranch with Stewardship Award September BLM Challis Field Office Non-motorized Hunting Closures Begin October 1st BLM sets hearing on use of helicopters and motorized vehicles for wild horse management Blackfoot Bridge Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Public Review Period Extension BLM Shoshone Field Office Brings National Public Lands Day Event to Hailey BLM Announces Killarney Lake Prescribed Burn I.F. Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council to Meet September 16, 2009 BLM Needs Volunteers for Trail Work at Blue Creek Bay Georgetown Fish Ladder Project Complete BLM Closing Two Abandoned Mines near Lava Hot Springs Major Conservation Success along South Fork Snake River in Eastern Idaho Volunteers Needed to Help Clean Up for BLM Will Conduct Prescribed Burn Near Bonners Ferry BLM Offers 2nd Annual Owl Hoot Program PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR BLM Designates National Public Lands Day as a ?Fee Free Day? Idaho BLM Participates in National Wild Horse Adoption Day New BLM Field Manager Reports to Cottonwood BLM Plans Burning Project: Potential for Smoke in the Wood River Valley Wild Horse Gathers May Cause Travel Delays August Idaho Wild Horse Adoptions Planned BLM Partners With 4-H Groups to Train Wild Horses L & W Stone?s Final Environmental Impact Statement Available for Review Blackfoot Bridge Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Available for Public Review Idaho Wild Horses Offered for Adoption in Challis BLM Seeks Input on Travel Management Plan Proposals BLM Emphasizes Trailer Hauling Safety for Wild Horses Cottonwood Field Office Recreation Sites to Close for Maintenance Huckleberry Campground to Partially Close for Maintenance Mining Claim Fees Due September 1 Firewise Landscaping Education at Idaho Botanical Garden Prescribed Burn Planned for Agency Creek Area July BLM continues to collect input on route alternatives... Agencies Extend Public Comment Period for Solar Energy Study Areas Bidding Open on First BLM Recovery Act Projects in Idaho June Idaho Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Education Campaign BLM Targets Diseased Trees in Forest Restoration Project East of Bellevue Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council to Tour on June 12 Officers seize 12,545 marijuana plants on public lands General Land Office Adds Colorado, Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas Preventing Wildfires in the Boise Foothills; Hawkins Reservoir Free Fishing Day Event on June 13 Second Clean-up Day TOMORROW at Blacks Creek Reservoir Idaho Officials Offer $5,000 Reward for Information in Southeastern Idaho Arson Fires 2009 CHALLIS IDAHO KIDS' FISHING DERBY BLM Emergency Closures for Chinese Peak Road Draft Geotechnical Environmental Assessment for Gateway West Project Wildfire Training Drill in Southeast Idaho Falls Area BLM Opens Chinese Peak Road Archaeological Site Vandalism Prompts Reminder from BLM Fireworks Illegal on all Public Lands in Idaho Road Closures Planned for Road Maintenance near Leadore May BLM sets hearing on use of helicopters and motorized vehicles for wild horse management BLM Announces Economic Stimulus Projects: BLM ADVISORY COUNCIL TO MEET (CDA) Volunteers Needed for Great American Clean Up BLM to Reopen Blackwell Island Recreation Site Idaho Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month Road Closures for Road Maintenance near Salmon BLM Activities List Available Prescribed Fire Planned near Pocatello Firewood Permits Available BLM Resource Advisory Committee Sub-Group to Meet in Challis Big Southern Butte Road Opens for Season Eastern Idaho Visitor and Information Center Starts Summer Business Hours Boy Scouts to Clean-Up Blackrock Canyon Area for Service Project BLM Changes on the Snake River ANNUAL KIDS' FISH FAIR AND FISHING DERBY April Public Reminded of Closures Egin Lakes Access Recreation Site Campground BLM Wild Horse and Burro Display at Public Workshops for Training on Geothermal Energy on Federal Land BLM Seeks Comments on Upper Snake Resource