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

News Room

BLM National News Releases  BLM's Congressional Testimony  DOI News Releases and Online Magazine 2013 May BLM Posts Proposed Parcel List for August Lease Sale (Issued 05/17/13) Interior Releases Updated Draft Rule for Hydraulic Fracturing on Public and Indian Lands for Public Comment (Issued 5/16/13) Secretaries Vilsack and Jewell Highlight Federal Preparedness for 2013 Western Wildfire Season (Issued 5/15/13) BLM Utah Seeks Nominations for Vacancies on Resource Advisory Council (Issued 5/14/13) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Potential Tar Sands Lease in Eastern Utah (Issued 5/14/13) BLM Richfield Prepares the Normal Year Fire Stabilization and Rehabilitation Plan for the Next Decade (Issued 05/10/13) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Coal Lease by Application (Issued 5/6/13) BLM Partners with Local Businesses and Organizations to Celebrate Migratory Birds! (Issued 05/02/13) Know Before You Go - BLM Three Peaks Recreation Area Access Limited on May 11 and 12 (Issued 05/02/13) BLM Hosts Public Open Houses for Travel Management Planning in Vernal (Issued 05/12/13) April BLM Holds Public Forums to Kick Off Updates to Onshore Oil and Gas Orders (Issued 04-30-13) BLM Issues Decision Record for Potash Exploration Project in Southern Utah (04-25-13) Join the BLM at Jarvie Ranch for Family Fest and Archaeology Week Activities (04-24-13) BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burn in Tooele County (04-24-13) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Oil and Gas Well (4-23-13) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Land Exchange (04-22-13) BLM Utah to Host Resource Advisory Council Conference Call Meeting (04-19-13) Lee's Canyon Road Temporarily Closed to Motorized Use (04-01-13) March BLM Announces Three Selections for National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board BLM Approves Helium Project in Eastern Utah Secretary Salazar Finalizes Plan Promoting Responsible Oil Shale and Tar Sands Research, Demonstration and Development BLM Preparing for Easter Weekend at Little Sahara Recreation Area BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed OHV Trail in eastern Utah BLM, USFS and NACo Renew Public Lands Management Partnership BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Liquids Gathering System in eastern Utah BLM Holds Coal Lease Sale for Tract in Eastern Utah February Hole in the Rock Area Recreation Study to Kick Off BLM Concludes Swasey Wild Horse Catch, Treat, Release and Removal Gather BLM Seeks Volunteers for Raptor Inventory Nest Survey BLM-Utah Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results BLM Extends Comment Period on Kiewit Mine Proposal BLM Seeks Volunteers for Raptor Nest Survey Pile Burn Planned for Salt Lake County BLM-Utah Statewide Resource Advisory/Recreation Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled BLM Strengthens Wild Horse and Burro Policies to Ensure Humane Treatment of Animals, Greater Transparency BLM to Begin Swasey Wild Horse Catch, Treat, and Release Gather BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Gold Mine January BLM and Forest Service Announce 2013 Grazing Fee BLM Roads in Millard and Juab Counties May Be Impassable BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Verizon Communication Project Pile Burn Planned for Salt Lake County Head of the Rocks Overlook Gets Facelift BLM Announces Public Scoping Period for Proposed Potash Exploration BLM Announces New Appointment to Resource Advisory Council BLM Announces Public Scoping Period for Proposed Gas Pipeline BLM and Western States Land Commissioners Association Renew Commitment to Partnership Draft Business Plan for Red Cliffs Recreation Area Available for Public Comment BLM Issues New Policy Regarding Conditions on Wild Horse and Burro Sales 2012 December BLM Issues Oil and Gas Best Practices for Wildlife Protection BLM and Sierra Club Announce Winners of the First Annual BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Oil Well in Vernal Draft Business Plan for the San Juan River Available for Public Comment 2013 Season Noontime Brown Bag Lecture Series BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed May 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Salazar Announces BLM Onshore Oil & Gas Lease Sales Come One Come All to the Christmas Bird Count Pile Burn Planned for Tooele County BLM Announces Updates to Fall-Winter Wild Horse and Burro Gather Schedule BLM and Forest Service Approve Versatile 170-Mile Transmission Line for Southern Utah BLM Utah Hiring Wildland Firefighters for 2013 Fire Season November Desolation-Gray Canyons River Permit System Converting to Online Reservations BLM to Begin Frisco Wild Horse Catch, Treat, and Release Gather BLM Utah Posts Proposed Parcels for February 2013 Lease Sale Christmas Tree-Cutting Permits On Sale BLM Utah Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results BLM and Sierra Club Mission Outdoors Commemorate Veterans Day with Photo and Essay Contest for Military Service Members and Families BLM Plan