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2009 News Releases

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December BLM Buffalo Releases Augusta Unit Zeta CBNG POD Modification for Public Review BLM Concentrating on Renewable Energy Projects That Could Meet Stimulus Funding Deadline NHTIC Closes at Noon Christmas Eve Grazing Workshop Series to be held in Pinedale & Marbleton BLM Seeks comments on the North Dutch John 2D Geophysical Exploration BLM Wyoming Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Adopt a Wild Horse for the Holidays Trails Center Showcases New Exhibit, “The Sand Creek Massacre: Tragedy on the Plains” Trails Center Announces Program on the Dull Knife Fight NHTIC Holiday Hours Cody BLM Seasonal Closures Protect Wildlife Habitat BLM Oil & Gas Lease Sale Nets Almost $3 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half Top of Page November BLM Rock Springs Offers Christmas Tree Permits National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Announces Holiday on the Homestead: Free Event Provides Family Fun BLM Signs Bentonite Mining Decision Record Buffalo Field Office Holds RMP Open Houses BLM Wyoming Completes Fall Wild Horse Gathers Rock Springs Field Office Seeks Public Input on Bridger Coal Lease Smithsonian Scholars To Speak At National Historic Trails Interpretive Center New Picnic Shelter at Dry Creek Petrified Tree Environmental Education Area BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board for December 7 in Reno Muddy Mountain Road Closed for Winter BLM Will Collect $6,500 Processing Fee for Each New Oil & Gas Drilling Permit Application Trails Center Offers Free Entrance & Public Presentations on Veterans Day BLM Waives Recreation Fees for Veterans on Veterans Day Top of Page October Powder River Regional Coal Team Sets Public Meeting BLM Seeks Comment on Proposed Condensate Pipeline BLM Casper Field Office to Hold Small Lot Sale PAWG Socioeconomic Task Group Plans October 29 Meeting West Worland Community Gravel Pit Reopens PAWG Plans November 5 Meeting BLM Wyoming Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sale BLM Announces Oregon Basin Geophysical Project BLM Secures Hunting Access to Middle Fork Powder River Area Platte Pipeline Road Closed at Fifteen Mile Creek BLM burns slash piles on Billy Creek Road & Burnt Hollow BLM Hosts Open House for Bighorn Basin Resource Management Plan Trail Center Returns to Winter Hours Salazar Seeks Congressional Support for Sustainable National Program to Manage Iconic Wild Horses BLM Oil & Gas Lease Sale Nets Almost $1.5 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half Travel Management Plan Implemented in the Little Mountain Area BLM Improving Hudson Atlantic Road Top of Page September BLM reminds hunters to stay on existing roads and trails Partnership Improves Rattlesnake Butte Area PAWG Water Resources Task Group Plans October 15 Meeting West Worland Community Gravel Pit Temporarily Closed BLM Designates National Public Lands Day as a “Fee Free Day” BLM burns slash piles on Muddy Mountain NHTIC teams up with Casper College World Languages Department: Students & Faculty Translate Visitor Guide into German, French & Spanish National Wild Horse Adoption Day - Sept. 26: Horses Available at Reduced Adoption Fees Jonah Interagency Mitigation & Reclamation Office and the Pinedale Anticline Project Office Plan Sept. 29 Public Meetings BLM to Host Blood Drive BLM Graveling Bridger Pass Road PAWG Wildlife Task Group Plans October 15 Meeting BLM Plans Prescribed Burn in Early October PAWG Socioeconomic Task Group Plans September 24 Meeting Wild Horse Hearing Scheduled BLM Plans Fall Prescribed Burns PAWG Plans Sept. 24 Meeting PAWG Plans Annual Tour BLM Buffalo Field Office hosts National Public Lands Day Event BLM Reminds Hunters to Stay on Existing Roads & Trails BLM Newcastle Field Office hosts National Public Lands Day Event BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area BLM's New Fire Management Policy to Benefit Public & Private Lands BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board for September 28 in Arlington, Virginia Installation Ceremony Held for BLM Lander Field Manager Jim Cagney Top of Page August BLM Pinedale Plans Fall Burn in the Wyoming Range Mining Claim Fees Due September 1 Lander & Rawlins BLM Release Red Desert Wild Horse Gather Environmental Assessment NHTIC Brings Military History to Life with Kearny’s Frontier Regulars: Re-enactment Depicts Frontier Army and Cavalry on Campaign PAWG Wildlife Task Group Plans September 15 Meeting Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Hosts Mississippi Hotshot Crew U.S. Forest Service and BLM Officials Celebrate Wyoming Range Legacy Act At Event with Wyoming Elected Officials, BLM Announces Leasing Decisions for the Wyoming Range "Cattle Kate" Summer Evening Program at NHTIC BLM Completes Mosier Fuels EA Weston Hills Recreation Area to Reopen BLM Rock Springs Office Seeks Public Input On Land Lease for New Fire Station and Training Facility South Gillette Final EIS Available from Wyoming High Plains District Office BLM to host Horse