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Top of Page December Pinedale BLM Issues Notice of Availability for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and  Development Project Revised Draft SEIS Dempsey Basin Road Closure Draft Environmental Study Addresses Oil Shale Resources on Public Lands BLM Releases EA for the Tommy James Basin Sand & Gravel Sale BLM Completes EA for Hazardous Fuel Management in Johnson County February Oil and Gas Lease Sale Notice Available Lander BLM Plans Rangeland Management Treatments Muddy Mountain Road Closes for Winter BLM Proposes Changing Right-of-Way Rental Fees to Better Reflect Fair Market Value Record of Decision & Approved Casper RMP Available BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $13 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half BLM Employee Presented Wildlife Award JIO Newsletter Fall Edition now Available on Web & JIO Office BLM Burns Slash Piles This Winter  District Court Denies Injunction on Atlantic Rim  BLM Seeks Volunteers for the Pinedale Anticline Working Group  Top of Page November BLM Defers Offering 13 Parcels in Upcoming Oil & Gas Sale Lander BLM Offers Christmas Tree Permits Rawlins BLM Offers Christmas Tree Permits National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Celebrates the Holidays with Music BLM Holds Coal Sale Kemmerer BLM Extends Moxa Arch Energy Development Project Draft EIS Comment Period to Jan. 10, 2008 Rock Springs BLM Invites Public to Devon Drilling Projects On-site Visit Rock Springs BLM Reaches Wild Horse Gather Goal Federal Oil & Gas Sale Scheduled for Dec. 4, 2007 Rock Springs BLM Offers Christmas Tree Permits Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Work Continues on Sand Draw Prescribed Burn PAWG Cultural/Historical Task Groups Plans Jan. 7 Meeting Federal Coal Lease Sale Set for Nov. 28, 2007 in Cheyenne, Wyo. BLM Enhances Features & Look of GeoCommunicator Website DEIS Issued on Energy Transport Corridors in 11 Western States BLM Presents History of Arapaho Leader BLM Wyoming wild horse gathers set to proceed Powder River Regional Coal Team Sets Public Meeting BLM Waives Recreation-related Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day Top of Page October National Historic Trails Interpretive Center to close on Saturday, November 3, 2007 BLM Hosts Brown Bag Lunch BLM Casper Field Office Holds Small Lot Sale Buffalo resident pleads guilty to vandalism at Mosier Gulch BLM Plans Prescribed Burn Media Advisory: BLM burns slash piles on Muddy Mountain Media Advisory: BLM Buffalo Field Office Hosts Scoping Meetings Kemmerer BLM Sets Nov. 7 Meeting for the Moxa Arch Project DEIS BLM Holds Coal Sale BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Crook, Weston & Niobrara Counties Kemmerer BLM Issues Finding Of No Significant Impact for Bear Canyon Exploratory Development BLM installs artificial nesting structures along North Platte River: Structures will provide nesting habitat for Bald Eagles & Osprey PAWG Meeting Set for Oct. 25 in the Pinedale BLM Office Trail Center Returns to Winter Hours Kemmerer BLM Releases Draft EIS for Moxa Arch Energy Development Project National Public Lands Day Event To Rehabilitate Sage Grouse Habitat BLM Buffalo Field Office Seeks Input on RMP Amendment Pinedale BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Sand/Gravel Pit Expansion BLM Oil & Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $10 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Natrona, Converse, Platte & Goshen Counties BLM Pinedale Seeks Comment on Proposed EnCana Worker Camp Rawlins BLM Signs Overland Pass Pipeline Project Right of Way Grant Power Restored to BLM Kemmerer Office BLM Pinedale Begins Work on Warren Bridge Public Fishing Area Power Failure Closes BLM Kemmerer Office BLM lifts fire restrictions in Teton, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta Counties Top of Page September Hunters’ Tips Lead to Citations