Emphasizes Continued Oil Shale and Tar Sands Research, Demonstration and Development Vernal Field Office Designates the Mountain Bike Trail Complex BLM Utah Statewide Recreation Resource Advisory Council Meeting BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period for the Swasey Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather Plan (GP) Environmental Assessment October BLM Issues Notice of Intent to Impound BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Oil Wells in Vernal BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Potash Exploration in Hatch Point BLM Releases EA for Jeep Safari and Other Permitted, Non-Competitive Motorized Use of Jeep Safari Routes BLM Issues Decision for Frisco Wild Horse Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) and Gather, Treat, Release Plan Contractors Wanted: Agencies Partner to Reduce Wildfire Risk Price Canyon Recreation Area Seasonal Closure Effective November 1 BLM Price Field Office Proposes to Convert Desolation-Gray Canyons River Permit System to Recreation.gov Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development on Public Lands BLM Plans Prescribed Fire for Fall and Winter Months BLM Plans Fall Prescribed Fire for Price Canyon Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Councils National Public Lands Day Volunteers Improve Area's Public Lands Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2 ? 345-Kilovolt Transmission Line Project Water at Little Sahara Recreation Area Turned Off for Winter Season BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for October 29-30 in Salt Lake City Agencies Launch 2012-2013 Season's Noontime Brown Bag Lecture Series Agencies Unite for Statewide Campaign Encouraging Recreationists to Keep Motorized Vehicles on Trails September BLM Announces Tentative Fall-Winter Wild Horse and Burro Gather Schedule BLM-managed Lands Contributed $130 Billion to the U.S. Economy in FY 2011 Public Lands Commemoration Forum to be Streamed Live BLM Announces Public Comment Period for Emery Telcom Ford Ridge Fiber Optic Line EA BLM Seeks Public Comment on Environmental Assessment for Oil and Gas Lease Sale Cameron to Milford Onsite Tour October 3, 2012 of Proposed Transmission Line Project Oil and Gas Lease Sale EA Available for Comment Parashant National Monument Begins Fall Prescribed Burning Operations Plan Now to Attend National Public Lands Day in Cedar City XTO's Riverbend Environmental Assessment Fire Restrictions to Be Lifted on BLM, State and Unincorporated Private Lands Statewide August BLM Extends Deadline for Private Land Wild Horse Ecosanctuary Proposals Obama Administration Announces New Design, Expanded Content for Recreation.Gov as Part of Initiative to Boost Tourism, Strengthen Economy Lake Mountain Target Shooting Closure Utah BLM Lifts Temporary Closure Due to Faust Fire BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period for the Frisco Wild Horse Herd Management Area Plan (HMPA) and Gather Plan Environmental Assessment July BLM Moab Announces Scoping Period for Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Issues Interim Final Rule Regarding Placer Mining Claim Maintenance Fees Moab Field Office's Economic Contributions Highlighted in Secretary's Economic Report Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Center to Close Temporarily BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council/Recreation Resource Advisory Council to Meet BLM to issue a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Alton Coal Mine BLM to Host Statewide Public Hearing for Use of Motorized Vehicles and Aircraft New Report: Interior Activities Contributed $385 Billion to Economy, Supported Over 2 Million Jobs in FY 2011 Payment of Annual Oil and Gas Lease Fees June BLM Solicits Proposals for Private Land Wild Horse Ecosanctuaries Bureau of Land Management Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Bureau of Land Management Approves Uinta Basin Gas Project Lee's Canyon Road to Reopen to Motorized Use Skull Valley Land Exchange Environmental Assessment Available for Public Comment BLM Seeks Bids for New Long-Term Pastures to Care for Wild Horses BLM Hosts Interactive Social and Economic Public Workshop for Sage-Grouse Planning Effort Attention Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitors: Parking Lot at Visitors Center to Undergo Renovations 14th Annual Utah Wild Horse and Burro Festival Air Tanker dropping Retardant on White Rock Fire Crashes, Two Killed Annual John Jarvie Ranch Family Fest Saturday, June 16, 2012 May Fire Restrictions Implemented in Washington County, Utah and the Arizona Strip BLM Offers Free Fishing Day at Pelican Lake Bureau of Land Management Utah Initiates America's Big Backyard Photo Contest BLM Honors Volunteers With 2012 "Making a Difference" National Awards BLM and Partners begin UXO Removal Project near Utah Test and Training Range Salazar Highlights 10 Projects in Pacific Northwest and Western States as America's Great Outdoors Rivers Free Public Tours Available at Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry BLM Moab Announces Scoping Period for Jeep Safari