2012 News Releases

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December BLM Issues Oil and Gas Best Practices for Wildlife Protection BLM Announces Seasonal Jobs for Summer 2013 BLM Reminds Miners to File Notice of Intent to Hold by December 31, 2012 Missouri River Breaks Interpretive Center Hosts Lewis and Clark Expedition Impersonator  November BLM Hosts Public Meeting On Mine Waste Rock Removal Project Near Pony BLM, BOR set Public Meeting on Local Land Transfer BLM Hosts Public Meeting On Mine Waste Rock Removal Project Near Pony Dillon BLM to Burn Slash Piles in Beaverhead, Madison Counties BLM to Burn Slash Piles Near Wise River, Helena, Wolf Creek BLM announces RAC appointments  October BLM installs New Miles City Field Manager BLM Rescinds Vehicle Restrictions at Strawberry Hill BLM to Relax Fire Restrictions BLM Acting Director Mike Pool Presents Third Annual Director’s Awards to Employees for Extraordinary Public Service Most Fire Restrictions Lifted in South Central Montana BLM Releases Decision Record on BakkenLink Pipeline Project Environmental Assessment (EA) BLM to Temporary Close Areas in Scratchgravel Hills to Rehabilitate Impacts from Corral Fire BLM to Burn Slash Piles in South Dakota BLM October Oil and Gas Lease Sale Generates over $16 million BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Eastern Montana BLM Adds Lewistown Event to National Fossil Day BLM Seeks Public Comments on Mine Waste Rock Removal Project Near Pony Cabins Available for Rent at Garnet Ghost Town During Winter Fire Restrictions in South Central Montana BLM Timber Harvest Going Well Hunters Should Use Caution in Centennial Valley OHV Areas Reopened Missoula BLM Field Office Reopens Final Areas Near Elevation Mountain BLM Lifts Shooting Restrictions in North Hills BLM Rescinds Vehicle Restrictions at Strawberry Hill BLM Downgrades to Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in South Dakota BLM Installs New Miles City Field Manager Utilities Shut Down at Several BLM-Managed Campgrounds in Montana New Homesteading Media Projects Unveiled BLM Welcomes Homestead Exhibit to Billings September BLM Welcomes Hunters at Pompeys Pillar BLM Marks National Public Lands Day 2012 National Public Lands Day at Pompeys Pillar National Monument Extreme Fire Danger Persists BLM’s Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center Moves to Winter Hours BLM and Rocky Mountain College Celebrate National Fossil Day Butte BLM Finalizes Environmental Assessment for Big Hole Project BLM sets Public Lands Day in Miles City Sept. 29 BLM Holds Successful Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Adoption Missoula BLM Field Office Reopens Areas in Elevation Mountain BLM Re-opens Pipestone Area Trails BLM Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Dillon BLM to Remove Hazard Trees from Blackfoot River Campground BLM Sponsors Popular Homestead Exhibit During Chokecherry Festival August Plan Now to Attend! Interagency Hunting and Recreation Open Houses along the HiLine BLM Offers Helpful Tips for Eastern Montana Hunters BLM Offers Helpful Tips for South Dakota Hunters BLM's Dillon Office Puts Seven Commercial Firewood Permits Up for Bid BLM Closes Portion of OHV Area Ahead of 19-Mile Fire Missoula BLM Field Office Closes Areas Threatened By Wildfire BLM Re-opens Holter Lake Sites Critical Fire Weather this Week BLM Concludes Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Bait Trap Gather BLM Donates Computers to Local School BLM Closes Holter Lake Sites as Fire Approaches Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Adoption Set for Sept. 8 BLM Seeks Comment on Pipeline EA 17-Mile Area Reopens BLM Dakotas Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set Bozeman Logging Company Awarded BLM Stewardship Contract BLM authorizes pipeline in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument BLM relaxes some restrictions at local recreation areas MMC youth crew works BLM site July Upper Missouri River Highlighted in America's Great Outdoors Rivers Initiative BLM Re-Opens All Madison River Recreation Sites BLM Announces Results of July Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Announces Results Of Timber Sale In Dillon BLM Conducts Field Tour with the Chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation BLM Re-Opens More Madison River Recreation Sites BLM Issues More Fire Restrictions in Miles City Field Office Fire Restrictions and Closures In Effect Central Montana Firefighting Community Teaches Fire Safety BLM Re-Opens Some