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2012 News Releases

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December BLM Rawlins Schedules Open House Meeting and Extends Comment Period on Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Project Expansion BLM Buffalo Releases Programmatic EA for Crazy Cat Project Area BLM Plans Tokewanna Prescribed Fire Partnership Will Improve Water for Wild Horses, Wildlife Public Lands Foundation Honors Kemmerer Field Office Partners Fossil Island Golf Course Cross-Country Ski Trail Now Open BLM Kemmerer Seeks Comments on Uinta County Livestock Trailing Fourth Graders Invited to Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility Field Trip BLM Worland’s Operation RESPECT a Success This Hunting Season BLM Reminds Miners to File Notice of Intent to Hold by December 31, 2012 BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Fremont Lake Road Improvements BLM's first ecosanctuary is up and running BLM Pinedale Seeks Volunteers for Bald Eagle Survey BLM Kemmerer Closes Big Game Winter Range Areas Volunteers Needed for Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey North Platte River Recreation Area Management Plan Public Meeting Scheduled Comment Period Extended for Gas Hills Uranium Project Draft EIS BLM Pinedale Field Office Land Closures Protect Big Game BLM RFO Seeking Comment on 1.1 Million Acre Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Project Expansion BLM to Issue a Supplement to the Draft Bighorn Basin RMP BLM Burns Slash Piles in the Bighorn Mountains BLM Releases Decision for Bait Trapping in McCullough Peaks Herd November Deadline Extended for Public Comments on Sublette Mule Deer Mitigation Project  Public Lands Foundation Honors Luke Lynch, Wyoming State Director, The Conservation Fund BLM Offers Christmas Tree Permits for Sale BLM Casper Releases FONSI and DR for Spearhead Ranch EA, Highland Loop Road EA, and East Converse EA Trails Center Announces Holiday on the Homestead BLM Holds Public Meeting for East Fork Elk Winter Range Mineral Withdrawal Extension JIO and PAPO Boards of Directors to Meet BLM Seeks Public Input on the Gas Hills Uranium Project Draft EIS All aboard! Central Wyoming Model Railroad Association Presents Christmas Show at the Trails Center Nominations are Still Being Accepted for BLM Resource Advisory Council  BLM Launches Scoping on Proposed Adobe Town/Salt Wells Creek Wild Horse Gather BLM Cody's Gretchen Hurley Receives National Service Award Proposed Parcels for February Oil and Gas Lease Sale Posted BLM Oil and Gas Sale Nets Nearly $3.7 Million BLM HDD Plans Prescribed Fires Trails Center Partners with Casper College; Presents Temporary Exhibit, "Shifting Landscapes: Wyoming" BLM HDD Fire Season Draws to a Close BLM Seeking Comment on May 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Parcels Environmental Assessment North Lander Wild Horse Gather to Begin This Weekend October BLM Buffalo, Casper and Newcastle Offices Lift Fire Restrictions BLM Rock Springs Scoping on Monell Arch Oil and Gas Development Project  Public Meetings Scheduled for Rock Springs Travel and Transportation Management Plan  BLM Acting Director Mike Pool Presents Third Annual Director’s Awards to Employees for Extraordinary Public Service BLM Seeks Comments on Bait Trapping in McCullough Peaks Herd BLM Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility Temporarily Closed for Adoptions  Fortification Creek RMPA Monitoring Meeting Scheduled BLM Worland Issues Decision for Hot Springs County Bentonite Project BLM Seeks Input on East Fork Elk Winter Range Mineral Withdrawal Extension Public Comment Sought on Proposed Sublette Mule Deer Mitigation Project; Field Tour and Public Meeting Scheduled BLM Cody and Worland Lift Fire Restrictions Volunteers Help BLM Rock Springs Clean Up White Mountain BLM High Desert District Lifts Fire Restrictions BLM Pinedale Postpones Wildlife Annual Planning Meeting Salazar Authorizes Landmark Wyoming Wind Project Site, Reaches President's Goal of