Permit Renewal BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period for the Bingham Canyon Mine Air Quality and Weather Monitoring Station Environmental Assessment BLM Requests Public Help to Stop Rock Art Vandalism BLM Thanks America's Armed Forces - Active Duty Military Offered Free Annual Pass to All BLM Public Lands BLM Utah Provides Recreational Access to Wounded Veterans Mystery at the Dinosaur Quarry Attracts New Sleuths! BLM Continues to Seek Nominations to Utah's Resource Advisory Council BLM Director Bob Abbey to Retire After 34 Years of Public Service BLM Moab Releases Draft Business Plan for BLM Campgrounds in Moab Now Available for Public Comment BLM Issues Updated Guide for Cooperating Agencies Obama Administration Approves Major Natural Gas Project for Uinta Basin Salazar, Abbey Dedicate Two National Conservation Areas in Utah as Part of National Tourism Week Secretary Salazar to Dedicate National Conservation Areas in Southern Utah Twelfth Annual Utah Wildfire Academy Bureau of Land Management Utah's Jennifer Jones Named River Manager of the Year April BLM Utah Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils Secretaries Vilsack and Salazar Announce Readiness For Wildfire Season BLM Offers Webcast of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting Lee's Canyon Road Closed to Motorized Use Prescribed Burn Planned for Millard County Nature High Summer Camp BLM Selects Proposed Wild Horse Ecosanctuary on Private and Public Land in Nevada for Environmental Analysis International Migratory Bird Day Festival BLM Announces Landscape Approach for Public Land Management BLM Announces Operational Changes of the Salt Lake Regional Wild Horse and Burro Center BLM Releases Greater Natural Buttes Final Environmental Impact Statement March BLM and Utah Cave Conservancy Offer Reward for Crystal Cave Vandals Kevin Oliver Named BLM Utah's West Desert District Manager New Map to Help Motorists Stay on Designated Routes When on Public Lands BLM Seeks Bids for New Type of Contracts for Wild Horse and Burro Management Greater Uinta Basin Oil and Gas Cumulative Impacts Technical Support Document BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for April 23-24 in Reno, Nevada BLM Announces Gasco Energy Inc. Uinta Basin Natural Gas Development Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Attention Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitors: Water to be Available at Campgrounds by Easter Weekend BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet (03-13-2012) BLM Announces Preparation of Master Leasing Plan and Plan Amendments to the Moab and Monticello Resource Management Plans (03/05/12) Bureau of Land Management Continues to Seek Nominations to Resource Advisory Council (03/01/12) February BLM Selects Proposed Wild Horse Ecosanctuary on Private Land for Environmental Review (02-24-2012) BLM Announces Public Meetings on Potential Environmental Impacts of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development (02-23-2012) BLM Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results (02-22-2012) BLM Partnership Leads to Success (02-15-2012) BLM Moab Releases Draft Business Plan for Westwater Canyon Now Available for Public Comment (02-13-2012) BLM Utah Announces Jenna Whitlock as Associate State Director (02-13-2012) Devil Canyon Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Vegetative Restoration Project (02-13-2012) President Proposes $1.1 Billion for BLM in Fiscal Year 2013 To Protect Resources and Manage Uses of Public Lands (02-13-2012) BLM begins Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain Wild Horse Gather (02-10-2012) National Forests Added and Comment Period Formally Extended on Planning for Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures (02-10-2012) BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils (02-10-2012 repost) Volunteers Needed for Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (02-06-2012) BLM Announces Three Selections for National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (02-06-2012) BLM Issues Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and Tar Sands; Preferred Alternative Identifies Research and Development as Appropriate First Step on Public Lands (02-03-2012) BLM Improves Sagebrush Habitat in Box Elder County (02-03-2012) BLM Improves Sagebrush Habitat in Tooele County (02-03-2012) January BLM Extends Deadline for Nominations for Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils Pile Burning Planned Near Ibapah Cochrane's Horse Point 12-13 Well Drilling Project Environmental Assessment Available for Public Comment Open House Meeting for Bonneville Salt Flats Withdrawal Extension BLM Issues Decision for Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain Wild Horse Gather Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments BLM to Use State, Regional Data in Identifying Wildlife Corridors, Crucial Habitat Fee-Free Days for BLM-Managed Public Lands Set for 2012 BLM Announces a Public Comment Period for Kings Canyon to Alger Pass Pipeline Project Environmental Assessment BLM Utah Invites Public to Sage-Grouse