And Reward Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for Oct. 2, 2007 BLM Kemmerer Now Selling Firewood Permits Federal Coal Lease Sale Set for Oct. 18, 2007 in Cheyenne, Wyo. Hunter Information Available at BLM CFO Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Public Meeting in Rock Springs to Discuss Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative BLM Rock Springs Reminds Hunters of the Permanent WSA Closures Pinedale BLM Invites Public to Questar/Wexpro Drilling Projects On-site Visit in Stewart Point Area Buffalo BLM Hosts National Public Lands Day Events BLM joins Platte River Revival in celebration of NPLD BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Johnson, Sheridan, and Campbell Counties BLM Plans Prescribed Burns Throughout Bighorn Basin BLM lifts fire restrictions in Worland and Cody Field Office Areas BLM Selects New Field Manager for Rawlins Field Office BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming Fortification Creek Elk Analysis Available from BLM BFO Seismic Project Begins at Red Point BLM Kemmerer Hosts National Public Lands Day Event New Report Details Coal Resources on Federal Land in Powder River Basin Top of Page August  Lakeview Seep National Public Lands Day Event BLM lifts fire restrictions in Kemmerer Field Office Area in Lincoln County BLM to consider two additional alternatives for Pinedale Anticline Casper Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns PAWG Water Quality Task Group Meeting Set for Sept. 25 Eagle Butte West Tract Final EIS on Available BLM Releases DR/FONSI for Red Point Seismic Project BLM’s “Seeds of Success” Program Aimed at Improving Health and Productivity of Public Lands BLM Seeks Input on Motorized Travel Plan MEDIA ADVISORY:  BLM Hosts Live Broadcast on Preparation of Documents Relating to Oil and Gas Development JIO Newsletter Makes Its Debut BLM Plans September Prescribed Burn in Elk Mountain Area West of Kemmerer BLM Honors Energy Companies for Sustainable Development Practices BLM to consider sage grouse research in Powder River Basin energy development BLM Acquires 275 Acres of Land along North Platte River  BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets over $12 Million Trails Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary Beginning Thursday, August 09, 2007 Wild Horse Adoption scheduled for State Fair in Douglas Public Invited to 5 Meeting Dates Set for Kemmerer Draft RMP/EIS Nat'l Historic Trails Interpretive Center Commemorates Five Years in Casper Celebrates with free admission, special events, and re-dedication of building  Top of Page July Private & Corporate Volunteers to Help BLM Conserve Habitat Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for Aug. 7, 2007 BLM Issues Bighorn Basin Fire Restrictions BLM places partial fire restrictions in Newcastle Field Office Area Lightning Starts Camp Creek Fire Kemmerer BLM Sets Meeting Dates for Draft RMP EIS BLM Clarifies Fire Restrictions on Public Lands Red Point 3-D Geophysical Project Sheep Trail #2 Fire Update #2 BLM Schedules Wild Horse Hearing General Land Office recreated by BLM at Cheyenne Frontier Days Sheep Trail Fire Update Lightning Starts Sheep Trail Fire Cody BLM Office Holds Open House: Public invited to meet new Field Manager Mike Stewart Fire Restrictions Announced by BLM Rawlins Office BLM Kemmerer Resource Management Plan Available BLM places partial fire restrictions in Buffalo Field Office Area BLM places partial fire restrictions in Casper Field Office Area BLM invokes partial fire restrictions in Rock Springs Field Office Area BLM's Rock Springs Field Office Reduces Adoption Fee For Certain Wild Horses from July through September BLM Prepares EIS on Coal Lease Applications: Scoping meeting set for July 24, 2007 Seminoe Fire Update Seminoe Fire Reported BLM places partial fire restrictions in Kemmerer Field Office Area BLM places partial fire restrictions in Pinedale Field Office Area  OHV Fun