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

Newsroom 2012 February Challis Field Office to Host Public Scoping Meeting for Wild Horse Gather BLM Fuels Reduction Plan Addresses St. Maries Municipal Water Supply January Idaho BLM Invites Public to Sage-Grouse Meetings Wild Horses Shot: Idaho BLM Offers Reward for Information Loretta Chandler Joins Owyhee Field Office as New Manager Scoping Begins for Owyhee Grazing EIS Challis FO to look at Reorganizing RV Dump Station Fees BLM Writes Citations for Winter Closure Violations Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled BLM Implements Seasonal Closure in the South Hills BLM Applying for Grant Opportunity to Renovate Blackfoot Reservoir Campground Open House will Discuss Environmental Impact Statement on Grazing Permit Renewal and Seek Public Comment on Issues BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils Twin Falls District BLM seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils BLM Seeks Nominations for Resource Advisory Council Boise District BLM seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council 2011 December Winter Closures Begin December 16 BLM Twin Falls District Announces its Public Land Adventurer Geocaching Program Recruitment for 2012 Fire Season Underway Seasonal closures accompany winter weather Idaho Falls District 2012 BLM Seasonal Firefighting Positions Now Open Motorized Vehicle Use prohibited in burned area north of King Hill Helicopter to begin Aerial Seeding Portions of the Drive-In Fire Annual Eagle Watch Week Begins December 26 Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Twin Falls Resource Advisory Council Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Councils Salmon Field Office Requesting Public Input on Trail System at Barracks Lane November Enjoy your BLM Lands Responsibly Idaho BLM Announces its Public Land Adventurer Geocaching Program! Annual Eagle Watch Cruise Focuses on Local Veterans Christmas Tree Permits Available Big Southern Butte Road Closed for Winter New Appointments to Boise RAC New Appointments to Idaho Falls RAC New Appointments to Coeur d' Alene RAC Stinking Springs Area Closure Starts December 1 October Lightning sparks Late Season Wild Fires Weather conditions help to slow wildfires Portions of Chinese Peak and Blackrock Canyon are Temporarily Closed as BLM Begins Stabilization Efforts BLM to Close Burned Area to Motorized Vehicle Use BLM Hosts Open House for Soda Hills Travel Management Plan BLM Analyzing Cumulative Effects of Land Uses during Grazing Permit Renewal Prescribed Burns Scheduled for Southern Idaho Blackwell Island Boat Launch to Close for Season Remains of Historic Mercury Refining Equipment Located in Owyhee County Martin Canyon Prescribed Fire BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burns Limited Services Available at BLM Recreation Sites Vandals Destroy Portions of Sharkey Hot Springs BLM Releases Final Decision for Bear Lake Travel Management Plan Public Invited to Help Identify Roads and Trails near Big Willow Creek Area September State Director to mark completion of mountain bike trails in Hailey area BLM Announces Intent to draft Environmental Impact Statement Highway 46, Mile Marker 103 Fire Burning north of Wendell Non-motorized Hunting Closures Begin October 1, 2011 Deadman Hole Recreation Site under Construction Saylor Creek Wild Horses Coming to Adoption in Filer Hailey-area bike riders show BLM the future of recreation on public lands BLM Accepting Comments for Proposal to Amend the Cassia and Monument Resource Management Plans Boise District Resource Advisory Council to Meet Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council to Meet Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled BLM Announces Open House for Shoshone Basin Grazing Permit Renewal Environmental Impact Statement Recreation-Related Fees Waived on National Public Lands Day Bureau of Land Management Waives Recreation-Related Fees on September 24 August Travel Planning Begins in Shoshone Area Be Cautious of Risk of Wildfire when Hunting on Public Land BLM Seeks Comments on Proposed Fuels Reduction Project BLM Announces Intent to draft Travel Management Plan Multiple Agencies Respond to Mile Marker 15 Fire on Highway 21 Mile Marker 15 Fire To Be Contained at Midnight High Water Damages Lorenzo Boat Ramp Boise BLM Responding to Lightning Fires Boise BLM Continues Response to Numerous Wildfires Smoke from Blair, Morrow and Big Hill Fires Blanketing Magic Valley Wildfire Behavior Begins to Moderate due to Overnight Recoveries BLM