Scoping Meetings 2011 January BLM Seeks Public Input on Proposed TransWest Express Transmission Line Project in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada Denison Mines Plan Available for Public Review BLM Announces 30-day Public Comment Period for Seep Ridge Road Paving Project EA Milford Wind Corridor Phase III Project Scoping Notice Open House on the Nine Mile Canyon Road Improvement Project Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Council BLM and Forest Service Announce 2011 Grazing Fee February BLM Continues Active Management of Maguire?s Daisy Public Comment Period Opens for the San Rafael Swell Mine Openings Closure Salazar Announces Additional Steps toward Smarter Development of Renewable Energy on U.S. Public Lands Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Center to Re-Open National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Will Hold Two-day Meeting in March in Phoenix Volunteers Needed for Raptor Inventory Nest Surveys BLM to Open Sevier Dry Lake for Competitive Potash Leasing BLM Announces Public Comment Period for the Little Wild Horse Access Road EA BLM Offers Reward in Dumping Incident Near St. George March BLM Announces Second Solicitation for Proposals to Establish Wild Horse Eco-sanctuaries Man Convicted for Igniting Car on Public Lands Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Opening March 25 - 10 a.m. BLM Seeks Nominations for Utah's Resource Advisory Council BLM Announces a 15-day Public Comment Period for the Mountain Homes Youth Ranch Special Recreaction Permit Environmental Assessment BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period for Newfield's 27 Oil Well Project Environmental Assessment Antler Hunters - Stay on Designated Routes with Motorized Vehicles Solar Energy Zone Plan Focus of Public Meetings in Utah Moab BLM Announces Comment Period for Lisbon Valley Copper Mine Big Flat Area Nine-Well Oil and Gas Exploration Project EA Available for Comment April BLM Continues Managing Fire for Rangeland Health BLM Prescribed Burn Planned for May 2011 South of Rush Valley Town, Tooele County BLM Invites the Public to Tour Wild Horse Long-Term Holding Pastures in Oklahoma Secretary Salazar, Director Abbey Join Congressman Simpson in Emphasizing Safety, Preparedness for 2011 Fire Season Bureau of Land Management Utah Provides Recreational Access to Wounded Veterans 2011 Fee-Free Days Set for BLM-Administered Public Lands Laramide La Sal Plan Available for Public Review BLM, USGS Begin New Wild Horse Fertility Control Study BLM Facilitates Renewable Energy Development on Public Lands through Rules BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet BLM Utah Implements Recommendations of Wild Horse and Burro Review Team BLM Color Country District Office Hosts Adoption April 29 and 30 at Dixie Sun Bowl Small Artifact is a Big Find for Color Country BLM Youth Credited with Proper Reporting for Future Preservation BLM Announces Second Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Solar PEIS BLM Announces the Decision to Approve the Seep Ridge Road Paving Project BLM to Review Allegations Regarding Care of Wild Horses at Salt Lake Regional Wild Horse and Burro Center BLM Begins New Look At Oil Shale Plans BLM Utah Announces Potash Lease Sale Results BLM Utah Announces 30-day Public Comment Period for August 2011 Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale EA BLM to Host Public Scoping for Wilderness Management Planning BLM to Hold Regional Forums on Hydraulic Fracturing in Natural Gas Production Conservation Groups and Natural Gas Development Company Reach Agreement to Protect White River and Permit Natural Gas Project to Proceed in Uintah County, Utah BLM Seeks Public Input on Proposed Gateway South Transmission Line Project in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah May Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2 - 345kV Transmission Line Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Available for Public Comment BLM Presents Awards for 2011 to Volunteers ?Making a Difference? on Public Lands Bureau of Land Management Utah Issues River and Flash Flooding Advisories Public Tours Available at Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry BLM Offers Free Fishing Day at Pelican Lake BLM Announces Public Comment Period for Lawrence/Tan Seeps ROW Amendment Results of Utah Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale February 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Parcels Available for Public Review Step Back in Time BLM Utah to hold May 24 Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas and will host BLM Idaho Geothermal Lease Sales 13th Annual Utah Wild Horse and Burro Festival Rescheduled GSENM Environmental Assessment for Hole-in-the-Rock Road "Organized Group Use" Available for Review BLM Extends Deadlines for Proposals to Establish Public-Private Wild Horse Ecosanctuaries Eleventh Annual Utah Wildfire Academy To Be Held In Richfield Nature High Summer Camp June Solar Energy Zones Temporarily Segregated Under Interim Rule BLM Announces Public Comment Period for Adobe Wash Reservoir Environmental