BLM Montana News Release Feed

Missoula BLM Office Offers Grazing Allotment

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:15:00 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office is offering a grazing allotment near Drummond for lease to qualified applicants.

BLM Pleased With Logging Road Progress

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:15:00 -0700

Construction work is nearly 30 percent completed on the salvage logging road being built in Limekiln Canyon, in the Judith Mountains north east of Lewistown.

Wild Horse Long-Term Holding Pasture Put On Hold

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:00:00 -0700

Plans for a long-term holding pasture for excess wild horses near Ennis have been put on temporary hold.

BLM Resource Advisory Council To Meet In Butte

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management’s Western Montana Resource Advisory Council will meet Feb. 10, starting at 9 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Butte Field Office Conference Room, 106 N. Parkmont, in Butte.

January Lease Sale Results

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0700

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management’s January 26 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $8,589,410.

BLM Seeks Comment on Tin Can Hill EA

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:15:00 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management’s Central Montana Fire Zone is accepting public comments concerning the Tin Can Hill Vegetation Treatment Units A, C, & D Environmental Assessment.

BLM Plans Assessment Of Whitetail Basin And Pipestone

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office announces that it is working on an Environmental Assessment of the Whitetail Basin and Pipestone areas near Whitehall.

BLM Completes Meeteetse Spires Acquisition

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:30:00 -0700

The BLM has completed the second and final phase in its effort to acquire 560 acres of private land adjoining the Meeteetse Spires Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). The area is located along the eastern slopes of the Beartooth Mountains about six miles south of Red Lodge and features a rich variety of natural and cultural resources. The BLM acquired the first phase of about 300 acres in November 2009.

BLM to Analyze Great Falls Area Grazing Allotments

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:15:00 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management’s Lewistown Field Office (BLM) has initiated an environmental assessment, the Great Falls Area Grazing Lease Renewal EA for BLM lands within the Great Falls administrative area. The EA will address grazing related issues on 99 grazing allotments located in Meagher, Cascade, Teton, Lewis and Clark and Pondera counties involving portions of Smith, Dearborn, Missouri-Cascade, Missouri-Choteau, Sun, Teton, Two Medicine, Marias, Belt, Upper Musselshell and Judith Watersheds.

Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to Montana Bureau of Land Management Resource Advisory Councils

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:00:00 -0700

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the appointment of 11 new and six reappointed members to Montana’s three citizen Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise Interior’s Bureau of Land Management on public land issues.