Adoption at Wyoming Honor Farm NHTIC Closes Early Saturday for Celebrity Chef Cook Off: Public Admission Free Until 5 p.m. BLM Wyoming Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sale BLM Rock Springs Office to Host Tour of Proposed Well Site in Wild Horse Basin WSGS Releases CBNG Groundwater Monitoring Report Pony Express Re-enactment at NHTIC on August 15 BLM Pinedale Seeks Comment on Proposed Boulder Lake North Campground Improvements BLM Pinedale Seeks Comment on Proposed River Access Improvements at the New Fork - East Fork BLM Pinedale Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Jonah Geophysical Survey Extreme Mustang Makeover to be held at the Wyo. State Fair BLM Oil & Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $650,000, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half Summer Evening Program, “Tom Horn: Back from the Dead,” Featured This Saturday at NHTIC Trails Center Celebrates Oregon Statehood Sesquicentennial and 7th Anniversary Platte Pipeline Road Closed at Fifteen Mile Creek BLM Pinedale Seeking Public Input on the Proposed LaBarge Platform Infill Oil & Gas Project Top of Page July Wyoming Conservation Corps Assists BLM with Fuels Projects Firewood Permits Available from BLM Buffalo Field Office BLM Worland Releases Plan of Operations & EA for Bentonite Mining Trails Center Announces Program on the Johnson County War Trails Center Announces Patio Talks for August & September Sarah Bucklin Chosen to Attend 2009 TWS Leadership Institute BLM Pinedale Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Communication Tower BLM Buffalo Approves Augusta Unit Zeta CBNG POD EA Fires Burning in Sinks Canyon Close to Containment Boy Scouts Team-up with BLM to Install New Fire Danger Signs Public Invited to Attend Program Exploring the Train, Camera in the West Weston Hills Recreation Area Temporarily Closed Installation Ceremony Held for BLM High Desert District Manager John F. Ruhs BLM Hosts Public Forum on Recreation Business Plans PAWG Plans July 23 Meeting Trails Center Announces a Summer Evening Program: "Bessemer Bend: An Evening of History & Recreation" Trails Center Announces Summer Evening Program: "Why We Took Off Our Corsets: Is There a Curious Connection Between Undergarments & Suffrage?" JM Huber Wins BLM Best Management Practices Award Trails Center Announces Guided Hike to Tipi Rings BLM continues to collect input on route alternatives for the Gateway West Transmission Line Project BLM Suggests Family Recreation Activities BLM and Weston County School District Provide Summer Program for Upton Middle School Students BLM OHV Park Hosts Poison Spider Challenge July 11: Poison Spider OHV Park Closed for Event BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area Lander BLM Hosts Installation Ceremony: Public invited to meet new Field Manager Jim Cagney Public Invited to Attend Program: Rails and Shutters - The Train-Camera Link that transformed the American West Wright Area Draft EIS Available Ruby Pipeline Project Draft EIS Available for Public Review BLM Casper Field Office Reviews Archery Range Access Road for Natrona County Roads, Bridges & Parks Department PAWG Transportation Task Group Plans July 30 Field Trip Top of Page June Trails Center Kicks Off Summer Evening Programs Series: Glenda Bell Presents, “Calamity Jane’s Story. The Truth, Mostly…” BLM Signs Rocktober Unit Natural Gas Project Decision Record BLM Announces Adjustments to Mining-Related Location & Annual Maintenance Fees Trails Center Announces Hike at Muddy Mountain Pinedale BLM Invites Public to On-site Visit July 29 BLM Kemmerer Working on Fire Breaks Near Cokeville and Kemmerer BLM Sponsors Climb to Conquer Cancer on Muddy Mountain Fourth of July Fire Tips PAWG Transportation Task Group Plans July 2 Meeting BLM’s Wyoming State Office Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sale Trails Center Announces Morning and Afternoon Patio Talks for June and July Casper BLM Celebrates National Trails Day along North Platte River Trails Center Announces Summer Evening Program Schedule Mantle Ranch to Host Wild Horse Adoption BLM Buffalo Releases Augusta Unit Zeta CBNG POD EA for Public Comment Worland BLM Announces Fireworks Area Trails Center hosts annual Pony Express Re-Ride:  Facility offers free admission part of the day Casper Field Office Plans Prescribed Burn UW Conservation Corp Students Work with BLM on Mallo Trail BLM in Kemmerer to Offer Limited Services PAWG Cultural/Historical Task Group Plans July 1 Meeting Bighorn Basin BLM Firefighters Participate in Fitness Challenge Installation Ceremony Held for BLM Buffalo Field Manager Duane Spencer BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $1.6 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half BLM Kemmerer Seeks Comments on Exploratory Gas Well Top of Page May Trails Center Showcases Traveling Exhibit: “A View from Center Street” Historic Trails Documentary Debuts on Wyoming PBS Muddy Mountain Road Open BLM High Desert District asks for Public Input on Proposed Invasive Plant Management Plan Rock Springs BLM Seeks Comments on Desolation Road