Assessment Bureau of Land Management Offers Reward for Stolen Campground Fees BLM Announces the Public Comment Period for the Red Creek Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Environment Assessment Federal Agencies to Improve Coordination to Support Energy Development and Safeguard Air Quality Fire Restrictions Implemented in Washington County, Utah and the Arizona Strip BLM Announces Wild Horse and Burro Gather Schedule for Summer 2011 BLM Utah Announces 30-day Public Comment Period for November 2011 Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale Environmental Documents Bureau of Land Management Utah Issues Updated River and Flash Flooding Advisory Utah BLM Seeks Targeted Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils BLM Announces Summer Schedule for the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Salazar Outlines Broad Opportunities for Common Ground on Wilderness July BLM Approves the Winter Ridge Herd Area Wild Horse Gather and Removal Plan Environmental Assessment BLM Announces Commercial Sale of Forest Products, Pine Nut Collection BLM Announces Strategy to Conserve Sage-Grouse and Protect Habitat BLM to Engage State, Local, and Tribal Governments in Bipartisan Wilderness Agenda Salazar Approves Major Renewable Energy Projects, Identifies Next Step in Solar Energy Development BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet BLM Announces a 15-day Public Comment Period for the Wells Draw Road Improvement Project Environmental Assessment BLM Firefighter Dies While Working on Texas Blaze Bureau of Land Management Announces Errata to The Greater Natural Buttes Gas Development Draft Environmental Impact Statement BLM seeks input on proposed pipeline in western Colorado and eastern Utah BLM Seeks Bids for New Pasture Facilities to Care for and Maintain Wild Horses BLM to Host Public Hearing about 2010 Utah Wild Horse Gathers August Calf Creek Recreation Area Closed for Improvements BLM and Forest Service consider proposal for Whole Enchilada Race BLM Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results BLM, Iron County Invites Public to Participate in Local Youth Activities BLM, Iron County Seeks Volunteers for National Public Lands Day Information Open House to be Held for Three Creeks Allotment Consolidation Proposal BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council Hyperthermia Caused Firefighter's Death, Autopsy Report Concludes Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Coyote Canyon EA Available for Comment Newfield's Master Development Plan #6 Environmental Assessment Available for Public Comment Bureau of Land Management Announces the Public Comment Period for the Bottom Canyon Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Environmental Assessment Bureau of Land Management Announces the Public Comment Period for the Moonshine Ridge Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Environmental Assessment Bureau of Land Management Announces the Public Comment Period for the Boulevard Ridge Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Environmental Assessment BLM Director Bob Abbey Announces Selection of Joan Guilfoyle to Lead Agency's Wild Horse and Burro Program September National Landscape Conservation System Releases 15-Year Management Strategy Vegetation Enhancement to Continue South of Panguitch, Utah Salazar to Discuss Conservation and Backcountry Recreation in Moab BLM Establishes Team to Review Recently Completed Triple B Gather in Nevada Third New Dinosaur Found in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Unveiled BLM Employee Receives Prestigious Award from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources BLM will Prescribe Fire to Aid Researchers BLM teams up with BYU to Analyze Fire Effects in the Great Basin Public Invited to New Dinosaur Unveiling Intrepid Potash Mine and Reclamation Plan Modification EA Available for Comment and Public Open House Meeting BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for October 13-14 in Arlington, Virginia Coyote Canyon EA Comment Period Extended Until September 30, 2011 Prescribed Fires Planned for Late Summer Through Winter 2012 in Southeast Utah BLM Begins Winter Ridge Herd Area Wild Horse Gather and Removal October 2011 John Jarvie Winter Festival Escalante Interagency Visitor Center Operations Temporarily Moved Interior Releases Updated Roadmap for Solar Energy Development Reward Offered in Vandalism of Rock Art at the "First Site" in Nine Mile Canyon BLM Announces Commercial Bid for Machine Harvesting of Forage Kochia 2011-2012 Noontime Brown Bag Lecture Series Begins Again October 21, 2011 Open House Meeting Skull Valley Land Exchange Bureau of Land Management's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) Advisory Committee to Meet Attention Little Sahara Visitors: Water turned off for the winter Bureau of Land Management to Begin Coal Mine Basin Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project BLM Announces Fall-Winter Wild Horse and Burro Gather Schedule BLM's “Director's Challenge” Initiative Will Enhance Volunteer Opportunities on Western Rangelands