Authorizing 10,000 Megawatts  of Renewable Energy BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Council Lost Creek Uranium Project Record of Decision Available Improvements Made at Canyon Creek on National Public Lands Day Johnny Behind the Rocks Improved on National Public Lands Day BLM Announces Tentative Fall-Winter Wild Horse and Burro Gather Schedule Wind River Reservation Youth Crew and BLM Benefit from 2012 Summer Youth Program BLM and Lovell Scouts Clean Up Public Land BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Reminds Public Land Users of Fire Restrictions BLM Pinedale Hosts Wildlife Annual Planning Meeting Pinedale Anticline Working Group to Meet Top of Page September Wilderness Investigations Workshop Offered BLM Issues Decision on Mesa Habitat Improvement Project BLM-managed Lands Contributed $130 Billion to the U.S. Economy in FY 2011 Public Lands Commemoration Forum to be Streamed Live BLM Rawlins and Rock Springs Lift Fire Restrictions Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set for October Muddy Mountain NPLD Event Postponed Public Input Requested on Right-of-way Application Public Land Withdrawal for BLM High Desert District/Rock Springs Field Offices  BLM High Plains District Office Reminds Public Land Users of Fire Restrictions on Public Lands BLM Worland Seeks Input on Bentonite Mine and Reclamation Plan Trails Center Offers Free Admission in Celebration of National Public Lands Day Casper Needle Guild Presents 10th Anniversary Quilt to the Trails Center Celebrate National Public Lands Day at Canyon Creek with the Worland Field Office BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project Public Meeting Scheduled BLM Casper Releases Three EAs for Converse and a small portion of Niobrara Counties Celebrate National Public Lands Day with the Lander Field Office 2012 Mustang Versatility Trail Ride Buckle Series Boasts Biggest Season Hunting on Public Lands This Season? Make it a Safe and Enjoyable Experience PAPO Sets Project Application Deadline BLM Plans Little Red Creek Prescribed Fire BLM Joins Platte River Revival in Celebration of NPLD BLM Pinedale Installs Lander Road Interpretive Signs BLM Announces Winner of 2012 Rangeland Stewardship Award BLM Seeks Public Comment on Mesa Habitat Improvement Project Environmental Assessment BLM Makes Progress on Elk Butte Wildfire BLM Rawlins Seeking Comment on Atlantic Rim Doty Mountain Project  BLM Fighting Elk Butte Wildfire Installation Ceremony Planned for BLM Kemmerer Field Manager BLM Releases Decision for North Lander Complex Wild Horse Gather BLM Pinedale Issues Anticline Electrification Decision BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area Top of Page August BLM Extends Deadline for Private Land Wild Horse Ecosanctuary Proposals Statewide Hearing Scheduled on Helicopter/Motorized Vehicle Use in Wild Horse Management South Gillette Area Maysdorf II ROD Available from Wyoming High Plains District Office BLM Rawlins Issues Decision on Deerwood Ranch Wild Horse Ecosanctuary Alkali Area Two-Track Temporarily Closed BLM Cody Seeks Volunteers for National Public Lands Day Event "Taking the Measure of the Land" on Display at Trails Center Trails Center Returns to Regular Hours BLM Kemmerer Releases Carter Lease Allotment Proposed Decision Celebrate National Public Lands Day with the Rock Springs Field Office Mustang Days Wild Horse Competition and Adoption a Huge Success Hunters Urged to Avoid Burned Areas in the Ferris and Seminoe Mountains BLM Seeks to Improve the Visitor Experience at the Weston Hills Recreation Area BLM Kemmerer Holds Successful National Public Lands Day Event Lost Creek Uranium Project Final EIS Available  Buffalo Field Office Partners with Wyoming Conservation Corp and Devon Energy for Preservation, Restoration and  Education in the Powder River Basin Wild Horse Adoption at Wyoming Honor Farm Draws Near BLM Improves Duck Swamp Interpretive Area Public Invited to Celebrate National Public Lands Day BLM Worland Seeks Input on EA for Hot Springs County