Re-Opens Chinese Peak-Blackrock Trail System in Pocatello Saylor Creek Wild Horses Now Available for Adoption Halter Trained Wild Horses to be Shown at the Western Idaho Fairgrounds July OHV Travel Limited to Designated Routes in King Hill Wilderness Study Area Boise District Resource Advisory Council to Meet on July 13 2011 National Take Pride in America Award Recipients Crews Continue to Battle Goody Fire Use of Weed-Free Hay to be Required on Public Lands in Idaho Discover Pass Parking Permits Now Required at Heller Bar BLM Temporarily Closes Redpoint Campground Shoshone Wildlife Tract Prescribed Burn Road into Jump Creek Recreation Site to Undergo Repairs June BLM Closes Eagle Creek Road to Motorized Vehicle Use BLM Firewood Permits Available Public Invited to Discuss Wilderness and Wild & Scenic River Management Plan BLM to Offer Free Guided Hikes up North Menan Butte Twin Falls District Fire & Aviation Supporting Fires in Southwest BLM Publishes New Rules for Recreational use BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council BLM Announces Opening of Blackwell Island Public Boat Launch New Day Use Fee at Egin Lakes Recreation Site BLM Announces Availability of Record of Decision (ROD) for Blackfoot Bridge Mine Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council to Meet and then Tour Proposed China Mountain Wind Project Local Students to Study Foothills and Work to Prevent Wildfires BLM Reopens Eagle Creek Road to Motorized Vehicle Use Local Archeological Site Excavation Underway: Public Invited to Visit Summer Field School in Progress BLM Clarifies Permit Process for the Lower Salmon River BLM to Spray for Pine Beetle in the Freeman Creek Area New Trail Projects Reach Completion May BLM to Conduct Fence Line Prescribed Fires BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burns on Aspen Restoration Project BLM Invites Public to Grand Opening Celebration of Chinese Peak - Blackrock Trail System Public Invited to Archaeology Month Presentation on Cooper's Ferry Site Killarney Boat Launch Closed for Repairs BLM to Host Educational Event in Honor of Idaho Archaeology Month BLM Closes Disturbed Area to Motorized Vehicles BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burn in Killarney Lake Area BLM Temporarily Closes Bridge near Leadore BLM to Host Public Meetings on Draft EIS for Proposed China Mountain Wind Project BLM Reopens Blackwell Island Recreation Site Part of Soda Hills to Remain Closed Due to Snow Spring Clean Up Planned for North Rim of Canyon Big Southern Butte Road Remains Closed due to Snow and Road Conditions BLM Offers Reward for Information on Graffiti Damage at Jump Creek BLM Campgrounds Open Despite Inclement Weather North Rim Canyon Clean Up Generates Great Turn Out BLM Hosts Discussion of Closure to Protect Rare Plant BLM Announces Extended Closure of Blackwell Island Public Boat Launch BLM Advisory Council to Meet BLM Sells Geothermal Leases in Southern Idaho BLM Offers Memorial Day Campground Tips Challis Field Office Volunteer Receives National ?Making a Difference? Award Annual Kids' Fish Fair and Fishing Derby April BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burn at Pirimids Recreation Site Birds of Prey Young Artists Contest Begins BLM Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Coming to Lewiston BLM Boise District to Conduct Prescribed Burn Northeast of New Plymouth Celebrate Earth Day by Volunteering BLM Delays Opening Chinese Peak-Blackrock Trail System in Pocatello Earth Day Clean-up at Blacks Creek Reservoir is Saturday First Graders and Seymour Antelope to Celebrate Earth Day Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council to Meet OPM Releases CFC Giving Numbers BLM to Open Chinese Peak-Blackrock Trail System March Agencies Announce Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Proposed Rasmussen Valley Mine Blackfoot Bridge Mine Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Available for Public Review BLM Advisory Council to Meet BLM Solicits Proposals for Private-Public Partnerships to Establish Wild Horse Ecosanctuaries South Central Idaho Interagency Dispatch Center to Host Food Service Vendor Meeting BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burns on Fuels Reduction Project BLM Idaho Lists Proposed Parcels for May 24, 2011 Geothermal Lease Sale BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils BLM issues Temporary Closure on River Bluffs Road at Dump Hill Emergency Responders and Officials Simulate Wildland Fire in Foothills BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burn