BLM Releases QEP's Two Oil Wells Environmental Assessment for Public Comment November BLM Seeks Nomination for Utah's Resource Advisory Council BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period for the Cedar Mountain and Onaqui Mountain Wild Horse Herd Management Areas Capture, Treat and Release Plan Environmental Assessment BLM Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results Volunteers Clean Up Little Wild Horse Canyon AMERICA?S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Highlights 18 Backcountry Areas Deserving Congressional Protection as Conservation Lands or Wilderness Little Sahara Annual Recreation Pass Available November 21st Kanab BLM to Host Public Meetings Regarding Alton Coal DRAFT EIS December BLM Issues Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Guidance BLM Issues Guidance on Carbon Sequestration Studies Bureau of Land Management Offers Reward for Illegal Tire Dumping BLM's Revised Historic Preservation Agreement Enhances Tribal Consultation BLM Announces Public Comment Period for Peter's Point Loop Line Environmental Assessment BLM Fuels Project to Improve Sagebrush Habitat in Rich County BLM Announces Key Appointments in Arizona, New Mexico The BLM Announces a Public Comment Period for a Proposed Directional Drilling Gas Well Project Federal Agencies Announce Initial Step to Incorporate Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures into Land Management Plans Bureau of Land Management Extends Comment Period on Alton Coal Draft EIS 2010 December BLM Releases Report by Independent Observers on Handling of Animals at Three Wild Horse Gathers BLM Completes North Hills Wild Horse Gather Little Sahara Annual Recreation Pass Now Available Sulphur Gather Slated to Begin December 13 BLM Utah Sets Record with Seven New Species of Dinosaur in 2010 Sulphur Wild Horse Gather Concludes With Return of Horses to Management Area BLM to Make Record System Change Concerning Information about Public Land Ranchers November Extension of Comment Period for the Gasco Uinta Basin Nautral Gas Field Draft EIS BLM Holiday Tree Cutting Permits Available - Price BLM Holiday Tree Cutting Permits Available - Vernal Cedar City BLM to Host Scoping Meetings for Resource Management Planning Effort BLM Holiday Tree Permit Information Johnson Valley OHV NR Magnificent Seven Bicycle Trail EA Available for Comment Magnum Gas Storage Project Environmental Assessment Available for Public Comment Salazar, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Announce Completion of Sage-Grouse Habitat Map in the West New Web Pages Present BLM's Response to Climate Change BLM Announces North Hills and Sulphur Wild Horse Gathers October BLM Utah Inaugurates New ARRA-Funded Fillmore Field Office Building Outreach to Mining Claimants about Abandoned Mine Hazards BLM Celebrates National Fossil Day BLM Advances Oil Shale Research Process BLM Issues Decision on Arch Canyon Road BLM Announces Preparation of Air Quality Supplement to Greater Natural Buttes Draft EIS BLM's Herriman Wild Horse Facility Addressing Outbreak of ?Equine Distemper? BLM to Gather Wild Horses from Eagle, Chokecherry, and Mt. Elinore Herd Management Areas BLM Announces Comment Period for Proposed Right-of-Way Amendment to Uintah County Road #060703A BLM Announces Comment Period for Rector Ridge Road EA BLM Announces Media Tour of Two Long-Term Wild Horse Holding Pastures in Midwest September BLM Opens Bidding for Commercial Forage Kochia Harvesting Permits BLM Announces Development of the New Cedar City RMP BLM Releases Gasco Natural Gas Project DEIS for Comment BLM Completes Conger Complex Wild Horse Gather; Delays Winter Ridge Gather August BLM Issues Decision for Conger Complex Wild Horse Gather BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period Results of Utah BLM Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Invites Oil and Gas Community to Operator Meeting on Air Quality Monument Advisory Committee Call for Nominations BLM Announces the Public Scoping Period for The Monument Butte Area Oil and Gas Development Project Environment Impact Statement Conger Complex Gather Expected to Begin Tuesday, Sept. 7 BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet Public Comment Period Opens for Emery County Landfill Expansion July Road Paving Begins at Little Sahara Recreation Area Periodic Closures to Occur in July BLM Utah Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Utah Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Launches Social Media to Promote Public Involvement BLM Announces a 30-day Public Comment Period for the Winter Ridge Herd Area Wild Horse Gather and Removal Plan Environmental Assessment BLM Releases West Tavaputs Plateau Project Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision Approving Historic Agreement Salazar Lays Groundwork for Utah Pilot Project to Resolve Old Road Claims on Public Land Also Issues Memo Clarifying U.S. Old Road Claims Policy June BLM Director Bob Abbey to Serve as Acting Director of the Minerals Management Service BLM to Host Public Hearing for 2010-2011 Utah Wild Horse Gathers BLM Director Seeks