Bentonite Project Aggressive Interagency Initial Attack Helps Control the Ponds Wildfire  Wyoming Mustang Days Fast Approaching Mustangs Adopted at Cheyenne Frontier Days Presentation Examines Harp Traditions From Around the World BLM and Partners Make Progress on Sheep Park Wildfire Trails Center Foundation Presents: Celebrity Chef Cook-Off Proposed Parcels for November Oil and Gas Lease Sale Posted BLM and Partners Fighting Sheep Park Wildfire BLM Oil and Gas Sale Nets More Than $6 Million BLM Cody Releases EA for Bentonite Mining Trails Center Offers Free Musical Performance by Riders In The Sky BLM and Wyoming Honor Farm to Host Wild Horse Adoption BLM Makes Progress on Ferris Fire BLM Continues to Fight Ferris Fire BLM Increases Efforts on Ferris Fire Volunteers Needed for National Public Lands Day Event Volunteers Needed for Holden Hill Recordation Nominations Sought for Pinedale Anticline Working Group Top of Page July BLM Announces Mining Claim Fee Deadlines and Assessments BLM Makes Progress on Bear Mountain Complex: Carbon County Road 351 Now Open Trails Center Presents Braided Rugs Workshop BLM Issues Interim Final Rule Regarding Placer Mining Claim Maintenance Fees BLM Requests Motorists Avoid Carbon County Road 497 due to Ferris Wildfire  BLM Fighting Ferris Wildfire Wyoming Wild Horses to be Featured at State Fair’s Mustang Days Youth Group Enjoys Work and Play at BLM Lander Campgrounds Lessons from Nature: Trails Center Encourages Families to Spend Time Outdoors BLM Pinedale Seeks Range Technician BLM Releases Deerwood Ranch Wild Horse Ecosanctuary EA  Pinedale Anticline Working Group Holds Meeting and Field Tour BLM Continues to Fight Seminoe Wildfire BLM Seeks Comments on EA for Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Portion of February 2013 O&G Lease Parcels  BLM Seeks Comments on EA for High Plains District Portion of February 2013 O&G Lease Parcels BLM Kemmerer Invites Public to National Public Lands Day Event BLM Fighting Seminoe Wildfire  Save the Dates for National Public Lands Day BLM Holds Annual Planning Meeting for Air, Water, and Socioeconomics BLM Acquires 398 Acres of Land along North Platte River Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Development Review Team Meeting Scheduled  Trails Center Presents Edible Homestead Workshop Trails Center Celebrates Pioneer Days and 10th Anniversary Enter Your Wild Horse in Wyoming Mustang Days Competition! Wild Horses Available for Adoption at Cheyenne Frontier Days BLM CFO Plans to Establish Fees for Trapper’s Route and Muddy Mountain BLM Lander Seeks Input on Bridger Mountain Area Allotments BLM Seeks Nominations for the Pinedale Anticline Working Group BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area BLM Kemmerer Closes Fontenelle Creek Campground and Boat Ramp Weekend Volunteers Wanted to Assist with BLM Survey BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Billy Creek Area BLM Releases Preliminary EA for North Lander Complex Wild Horse Gather BLM Issues Decision on Longshot Gas Well BLM Pinedale Issues Fire Restrictions in Sublette County BLM Rock Springs Issues Fire Restrictions in Sublette, Lincoln and Fremont Counties BLM Releases Final Environmental Impact Statements Fire Danger is High for the 4th of July BLM Seeks Input on Bait Trapping for McCullough Peaks Herd  Trails Center Patio Talks Now Held Indoors BLM Announces Grasshopper Treatments in Johnson County BLM Cody, Lander and Worland Issue Fire Restrictions BLM Hosts Installation Ceremony—Public Invited to Meet New Worland Field Manager Becky Spurgin  Upper Bee Wildfire Nears Full Containment Salazar Announces Onshore, Offshore Wind Energy Milestone BLM Cody Releases EA for Bentonite Mining Top of Page June Upper Bee Wildfire 75 Percent Contained BLM and Forest Service Issue Fire Restrictions Trails Center Presents Family Workshop on How to Make Pemmican BLM Seeks Comments on Additional Information for Sage-Grouse Analysis BLM Announces Fire Restrictions in Sheridan, Johnson, and Campbell Counties Firefighters