Exploratory Gas Wells Join BLM for the Peak Divide National Trails Day Hike A National Trails Day Event Opening of Muddy Mountain Road Delayed Kemmerer BLM Issues Firewood Permits BLM & USDA Study Soil Carbon Sequestration in Southwestern Wyoming Media Advisory: Prescribed Burn Planned for the Wyoming Range Buffalo Field Office Celebrates International Migratory Bird Day BLM Reminds Public of Seasonal Road Closures On Steamboat Mountain Road Installation Ceremony Planned for BLM State Director Don Simpson BLM Seeks Public Comment on Bridger Butte Wind Energy Project Cody BLM Releases EA for Rocktober Unit Natural Gas Project BLM to Extend Special Fee Incentive for Wild Horse Adoption BLM Wyoming Receives Economic Stimulus Funds PAWG Task Group Meeting Scheduled for June 4 PAWG Task Group Meetings Scheduled for May 22 & June 4 Media Advisory: BLM Plans Bathtub Springs Prescribed Burn Top of Page April Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming Worland BLM Hosts Installation Ceremony: Public invited to meet new Field Manager Karla Bird BLM Buffalo sponsors workshop on weed management Trails Center Prepares for Summer with Extended Hours and Special Events Teamwork Results in Clean-up of BLM Petroglyph Site Interagency Initiative Captures Award Pinedale BLM Seeks Public Comment on the James Gravel Pit Proposed Expansion BLM’s Wyoming State Office Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Trails Center Welcomes New Director Mike Abel: Public invited to meet Abel at April 18 Open House Volunteers Needed for Earth Day Clean-up Near Basin Pinedale BLM Seeks Public Comment on the Proposed Jonah 3D Geophysical Survey Lander BLM Issues Proposed Decisions for Green Mountain Common Allotment BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $1.5 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half PAWG Plans May 7 Meeting More PAWG Task Group Meetings Scheduled in April BLM asks for Public Input on Proposed 230 kV Powerline Federal Oil & Gas Sale Scheduled for April 7, 2009 PAWG Task Group Meetings Scheduled BLM Wyoming State Director Names High Desert District Manager Top of Page March Worland BLM Releases EA for Russian Olive Removal near Tenmile Subdivision PAWG Air Quality Task Group Plans April 7 Meeting Casper BLM Reviews Grazing Allotments Bighorn Basin RMP Scoping Report & Other Supporting Documents Now Available Trails Center Hosts Women’s History Speaker Dorene Ludwig BLM Plans Prescribed Burns Throughout Bighorn Basin Stephanie Connolly Named BLM High Plains District Manager PAWG Socioeconomic Task Group Plans March 25 Meeting PAWG Transportation Task Group Plans March 24 Meeting PAWG Plans March 26 Meeting Casper Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns BLM High Desert District Fire Zone Plans Seven Spring Prescribed Burns Worland BLM Reviews Grazing Allotments BLM to Offer Special Fee Incentive at Wild Horse & Burro Adoption: Adopt a wild horse for $25! Public Meeting in Rock Springs to Discuss Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative PAWG Water Resources Task Group Plans March 17 Meeting BLM Seeks Nominations for Pinedale Anticline Working Group Volunteers Needed for Wildlife Project Top of Page February Trails Center Hosts Children’s History Club: Participation & registration open to children in grades 2nd-5th New Temporary Women’s Exhibit at National Historic Trails Interpretive Center BLM Seeks Volunteers for Pinedale Anticline Task Groups BLM Kemmerer sends Gavin Lovell to Australia to help battle wildfires BLM’s Wyoming State Office Posts List of Proposed Parcels for Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sale Lander BLM Plans Rangeland Management Treatments, Seeks Public Comments MEDIA INVITATION: Pinedale BLM to Host Tour of Big Game Winter Range Closure BLM Oil & Gas Industry Conference Focuses on Road, Highway and Pipeline Projects Kemmerer Cross-Country Ski Trail Now Open Volunteers Count 269 Eagles in Midwinter Survey BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $2 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half Top of Page January Cordero Mining Submits Successful Bid at Coal Lease Sale BLM BFO Releases Clabaugh CBNG POD EA for Public Comment BLM investigates illegal dumping near Pinedale Trails Center Celebrates Black History Month with New Exhibit on Black Cowboys Federal Oil & Gas Sale Scheduled for February 3, 2009 Pinedale BLM Blood Drive Cancelled due to Weather Karla Bird Named BLM Worland Field Office Manager Pinedale BLM to Host Blood Drive Federal Coal Lease Sale Set for Jan. 29, 2009 BLM Proposes Changes to Initial Set of Oil Shale R, D and D Leases Secretary Kempthorne Authorizes BLM to Establish Special Offices to Expedite Development of Renewable Energy National Bird Attracts Attention During Annual Survey Draft Sand Hills Travel & Transportation Management Plan Available Don Simpson Named Wyoming State Director Energy Corridors Designated in Eleven Western States BLM Announces Second Round of Oil Shale R, D & D Leases BLM Signs ROD for Rawlins Resource Management Plan Duane Spencer Named BLM Buffalo Field Office Manager Top of Page