Input for New Direction in National Wild Horse and Burro Program Moab BLM Fuels Reduction Projects Successful BLM Announces Solar Energy Rental Rates BLM St. George to Host Scoping Meetings for Management Planning Efforts Calf Creek Recreation Area Closed for Improvements Tumbleweed II Natural Gas Development Project Final Environmental Assessment Available to the Public Safety Reminder-Fireworks at the Bonneville Salt Flats Bureau of Land Management Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council May New BLM Moab Field Office Manager Public Tours at Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Will Conduct Public Workshop and Hold Meeting in June in Denver Tenth Annual Utah Wildfire Academy to be Held in Richfield BLM Continues Post Wildfire Rehabilitation Efforts Emergency Restrictions Enacted to Aid Project Work Interior Finalizes Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reforms BLM Announces New Appointments in Utah, Eastern States 12th Annual Utah Wild Horse and Burro Festival Construction at Little Sahara Recreation Area Affects Memorial Weekend Visitors Juan Palma's Message BLM?s Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for May 25, 2010, Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results of BLM Utah Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale April BLM Utah Partners with Discovery Gateway in a Youth Initiative Rock Art Exhibit BLM Utah Posts List of Proposed Parcels for May 25 Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale Youth-oriented ATV Training Offered at LSRA on April 17 Interior Agencies to Conduct Royalty Review Study to Ensure Federal BLM Announces the Public Comment Period forthe McCook Ridge Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project BLM Announces the Public Comment Period for the Monument Ridge Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Environmental Assessment Prescribed Fire Activities Planned for April 19-25 in Beaver and Iron Counties Active Allosaurus Excavation Near Price Open to the Public for May 4-8 Post-Wildfire Rehabilitation Efforts Taking Place BLM Designates 2010 Fee-Free Days Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Available for Public Comment Salazar to Discuss America?s Great Outdoors with Governor Herbert, Tour Utah Community on Cutting Edge of Renewable Energy Revolution UNEV Pipeline and Proposed Pony Express RMP Amendment Available Secretary Salazar Lauds Utah Community on New Energy Frontier Pledges support for expanded wind, geothermal energy development March BLM to Host Information Open Houses on Ecoregional Assessments News Teleconference to Discuss Status of Greater Sage-grouse Interior Expands Common-Sense Efforts to Conserve BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory/Recreation Resource Advisory Council to Meet Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Opens for the Season BLM Seeks Nominations for Utah's Resource Advisory Council BLM Prepares for Easter Weekend at Little Sahara Recreation Area BLM Prescribed Fire Planned Rush Valley, Tooele County Public Comment Period for Goslin Mountain EA Public Comment Period for Diamond Gulch EA BLM Settles Lawsuit Involving Use of Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas Leasing February Volunteers Needed for Raptor Inventory Nest Survey President Proposes $1.1 Billion for BLM in Fiscal Year 2011 West Tavaputs Plateau Site Stewardship Program Wildland Firefighter Apprentice Program Graduate Announced BLM?s Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for Feb. 23 Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM?s Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for Feb. 23 Geothermal Lease Sale Results of Utah BLM Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Utah Geothermal Lease Sale Results January BLM Seeks Comments on Proposed Black Ridge Fuels Reduction Project Public Comment Period Opens for Lila Canyon Secretary Salazar Launches Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reforms Confusion Mountain HMA Gather Postponed Until July 2010 Final Enivronmental Impact Statement Released for Ruby Pipeline Project BLM Utah Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Utah Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Utah Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Utah Competitive Geothermal Lease Sale Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Councils BLM and Forest Service Announce 2010 Grazing Fee Salazar Appoints Steve Doherty as Senior Northwest Advisor 2009 December Key West Tavaputs Agreement will be signed on Jan. 5, 2010 Draft Little Sahara Recreation Area Business Plan Adds Day-Pass Proposal Firewood Permits Now Available for the Columbia Hazardous Fuels Treatment Area Utah's First State Paleontologist, James H. Madsen Passes Away at Age 77 West Mountain Proposed ATV Motocross Track and Trail System November Nine Mile Canyon officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places Secretary Salazar to Hold Media Teleconference to Discuss Onshore Oil and Natural Gas Leasing and Development BLM Announces the Public Comment Period for the Bitter Creek Roads