Make Progress on Upper Bee and Otter Creek Wildfires BLM Places Partial Fire Restrictions in Crook, Niobrara, and Weston Counties North Porcupine Coal Lease Sale Winning Bid Over $793 Million BLM Announces Amended Fire Restrictions in Natrona, Converse, Goshen, and Platte Counties Firefighters Continue to Battle Ten Sleep Area Fires Trails Center Celebrates NLCS Anniversary with Guided Hike at Independence Rock Wild Horses Find Homes at BLM and Mantle Ranch Wild Horse Adoption BLM Worland Announces Fireworks Area BLM Fighting Two Wildfires South of Ten Sleep BLM Kemmerer Continues "Seeds of Success" in 2012 Trails Center Announces Summer Evening Programs BLM Kemmerer Sponsors Utah Conservation Corps Crews Bureau of Land Management Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Extreme Fire Danger: BLM Urges Caution BLM Kemmerer Issues Fire Restrictions in Uinta and Sweetwater Counties BLM Fire Prevention Order for Uinta and Sweetwater Counties BLM Announces Public Review of Plan of Operations for the North Fork Bentonite Mining BLM Extends Fire Prevention Order to Laramie and Sweetwater Counties BLM Issues Fire Prevention Order for Carbon and Albany Counties BLM Places Partial Fire Restrictions in Natrona, Converse, Goshen, and Platte Counties Public Meeting Planned for Boulder Landscape and Transportation Plan Trails Center Presents Program: “Overland and Waterways” Rugwell Named New BLM Wyoming Associate State Director Willow Wildfire Nears Containment High Fire Danger: BLM Urges Caution During Fire Season Trails Center Presents 1800s Games Workshop NHTIC Announces Summer Stewardship Program: Flowers. Flowers. Everywhere. Trails Center Announces Patio Talks on Pioneer and Wyoming History BLM Announces Public Review of Nichols Ranch Uranium ISR Mining Project Trails Center Hosts Annual Pony Express Re-ride Water Back On at Five Springs Falls Campground 2012 Mustang Versatility Trail Ride Buckle Series is on the Move!  Fifteen Mile Road Speed Limit Signs Installed Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set for July Trails Center Announces Spring Wildflower Hike on Muddy Mountain BLM and OHV Alliance Plan Torchlight Cleanup Day BLM and Mantle Ranch to Host Wild Horse Adoption Volunteers Search for Historic Trail Routes on National Trails Day BLM Offers Reward for Information on Archaeological Site Looting Near Cody BLM Rock Springs Withdraws Public Land to Protect Parting of the Ways Historic Site  BLM Fighting Bennett Wildfire Top of Page May Trails Center Presents Pioneer Scrapbooking Workshop BLM Seeks Public Comment on Weston Hills Travel and Transportation Management Plan Trails Center Presents Temporary Art Exhibition: “Oregon Trail” Water Shut Down at Five Springs Falls Campground BLM Kemmerer Asks Public to Avoid Reclamation Areas Federal Coal Lease Sale Set for June 28 Muddy Mountain Road Opens Wild Horses Find Homes at Wyoming Honor Farm Adoption Salazar Highlights 11 Projects in Midwestern and Southern States as America’s Great Outdoors Rivers BLM reminds public of wildfire danger Buffalo Field Office Announces June Events BLM Seeks Public Comment on Anticline Electrification Environmental Assessment BLM Cody Releases EA for Bentonite Mining Active Duty Military Offered Free Annual Pass to All BLM Public Lands Pinedale BLM Releases Hydrogeologic Data Gaps Report for the Pinedale Anticline Join BLM Cody and Nez Perce Trail Foundation for National Trails Day Event South Porcupine Coal Lease Sale Winning Bid Over $446 Million BLM Pinedale Field Office Plans Upper Billies and Camp Creek Prescribed Fires  Join the BLM in Social Media! Wild Horse Adoption May 18-19 at Wyoming Honor Farm BLM Rawlins Field Office Seeking Comment on the Juniper Ridge Uranium Project  BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Mobile Asphalt Plant BLM Issues Updated Guide for Cooperating Agencies BLM Wyoming Posts List of Proposed Parcels for August 7, 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Seeks Comments on Draft EA for November 