Is Best When Users Understand Impacts Kemmerer BLM Issues EA for Bear Canyon Developmental Exploratory Project Sage Grouse Studies Available from University of Montana Researcher Top of Page June BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area Pinedale BLM Parking Lot Work Completed Rocks in Stones, LLC. Applies for Sand & Gravel Sale in Tommy James Basin Be Safe with fire and fireworks this Holiday Weekend Wild Horse Gather Planned for November Local Governments to Receive $232 million in Federal Compensation for Non-Taxable Federal Lands Kemmerer BLM Sets Its National Public Lands Day Event for Aug. 15 Two Wyoming BLM Employees Receive EPA Award Platte Pipeline Road Closed At Fifteenmile Creek BLM Announces Fireworks Areas June 28 PAWG Meeting Cancelled Trails Center hosts annual Pony Express Re-Ride: Facility offers free admission part of the day BLM Sponsors Climb to Conquer Cancer on Muddy Mountain Pinedale BLM Issues Firewood Permits Kodiak Oil & Gas Begins Drilling for Gas Well Between Four J Rim and Horseshoe Basin Proposed Casper RMP and Final EIS Available: Along with Supplemental ACEC Information BLM Seeks Public Comment on East LaBarge Project BLM Invites Public to Pinedale On-site Visit June 22 Regarding Ultra Gas Well Proposal Black Butte Coal Company Submits Successful Bid at Coal Lease Sale BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Nearly $14.2 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half BLM's Wildfire Media Guide Updated for 2007 Season BLM Receives Request To Drill In Fifteenmile Pinedale BLM Invites Public to On-site Visit June 22  Top of Page May Pinedale BLM Begins Operations in New Location on June 1 Fifth Grade “Quest” class cleans up public lands  BLM to Conduct Special Recreation Permit Audit Wild Horse Adoption Set for Sheridan, Wyo. Casper BLM Celebrates NTD with Bessemer Bend & Prospect Hill Dedication Hike the Peak Divide Trail! BLM Sponsors National Trails Day Event BLM reminds public of wildfire danger UW Conservation Corp Students Start Work on Noxious Weed Project: Students will Survey Weeds in Weston County Oil Fields Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for June 5, 2007 BLM Launches New Initiative to Connect Children and Families to Public Lands Pinedale BLM Move Delay Cancels Scheduled PAWG Meeting Rawlins BLM Releases Record of Decision: Atlantic Rim Coalbed Natural Gas Development Secretary Kempthorne Recognizes Grand Junction BLM Ranger with Valor Award Muddy Mountain Road Opens Today Wild Horse Adoption set to be held in Mitchell, Nebraska BLM Opens New Cody Interagency Dispatch Center Four Men Convicted for Killing Wild Horse BLM Evaluating an Application for Lease Modification at the Rawhide Mine Pinedale BLM Seeks New PAWG, Task Group Members National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Seeks Volunteers Pinedale BLM Office Move Delayed Pinedale BLM Invites Public to On-site Visit May 21 Chuck Otto named BLM Pinedale Field Manager  Top of Page April BLM, Wyoming DEQ Require Test of Water Wells Within the Pinedale Anticline and Jonah Fields BLM Releases Catalina Unit CBNG Produced Water Disposal Project EA for Public Comment BLM seek contractor for wild horse and burro holding, adoption and training facility Pinedale BLM Closing May 7-14 to Move In to New Offices BLM Schedules April 24 to Begin Vermillion Basin Prescribed Burn Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming Jane Darnell named Wyoming Deputy State Director of Resource Policy and Management, Mike Stewart hired as Cody Field Manager Lander BLM plans aspen regeneration treatments Pinedale BLM Extends Draft RMP/Draft EIS Comment Period BLM Opens Whistle Creek Bridge Maysdorf Coal Lease Application Final EIS Available Trails Center Prepares for Summer Season with Extended Hours and Special Events BLM Hosts Open House on Weed Treatments in Bighorn Basin Media Advisory: Secretary Kempthorne to Hold News Media Teleconference on