Environmental Assessment BLM Utah Geothermal Lease Sale Results BLM Utah Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale Results BLM's Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM's Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for Upcoming Geothermal Lease Sale Christmas Tree Permits Available at Richfield Bureau of Land Management Field Office BLM Using Helicopters to Re-seed Steep Terrain in Tooele County Little Sahara Recreation Area Visitor Passes on Sale November 2 Water Turned Off at Little Sahara Visitor Center October BLM Holiday Tree Cutting Permits Available Bureau of Land Management Offers Reward for Illegal Dumping Information Utah Lease Sale Report: Qs and As BLM Prescribed Burn Planned in Tooele County September Public Comment Period Opens for Tumbleweed II Natural Gas Development EA Land Management Agencies Announce Pre-Bid Workshops for Vegetation Management Projects Local Volunteers Sought to Pitch in Clean-up and Trail Maintenance at The Great Stone Face on National Public Lands Day, BLM Announces Public Scoping Period for the Greater Chapita Wells Natural Gas Infill EIS Agencies partner with the public, combined efforts and volunteerism to benefit the community significantly now and into the future August BLM's Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet BLM Initiates Notification and Comment Period for New Camping and Group Use Fee Areas Near Moab Bureau of Land Management Proposes Direct Sale Results of Utah BLM Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM to Burn Greenville Bench for Natural Resource Benefits BLM's Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Considers Modification of Lisbon Valley Mine Plan July BLM to Present Youth with Recognition Award Monday Wildfire Protection and Vegetation Enhancement Project to begin Near Mt. Carmel BLM Announces Sale of Permits for Commercial Pine Nut Collection Blind Canyon Fire Update Blind Canyon Resource Benefit Fire BLM Installing New Waterline at Price Canyon Recreation Site BLM West Desert District to Conduct Prescribed Burn in Rich County Federal agencies partner with city, university to offer summertime family recreation activities Ruby Pipeline Project Draft EIS Available for Public Review BLM Utah Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Utah Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale Moab Field Office Releases Environmental Assessment on Proposed Non-Motorized Trail from Powerdam to Sand Flats Road June BLM Urges Proper Disposal of Electronic Waste BLM to Implement New Bloomington Cave Management Plan July 6, 2009 BLM Announces Vernal Field Manager Selection Results of Utah BLM Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Prescribed Burn Plans for Summer 2009 Tooele County BLM's Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Joint Geothermal Lease Sale Planned in California, Nevada and Utah BLM Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet June 19 John Jarvie Ranch Summer Festival, Celebrates 100 Years June 20 BLM Offers Free Fishing Day at Pelican Lake June 6 Public Tours Scheduled for Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry June 7-20 May BLM Presents 2009 National Awards to Volunteers Who Are "Making a Difference" on Public Lands Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Corridor Project Draft EIS Available for Public Comment Public Comment Period Opens for Uintah County Seep Ridge Road Paving Project Environmental Assessment Interior Secretary Salazar Presents Utah Land Management Agencies with "Partners in Conservation Award" for Milford Flat Fire Rehabilitation 11th Annual Wild Horse and Burro Festival May 15-16 BLM to Host Public Hearing about 2009-2010 Utah Wild Horse Gathers Nature High Summer Camp Deadline for applications extended through May 29 Bureau of Land Management Will Host Migratory Bird Day (5/6/2009) April BLM Prescribed Fire Planned for RushValley, Tooele County (4/30/2009) Moab Field Offices Announces Two Purchaes of Private Lands (4/22/2009) BLM anticipates prompt containment of Sawmill Fire (4/2/2/2009) Washington County schools to acquire nearly 50 acres of BLM lands (4/16/2009) BLM Posts Proposed Parcels Competitive Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale (4/13/2009) BLM Prepares for Easter Weekend At Little Sahara Recreation Area (4/8/2009) Enjoy Your Public Lands by Recreating Responsibly (4/2/2009) BLM Continues to Seek Nominations for Utah's RAC (4/1/2009) BLM Utah State Director to be Guest Speaker at LULAC (4/1/2009) March President Signs Legislation Enhancing Protection for Public Lands in Utah BLM Prescribed Fire Planned for Skull Valley, Tooele County (3/27/2009) Results of Utah BLM Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale (3/24/2009) BLM?s Utah State Office Posts Final List of Parcels (3/20/2009) Water Available at Little Sahara April 4 (3/18/2009) Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Reopens on March 27 BLM and Discovery Gateway Partner in Displaying Dinosaur Skull (3/12/3009) BLM To Resume Burning Piles (3/5/2009) BLM Seeks Nominations for Utah?s Resource Advisory Council (3/3/2009)