at Kilpatrick Recreation Site February Public Invited to First Annual BLM Enforces Closures to Prevent Further Archeological Site and Road Damage Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled BLM and Cooperating Agencies Patrol Rochat Divide Area BLM Reminds Public that Abandoned Mines Closed to All Access BLM Welcomes Public Comment on Travel Management Plan Development of Trail System Promotes Local Economy and Resident Well-Being Boise District Resource Advisory Council to Meet on March 2nd BLM to Review Competitive Mountain Bike Race Request Public Encouraged to Participate in Workshops January New CDA RAC Appointments IFD Holds Public Meeting BLM Implements Winter Closures TFD RAC to Meet BLM Seeks Public Comment on New Geothermal Lease Nomination for Raft River Valley BLM to Close Burned Areas to Motorized Vehicle Use Two-Day Symposium to Explore Breaking the Current Wildfire Cycle New Appointments Announced for BLM Boise District Resource Advisory Councils BLM Seeking Public Comment on Cove Recreation Site Grant Request 2010 December Challis BLM Submits Park & Recreation Grant Requests BLM Announces Public Availability BLM Announces Public Open House Idaho BLM Federal Land Records $1,000 Reward For Info in Horse Deaths 20th Anniversary of Eagle Watch 2011 BLM Seasonal Firefighting Positions Now Open BLM Selects New Field Manager Dugout Dick Reclamation Project New TFD RAC Appts Bacteria in WMA New Easement Bolsters South Fork Conservation BLM Seeks Support for Recreation Grant Snake River Acquisitions Conserve Properties in Natural State BLM Slate Creek Recreation Site to Close for Renovations November BLM Temporarily Fences Fire Rehab Areas BLM Seeks Public Comment Wild Horse Catch, Treat and Release Gathers BLM to Discuss WSA Project Prescribed Burns Scheduled for Southern Idaho Big Southern Butte Road Closed for Winter Citations to be Issued for Illegal Burning TFD to Conduct Prescribed Burn BLM to Begin Implementing Seasonal Closures for Motorized Travel Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Councils Local Youth Employment Program Receives National BLM Award BLM to Offer Recreation Permit for Backcountry Skiing Hazardous Fuels Project Spurs Local Economy Prescribed Burn Scheduled Fertility Control Stinking Springs Area Closure Starts December 1 October BLM issues Emergency Closure New Day Use Fee at Egin Lakes BLM Schedules Four Public Meetings BLM Begins Efforts to Rehabilitate the Big Desert The Salmon River ? ?Love it and Leave it Clean? BLM Extends Public Comment Period Critical wildlife corridor protected BLM Awarded $16,000 Grant September Jarbidge Draft EIS Available BLM Planning Two Fall Controlled Burns Cove Recreation Site Water Contaminated with E. coli Boise District Resource Advisory Council to Meet BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burn in Cinder Butte Area Saylor Creek Wild Horse Gather Completed Last Week Steve Ellis Named Idaho BLM State Director BLM TFD RAC to Meet National Firewise Recognition Ceremony Jarbidge Field Office Hosts Open Houses Prescribed Burn Scheduled for White Creek Area Volunteers Needed to Help Clean-Up for National Public Lands Day BLM Schedules Grand Opening of New Facility at Blue Creek Bay National Public Lands Day Events ?Volunteers Needed! BLM Offers 3rd Annual Owl Hoot Program Bicentennial Celebration of the Astorian Fur Trappers Road Maintenance near Salmon BLM Proposes Use of Weed-Free Hay Journal Now Available Seasonal Closures August Modifications for Morgan?s Bridge Campground BLM Delivers New Vault Toilets to Camp Sites Agencies Seek Public Input on Proposed Thompson Creek Mine BLM Launches Social Media to Promote Public Involvement BLM to Conduct New Review of Permits Issued for OHV Races Held on Public Lands Cove Recreation Site Water Contaminated with E. coli BLM Releases Work Schedule at Chinese Peak BLM Ensuring Protection of Saylor Creek Wild Horse Herd BLM Proposes National Academy of Sciences Study BLM to Conduct Emergency Gather of Saylor Creek Wild Horse Herd Road Maintenance Along McDevitt Creek: Alternative Transportation Routes Proposed July Road Maintenance near Leadore Archeological Site Excavation Underway BLM Cautions that Off-Roading Can Cause Serious Damage BLM Announces Public Open House Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council to Meet Road Maintenance Scheduled near Leadore BLM Announces Schedule Change for Release of Draft EIS BLM Hosting Public Meeting June BLM Director Seeks Input for New Direction in National Wild Horse and Burro