Funding for Healthy Lands Initiative BLM Hosts Scoping meeting on Sand Hills Comprehensive Travel & Transportation Management Plan BLM Resumes Salt Wells Basin Prescribed Burn BLM Releases DR/FONSI for Hanna Draw Coalbed Natural Gas Pilot BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets nearly $5.9 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half Media Advisory: BLM burns slash piles at Hulett Fuels Reduction Site Top of Page March Pinedale BLM Hosts Resource Management Plan Revision Open Houses Rawlins BLM Issues Notice of Availability of the Overland Pass Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Draft EIS BLM Seeks Public Input on Motorized Travel Plan BLM Monitoring Survey Work in McCullough Peaks Area Whistle Creek Bridge Closed for Repairs Kemmerer BLM Analyzes Public Input to Bear Canyon Exploratory Environmental Assessment Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for April 3, 2007 BLM Prepares EIS on Coal Lease Applications: Scoping meeting set for April 11, 2007 Pinedale Anticline Working Group Cancels Its April Meeting Salt Wells Basin Prescribed Burn Set to Begin March 23 BLM Plans Prescribed Burn Jonah Interagency Mitigation and Reclamation Office Receives Second Round of Off-Site Project Applications BLM Hosts Scoping meeting on Sand Hills Comprehensive Travel & Transportation Management Plan   BLM Seeks Input On McCullough Peaks Seismic Project BLM Plans Prescribed Burns in Spring 2007 BLM Casper Field Office Sells Excess Equipment Casper BLM Hosts Scoping meeting on Muddy Mountain Coordinated Activity Management Plan BLM to Host Open Houses for Lander RMP Revision    Top of Page February BLM Rock Springs Reminds Public of Permanent WSA Closures Lander BLM Announces Scoping of a Right-of-Way Action Pinedale BLM Releases Ozone Modeling Analysis Supplement BLM Monthly Educational Series Features Wild Horses PAWG Air Quality Task Group Sets Conference Call PAWG Cultural/Historical Task Group Meets Feb. 20 BLM Seeks Input on Lander RMP DOI and State of Wyoming Announce Landscape Conservation Initiative for Southwest Wyoming DOI and State of Wyoming to Host Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Public Open Houses BLM Seeks Public Input on Effort to Revise Pinedale Land-Use Plan Pinedale BLM Extends Feb. 22 PAWG Meeting BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $5.4 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half BLM Open House Features Vegetation Treatment Projects Viva Naughton Cross Country Ski Trail is Now Open to Public BLM Concludes Winter Wild Horse Gather Top of Page January Rawlins BLM sponsors Natrona County High School OHV Debate: Top Five Winners will receive scholarships PAWG Water Quality Task Group Schedules March 2 Meeting in the Pinedale BLM BLM Removes Parcels from Lease Sales Offer BLM Releases Hanna Draw CBNG Pilot Project Environmental Assessment (EA) for Public Comment Land Exchange Proposed Between BLM and Eagle Creek Ranch: Public will gain access to 30 acres along North Platte River Pinedale BLM Sets Informal Open House Feb. 13 To Discuss PAPA Draft Supplemental EIS BLM Buffalo Field Office hosts Best Management Practices Workshop Pinedale BLM Prepares for Slash/Pile burn on Friday, Jan. 19 Pinedale BLM Extends PAPA Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period to March 15 BLM Kicks Off Monthly Educational Series Pinedale BLM Issues Mesa Seasonal Closure Mid-Winter Eagle Survey Scheduled Off-Highway Vehicle Routes To Be Identified PAWG Transportation Task Group Schedules Jan. 17 Meeting in the Sublette County Library BLM Prepares for Wild Horse Gathers in Adobe Town, Salt Wells Areas Kemmerer BLM Issues Winter Range Closures PAWG Water Quality Task Group Schedules Jan. 24 Meeting in the Pinedale BLM Jonah Interagency Mitigation and Reclamation Office (JIO) Managers Committee Meets, Approves Date for Next Round of Project Applications Powder River Regional Coal Team to Meet Top of Page