Madison River Recreation Sites BLM Issues Fire Prevention Order For Lewis And Clark County June BLM Issues Fire Prevention Order in Broadwater County BLM Issues Fire Prevention Order For Jefferson County BLM Issues Fire Prevention Order For Beaverhead, Madison Counties BLM Closes North Hills To Shooting And Campfires Fire Restrictions Take Effect Thursday Central Montana Firefighting Community Teaches Fire Safety Enjoy Your Public Lands, Be Cautious About Wildland Fire BLM Temporarily Closes Madison River Recreration Sites East Grasshopper Environmental Assessment Ready For Review BLM Encourages People to Enjoy and Care for Your Public Lands BLM Hosting Open House At Glasgow Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Changes In BLM Leafy Spurge Flea Beetle Public Collection Opportunities BLM Prepares for Bait Trap Gather of Pryor Mountain Wild Horses BLM Seeks Comments On Smart Creek East Project Assessment Garnet Day Brings Ghost Town Alive Interpretive Center to Celebrate Homesteading BLM Announces Timber Sale Results BLM Interpretive Center Supports Fort Benton's Summer Celebration BLM Reminds Boaters of Seasonal Restrictions on Upper Missouri River BLM Releases Power Line EA for Review BLM Resource Advisory Council To Meet In Missoula BLM Schedules Public Hearing on Use of Motorized Vehicles BLM Offers Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Gather Update BLM’s Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Malta May Purdys Recognized With Prestigious Volunteer Award BLM Continues With Lime/Ruby Salvage Logging White Sandy Recreation Site Re-Open after Improvement Work BLM Seeks Comments on Big Hole Area Habitat Restoration Projects Medicine Lodge Watershed Environmental Assessment Ready for Review BLM Honors Montana Couple With 2012 "Making a Difference" National Award BLM to hold Pumpkin Creek restoration proposal open house Obama Administration to Hire 20,0000 Young People for Summer Work on Public Lands BLM Schnell Rec Area open for summer use BLM Miles City FO completes the first spring plantings for 2012 Thanking Americans Armed Forces  BLM Backcountry Byway to be temporarily closed May 18 BLM Announces Results of May Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Issues Decision Record for Acquisition Along the Upper Missouri River BLM Analyzes Pipeline in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument BLM RECREATION SITES ON HOLTER AND HAUSER LAKES OPEN MAY 12 BLM EXTENDS NOMINATION PERIOD FOR RESOURCE ADVISORY COUNCIL POSITIONS April Pompeys Pillar National Monument Opens for the Season BLM Removes Trash in Celebration of Earth Day Wharf Mine Expansion Environmental Assessment Available BLM Missoula Field Office Plans Presribed Burns Near Ovando, Helmville BLM Begins Restoring Historic Homestead Site BLM Urges Everyone to be Fire Wise BLM Releases Environmental Assessment and Decision on Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Non-Helicopter Gather March Fort Meade Backcountry Byway Opens BLM Completes Matthews Recreation Area Burn Eastern Montana District Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set BLM Plans Prescribed Burn Northeast of Winnett BLM Western District Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Butte BLM's Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Lewistown February Results of BLM Montana/Dakotas Coal Lease Sale BLM Biologists Get Mule Deer Foundation Award BLM Seeks Comments on Waste Rock Removal Proposal Mule Deer Foundation to Recognize BLM Biologists BLM Seeks Public Comments on Possible Land Acquisition BLM Seeking RAC Nominations for Western Montana District January  BLM Continues to Burn Slash Piles BLM Seeking RAC Nominations for Central Montana District BLM Considers Fee Changes at Butte Recreation Sites BLM Recognized by Wild Turkey Federation BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils January Oil & Gas Lease Sale Results BLM Resource Advisory Council Meeting Cancelled BLM Seeks Beetle Recipients for 2012 Weed Season BLM to Reoffer Coal Resources in Upcoming Lease Sale Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project in Clancy Area Battle of Wolf Mountains 135th Anniversary This Month BLM Seeks Public Comment on Fuels Reduction in the Musselshell Breaks

News Media Contacts Statewide Melodie Lloyd, Chief (406) 896-5260 Kristen Lenhardt (406) 896-5228 Brad Purdy (406) 896-5258 Eastern District Mark Jacobsen (406) 233-2831 HiLine/Central Montana District Kari Boyd-Peak (A) 406-538-1943 Western District David Abrams (406) 533-7617