Program Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Coming Idaho BLM Recreation Planner Honored BLM Releases Work Schedules BLM Advisory Council to Meet Free Hazardous Waste Collection Day a Success Local Students to Study Foothills, Work to Prevent Wildfires BLM Releases Work Schedule at Chinese Peak Dedication of Birch Creek Kiosk BLM Announces Public Availability BLM Releases Work Schedules May BLM Considers Geothermal Lease Applications North of Magic Reservoir BLM Releases Work Schedules at Area Recreation Sites Volunteers Needed for Great American Clean Up Local BLM Employee Receives National Recognition for Service BLM proposes resource management plan for public Trails and facilities at Jump Creek Canyon rehabilitated BLM Redevelops Redpoint Campground BLM Releases Work Schedules at Area Recreation Sites Economic Stimulus Funds Rebuild Road Fireworks Illegal on all Public Lands in Idaho Former BLM Idaho State Director Recognized BLM Seeks Volunteer Campground Host: Popular Location on the Salmon River near White Bird April Prescribed Burn Slated for Samaria Area Idaho State Department of Agriculture awarded $1.3 million BLM Begins Managing Off-Highway Travel on Public Lands in SW ID BLM Delays Opening Chinese Peak-Blackrock Trail System in Pocatello Agencies Announce Intent to Prepare an EIS Neighborhood Joins Forces to Clean-Up Public Lands South of Boise Wild Horse and Burro Adoption First Graders to Replant BLM?s Native Garden BLM Designates 2010 Fee-Free Days BLM Temporary Closure: Dugout Dick's BLM Schedules Month-long Closure at Pink House Campground March SIDC Gears Up for 2010 Fire Season BLM Resource Management Plan Approved BLM Realigns Law Enforcement Program to Enhance Operations Registration Open for FIRE Up Fence Contract Restores Wilderness Wildlife Habitat... Secretary Salazar Kicks Off National Landscape Conservation System's 10th Anniversary Celebration Public Invitied to Take a Hike! Spring Activities Offered... Hunters and Recreationists Be Aware of Motorized Restrictions in New Owyhee Wilderness Areas BLM Idaho Seeks Nominees to Resource Advisory Councils Dubois Grouse Days to Court Sage-Grouse Ballet Calling All Vendors for Wildland Fire Suppression! Wildland Fire Dispatch Centers Conducting 2010 Fire Contracting Seminars Public Invited to Open House to Discuss Proposed Downey Watershed Fuels Project BLM, Montana DEQ Delay MSTI Environmental Impact Statement Working with Wild Horse Weanlings a Rewarding Experience Interior Agencies to Conduct Royalty Review Study to Ensure Federal Leasing Policies... Agencies Announce Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Proposed Dairy Syncline Mine February BLM and Forest Service Announce 2010 Grazing Fee President Proposes $1.1 Billion for BLM in Fiscal Year 2011... Secretary Salazar Appoints Alan Gilbert as Senior Advisor for Rocky Mountains and Southwest Wild Horses from Idaho Available for Adoption Fuels Treatment and Forest Health in Eastern Idaho Youth Corps Crew Chief Takes Pride in Jump Creek Canyon BLM Announces Availability of Comprehensive Analysis Boise State Engineering Student Valuable Asset to Bureau of Land Management BLM Seeks Volunteer Campground Host: Popular Location on the Salmon River Vandals Damage BLM Recreation Site: Bullet Holes in Door and Sign Damaged Thieves Strike BLM Recreation Site: Reward Offered for Information on Stolen Items January BLM Announces Routes for Proposed Transmission Line Project BLM Implements Seasonal Closure in the South Hills Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled Orofino, Idaho Resident Donates Land near Salmon to BLM BLM Seeks Public Support for Recreation Grant BLM Extends Deadline for Accepting Nominations 2009 December National Award Presented to Local Wildlife Educator Temporary Closure of Forest Service and BLM Lobby Big Southern Butte Road Closed for Winter Common Wildflowers of Southern Idaho Pocket Guide Re-Print Now Available New Public Boat Access and Recreation Site at Red Road Bridge Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM RAC (IF) Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM RAC (Twin Falls) BLM Hosting Open-House for 2010 Seasonal Firefighting Job Applications 2010 Fire Incident Contracting Opportunities BLM Concentrating on Renewable Energy Projects BLM Cottonwood Employee Receives Resource Management Agency Award Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM (Cd'A District) 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 Idaho Wild Horses Offered for Adoption in Boise 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)