Management Plan Snow Delays Opening of Blackrock/Chinese Peak Trails Open House on Fuels Reduction Project in Pocatello Free Tree Seedlings to be handed out for Arbor Day BLM Publishes Murphy Subregion Travel Management Plan Road Closures for Maintenance Near Salmon Clean-up begins at nearby Blacks Creek Reservoir Emergency Closure of Lorenzo Boat Access Due to Water Levels Big Southern Butte Road Still Closed for Season Register Now for the Murphy Complex and More Workshop March Federal Judge Affirms Management of Grazing... BLM Invites Public Input on Proposed Activities BLM Seeks Nominations for Resource Advisory Council Coeur d'Alene BLM Seeks RAC Nominations Boise BLM Seeks RAC Nominations Steck Park Opens in Boise District NCA Spring Hikes in Boise District Second Edition of Wildflower Guide Available Public Reminded to Verify Land Ownership Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center Conducting Contracting Seminars Prescribed Fire Planned near Pocatello BLM seeks comments on proposal to collect wind speed data Twin Falls and Boise District BLM Resource Advisory Councils to Meet Boise RAC Meeting April 2 Twin Falls RAC Meeting President Signs Legislation that Enhances Protection February EIIFC Gears Up for Fire Season 2009 (02/02/2009) Reminder of Salmon Travel Restrictions Fire Resistant Plants Available at Home and Garden Show South Central Idaho Gears Up for 2009 Fire Season (02/19/2009) BLM Seeks Nominations for Resource Advisory Council (02/27/2009) Vandals Strike at Pine Bar (02/27/2009) January BLM Seeks Comments on Commercial Hunt Plan (01/27/2009) BLM RRAC Reviews Forest Service Fee Increases (01/21/2009) Idaho Falls Associate District Manager Receives National Award (01/16/2009) Comment Period Ends on Salmon TMP (01/14/2009) BLM Implements Seasonal Closure in the South Hills (01/09/2009) BLM Seeks Input Regarding Recreation Sites (01/09/2009) Salmon/Challis Activity List Available (01/08/2009) Idaho Falls RAC Meeting Scheduled (01/05/2009) Twin Falls RAC Meeting Scheduled (01/05/2009) 2008 December BLM Plans to Burn at Mineral Ridge (12/10/2008) BLM Partners with Shoshone-Paiute Tribes to Plant Willows (12/10/2008) BLM Recruiting for 2009 Fire Jobs (12/10/2008) BLM Seeking Support for Recreation Grant Applications (12/08/2008) Challis BLM Winter Closures Start December 16 (12/01/2008) Egin-Hamer Area Closure Goes into Effect Once Again on January 1 (12/19/08) November Big Southern Butte Road Closed for Winter (11/26/2008) Stinking Springs Closure Begins December 1 (11/24/2008) National Award Presented to Cottonwood Archeologist (11/21/2008) Comment on ROW Proposals on Public Lands North of Eagle (11/18/2008) Seasonal Closures for Pocatello Motorized Trails (11/14/2008) Christmas Tree Permits Available for Southeast Idaho (11/12/2008) Wildflowers Pocket Guide Available (11/06/2008) BLM Buys Sagebrush Seedlings from Tribes (11/05/2008) October Abandoned Horses Impounded (10/31/2008) BLM to Impound Abandoned Horses (10/24/2008) BLM Maintenance Road Closures in Salmon Area (10/06/2008) Byington and Conant Boat Ramps Closing for Repainting (10/06/2008) September National Public Lands Day Event on the South Fork of Snake River (09/30/2008) BLM Announces 2008 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Award Winners (09/24/2008) BLM Director Announces Winners of 2008 Rangeland Stewardship Awards (09/24/2008) Volunteers Needed for Idaho Falls Public Lands Day (09/23/2008) BLM Partners with Sportmen in 15th Annual National Public Lands Day (09/22/2008) Volunteers Needed for Public Lands Day Event at Blue Creek Bay (09/19/2008) McDevitt Creek Road & Mormon Canyon Road Closures (09/15/2008) Prescribed Burn Scheduled for the Owyhee Area (09/05/2008) Coeur d'Alene RAC to Meet (09/04/2008) Prescribed Burns Enhance Wildlife Habitat (09/02/2008) August Idaho Falls District RAC Meeting Scheduled (08/29/2008) Murphy Complex Wildfires Report Completed (08/28/2008) Labor Day Weekend Information (08/27/2008) Salmon BLM Maintains Basin Creek Road (08/25/2008) BLM Seeking Comments on Wallace South Hill Project (08/22/2008) Public Invited to King Hill Creek WSA Route Restriction Meetings (08/19/2008) Idaho Officials Offer $5,000 Reward for Information in Arson Fires (08/07/2008) BLM Dedicating Portal Station to Former Employee (08/07/2008) Proposed Management Plan & Final EIS Published for BLM Lands in the Cottonwood Field Office (08/06/2008) July Temporary Emergency Closure Ends (07/31/2008) BLM Approves Plan to Improve Sagebrush Ecosystems (07/28/2008) Idaho Fire Officials Seek Public Cooperation During Wildfires (07/18/2008) BLM Contains Human Caused Fire at Gooding Gun Club (07/16/2008) Snake River Activity/Operations Plan Signed (07/09/2008) East Idaho Wildfire Update (07/08/2008) Human Activity Ignites Wildfires on July 4 (07/05/2008) June Law Enforcement Cracks Down on Illegal Dumping (06/27/2008) Portions of Blackfoot Reservoir Campground Closed for Construction (06/23/2008) Fireworks Illegal on all Public Lands in Idaho (06/24/2008) BLM Hosts Public Scoping Meetings for Proposed China Mountain Project (06/19/2008) Challis Travel Management Plan Signed (06/18/2008) Firewood Permits Available for Pocatello Area (06/17/2008) Twin Falls RAC Meets (06/17/2008) BLM Seeks Public Input on Proposed Transmission Line Project in Idaho and Wyoming (06/16/2008) BLM Activities List Available for Challis and Salmon (06/11/2008) Agencies Sign Smoky Canyon Mine Record of Decision (06/11/2008) Upper Snake RMP Open House in Rexburg (06/11/2008) BLM Reopens Blackwell Island Boat Launch (06/09/2008) Upper Snake RMP Open House (06/09/2008) Twin Falls BLM Partners with Counties in Weed Control (06/09/2008) Four Rivers RMP Meeting in Cascade (06/03/2008) Open Houses to Discuss Upper Snake RMP (06/02/2008) Four Rivers RMP Meeting Scheduled (06/02/2008) May Wild Horse & Burro Adoption in Rigby (05/29/2008) BLM Releases Eastside Project Record of Decision (05/28/2008) BLM Initiates Public Scoping for Whiskey South II (05/27/2008) Annual Kids' Fish Fair and Fishing Derby (05/20/2008) North Idaho BLM Recreation Sites Flooded (05/20/2008) Idaho Falls RAC Meeting Scheduled (05/19/2008) Flooding Closes Island Bar Recreation Site (05/16/2008) Eastern Idaho Visitor Center Begins Summer Hours (05/15/2008) Construction Proposed at Tower Creek (05/15/2008) Pocatello West Bench Trails Open (05/14/2008) Burn Permits Required (05/09/2008) Prescribed Burn Planned Near Soda Springs (05/08/2008) BLM Plans Temporary Closure at Coeur d'Alene Area Recreation Sites (05/07/2008) BLM to Reopen Blackwell Island Recreation Site (05/07/2008) Wildfire and Weeds Workshop (05/07/2008) BLM Recreation Subcommittees to Continue Review of Proposed New Fee Sites (05/06/2008) BLM Auctions Public Lands in Southwest Idaho (05/05/2008) Upper Snake BLM to Launch Comprehensive Planning Process (05/02/2008) April St. Anthony Sand Dunes West End Opens (04/30/2008) Public Invited to Scoping Meetings for BLM?s Four Rivers RMP (04/29/2008) Big Southern Butte Road Remains Closed for Season (04/29/2008) Officials Warn of Public Health and Environmental Risks (04/25/2008) Volunteers Needed for North Rim Great American Clean Up (04/22/2008) Free Tree Seedlings for Arbor Day (04/21/2008) Public Invited to Scoping Meeting for Four Rivers RMP (04/17/2008) Stinking Springs Area Closure Still in Effect (04/15/2008) 2008 Spring Fire Season (04/14/2008) Snow Delays Opening of Blackrock/Chinese Peak Trails (04/10/2008) Escaped Fires Burn Private and Public Land Acres (04/08/2008) Scoping Begins for Four Rivers RMP (04/07/2008) March Fuels Treatment Informational Meeting to be Held in Salmon (03/31/2008) BLM Recreation RAC Subcommittee to Review Forest Service Fee Increases (03/28/2008) BLM Initiates Scoping for Elk City Gold Mine Proposal (03/28/2008) Aden Seidlitz Named New Boise District Manager (03/17/2008) BLM Urges Caution when Traveling on Public Land in the Springtime (03/17/2008) Public Invited to Take A Hike! (03/17/2008) Plan Ahead for the Upcoming Fire Season (03/13/2008) RAC Discusses Legislation to Repeal Recreation Access Tax (03/10/2008) Fee Increase at Egin Lakes Campground (03/05/2008) Public Support for Area Closure Appreciated (03/05/2008) February BLM Proposes to Improve Sagebrush Ecosystems (02/29/2008) BLM Seeks Nominations for RACs (02/28/2008) Horse Trainers Needed (02/25/2008) BLM Closes Blue Creek Bay Area to Overnight Use (02/25/2008) BLM Offers Reward - Vandals Damage Salmon River Recreation Site (02/21/2008) Challis Travel Management Plan Released (02/11/2008) Idaho Falls RAC Meeting Scheduled (02/08/2008) Salmon/Challis Activities List Available (02/08/2008) January BLM Considering Land Exchange (01/28/2008) Seasonal Closure in South Hills (01/10/2008) 2007 December Three Rivers Stone Quarry Document Released (12/20/2007) Sun Valley Bald Mountain Document Signed (12/17/2007) Coeur d'Alene Welcomes District Manager (12/14/2007) BLM Plans for Kilarney Lake Improvements (12/13/2007) BLM Gives Update on Murphy Complex Fire Rehabilitation Progress (12/07/2007) Twin Falls BLM Recruits for 2008 Fire Season (12/04/2007) November Coeur d'Alene RAC Meets in Wallace (11/29/2007) Boise District RAC Reviews Forest Service Fees (11/29/2007) Meeting on Vegetation Project Near Pinehurst (11/26/2007) Seasonal Motorized Closures in Wood River Valley and South Hills (11/26/2007) Stinking Springs Trail Closure (11/14/2007) Idaho Falls Christmas Tree Permits (11/13/2007) Christmas Tree Permits in North Idaho (11/07/2007) October Wood Cutting Permits Available for Pocatello Area (10/30/2007) Great American Clean Up Project Near Twin Falls (10/26/2007) Agencies Release Final EIS on Proposed Smonky Canyon Mine, Panels F&G Expansion (10/18/2007) Prescribed Burns Near Soda Springs and Lava Hot Springs (10/12/2007) Prescribed Fires Planned October through December near Pocatello (10/9/2007) Public Meetings Focus on Travel Management at Craters of the Moon (10/9/2007) September Prescribed Burn to Enhance Bighorn Sheep Habitat (09/27/2007) Snake River Activity/Operations Plan Out for Comment (09/27/2007) Judge Rules BLM's Castlehead Prescribed Burn Can Proceed (09/26/2007) Volunteers to Help Clean Up Sand Dunes (09/25/2007) Volunteers Needed for Public Lands Day Event (09/24/2007) BLM Invites Public to Blue Creek Bay Meeting (09/19/2007) Initial Funding Approved for Murphy Complex Fire Rehabilitation Plans (09/19/2007) Eastern Idaho Visitor Center New Office Hours (09/18/2007) Wild Horse Adoption Scheduled in Coeur d'Alene (09/17/2007) Wild Horse Adoption Coming to Hailey (09/14/2007) Boise District Plans Prescribed Burns in Owyhee Mountains (09/14/2007) Coeur d'Alene RMP Approved (09/13/2007) Coeur d'Alene RAC Meets (09/06/2007) Grand Opening at McKay Bend Campground (09/06/2007) August Jim Sage Fire Slowed by Fuels Treatment (08/28/2008) BLM Opens Eagle Creek Road (08/17/2007) Idaho's Wild Horses to Find Homes (08/17/2007) BLM Offers $5,000 Reward for Information in Arson Fires Near Parma (08/09/2007) Mackay Bend Campground at Myrtle Reopens (08/07/2007) July Stage 2 Fire Restrictions in Effect (07/24/2007) Murphy Complex Fire Update (aka Rowland/Elk Mountain)(07/22/2007) East Idaho Fire Update (07/21/2007) Elk Mountain and Rowland Fires Burn 385,000 Acres (07/21/2007) Livestock Grazing Trespass May Lead to Impoundment (07/20/2007) Elk Mountain and Rowland Fires (07/19/2007) Evacuation for Jarbidge and Murphy Hot Springs (07/19/2007) June Public Invited to Hearing on Use of Helicopters and Motorized Vehicles for Wild Horse Management (06/25/2007) Idaho BLM Geothermal Lease Sale Nets Over $5.7 Million (06/21/2007) Local Governments to Receive $232 million in Federal Compensation for Non-Taxable Federal Lands (06/15/2007) BLM Invites Public to Help with Blue Creek Bay Project Development (06/04/2007) Public Invited to Participate in Great American Clean-Up Near Marsing (06/04/2007) May Public Invited to Help BLM with Travel Management Plan (05/31/2007) BLM Launches New Initiative to Connect Children and Families to Public Lands (05/23/2007) New Cottonwood Field Manager (05/23/2007) Foothills Learning Center Receives National Cooperative Conservation Award (05/08/2007) Eastside Township Project EIS Released (05/02/2007) CdA Basin Natural Resource Trustees Complete First Mining-Related Interim Restoration Plan April Free Blue Spruce Seedlings for Arbor Day (04/23/2007) Blackwell Island Recreation Site Partially Reopens (04/23/2007) Cove Recreation Site Opens for 2007 Season (04/12/2007) Steck Recreation Site Opens for 2007 Season (04/12/2007) Twin Falls RAC Hosts Workshops (04/02/2007) March BLM Seeks Nominations for RACS (03/01/2007) February BLM to Host Coffee Shop Meetings in Bruneau and Grandview (02/26/2007) Boise District RAC to Meet (02/22/2007) Two BLM Employees Recognized by PLF (02/08/2007) January Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Count Conducted (01/29/2007) BLM Hosts Data Fair (01/22/2007) BLM Begins Work at Hemingway Butte Recreation Area (01/19/2007) Record of Decision Signed for Craters of the Moon National Monument (01/05/2007) BLM Releases Draft Resource Management Plan for Public Review (01/04/2007) 2006 December BLM Advisory Council to Meet (12/05/2006) BLM Now Accepting Applications for 2007 Fire Fighters (12/01/2006) November Convicted Arsonist Sentenced to 10 Years for Starting Wildfire on Public Land (11/17/2006) October Proposed RMP and Final EIS for Coeur d'Alene Released (10/27/2006) Kempthorne Announces New Appointments to BLM RACs (10/27/2006) Prescribed Fire to Improve Habitat South of Silver City (10/12/2006) North Rim of the Snake River Canyon Clean-up (10/05/2006) September Tom Dyer Tapped to Head Idaho BLM (09/29/2006) Local Working Group Efforts are Helping Sage Grouse in Idaho (09/27/2006) First Idaho Wildland Fire Conference (09/22/2006) BLM to Host Interactive Community Workshop (09/08/2006) Winners of 2006 Rangeland Stewardship Award (09/06/2006) August Final Approval of Wind Energy Project in Idaho (08/15/2006) July Seasonal BLM Staff Gather Important Data and Pertinent Work Experience (07/25/2006) Draft EIS for Eastside Township Project Released (07/14/2006) Idaho Sage-grouse Conservation Plan (07/07/2006) Cadastral Survey Plats Available Online (07/05/2006) June Boise District RAC RMP Subgroup to Meet (06/26/2006) Public Invited to Community Meetings on Draft Snake River Birds of Prey Plan (06/09/2006) BLM to Sell Excess Furniture (06/02/2006) May Coeur d'Alene BLM Office to Move (05/19/2006) 23 - BLM Gears Up for Memorial Day Weekend BLM Donates 25 Computers to Owyhee Schools (05/19/2006) Proceeds from Sale of Idaho Note Cards Support BLM Interpretive and Educational Projects (05/18/2006) DOI Honors Participants in Mackay Hill Mine (05/10/2006) April BLM to Present National Award to Idaho Volunteers Who Are Making a Difference on Public Lands (04/28/2006) Jarbidge Field Office Announces RMP Open House (04/24/2006) BLM Hosts Information Meeting for Permittees and the Public (04/21/2006) Eastern Idaho Recreation Roundup (04/14/2006) BLM Indefinitely Postpones Planned Prescribed Fire (04/12/2006) BLM and Communities in Idaho Team Up with Great American Cleanup (04/07/2006) Boise District BLM to Perform Prescribed Burning (04/04/2006) March Proposed Cotterel Wind Power Project (03/31/2006) Steck Recreation Site Opens for 2006 Season (03/31/2006) Public Invited to Take a Hike (03/29/2006) BLM to Resume Placing Signs for Area OHV Routes (03/27/2006) BLM Seeks Nominations for RAC (03/14/2006) New BLM Website Features Historic Mackay Mine Hill (03/13/2006) Comments Being Accepted on EIS in the Coeur d?Alene Planning Area (03/07/2006) BLM Advisory Council to Meet (03/07/2006) Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled (03/01/2006) February Wild Horses Return Home (02/27/2006) BLM Closes Lands Near South Fork to Protect Wildlife (02/24/2006) Comment Deadline Extended for Smoky Canyon (02/24/2006) BLM to Ask Public About Fees at Local Campgrounds(02/17/2006) BLM Seeks Nominations for RACs (02/09/2006) BLM to Launch Environmental Study on Proposed Blackfoot Bridge Phosphate Mine (02/03/2006) January BLM to Ask Public About Fees at Local Campgrounds (01/31/2006) Comments Sought on EIS in Coeur d?Alene (01/13/2006)