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Parcels Pinedale Anticline Working Group Field Trip and Meeting Agenda Available Rogers Canyon Resource Protection and Public Access Plan Scoping Extended  Trail Center Returns to Seasonal Hours BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets over $9 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half BLM Pulaski Award Shared with Fremont County Firefighting Partners Top of Page April BLM and Wyoming Honor Farm to Host Wild Horse Adoption Spirit Mountain Cave Temporarily Closed BLM Rawlins Field Office Seeking Comment on the Lost Creek Uranium Project  BLM Kemmerer Seeks Public Comment on Special Recreation Permit BLM and OHV Alliance Plan Red Lake Cleanup Day Secretaries Vilsack and Salazar Announce Readiness For Wildfire Season Pinedale Anticline Working Group to Meet BLM Lander Seeks Public Comments on Woodland Fuels Project BLM, Washakie County and Students Partner on Big Horn River Island BLM Invites Public Comment on Proposed Green River Land Sale  BLM High Desert District Firewood Permits Available Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices Lift Winter Range Closures BLM Cody Releases EA for McCullough Peaks Special Recreation Permits JIO and PAPO Boards of Directors to Meet Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee Signs Whitebark Pine Agreement and Welcomes BLM to the Committee BLM Buffalo Field Office to Revamp Weston Hills Recreation Area: Wyoming Conservation Corps and Devon Energy Join in April 20 Clean Up BLM Rawlins Schedules Visual Resources Scoping Meetings  Buffalo Field Office Hosts Lek Viewing Field Trip for Residents of Veteran's Home of Wyoming Rescheduled Public Scoping Meeting on Rogers Canyon Resource Protection and Public Access Plan  BLM Rawlins Launches Visual Resources Scoping and Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Documentation  Secretary Salazar Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Council  Public Scoping Opens on Rogers Canyon Resource Protection and Public Access Plan    BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Adaptive Management  BLM Worland Releases Doc Holliday Road EA BLM Urges Caution with Fire BLM Begins Scoping on Remediation Plan in Natrona County BLM Trains Firefighters for 2012 Season Join the BLM and Lander Cycling for a Workday at Johnny Behind the Rocks BLM Rock Springs Launches Scoping on Bridger Coal Lease Modifications  BLM Initiates Public Scoping on Proposed Wild Horse Ecosanctuary Top of Page March BLM Initiates Marking Pen Creek Prescribed Fire BLM High Desert District Plans Spring Prescribed Fires Volunteers Count 306 Eagles during 2012 Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey BLM Rawlins Closes Hartt Cabin Draw Road for Public Safety   BLM Issues Preliminary Determination for Visibility Milestone Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Development Review Team Meeting Scheduled    BLM Casper Releases FONSI/DR for Pinnacle Materials Douglas Quarry PAPO Seeks Public Comments on Project Proposals  BLM Plans Prescribed Burns Throughout Bighorn Basin BLM Burns Slash Piles on Billy Creek Road and Powder River Properties BLM Releases Public Comments on Transmission Project BLM Rawlins to Host 2012 Industry Government Conference    Top of Page February South Porcupine Coal Lease Sale Bid Rejected Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set for March BLM Congratulates Partners in Sommers-Grindstone Conservation Easement Award Trails Center Announces California Gold Rush Presentation BLM Selects Proposed Wild Horse Ecosanctuary on Private Land for Environmental Review BLM Announces Public Meetings on Potential Environmental Impacts of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development BLM High Desert District Wild Horse Drawing Winners Announced  Pinedale Anticline Project Office Seeks Public Comments on Draft Wildlife Monitoring and Mitigation Plan BLM Pulaski Award Shared with Thermopolis Firefighting Partners BLM Continues Efforts for Mule Deer and Other Wildlife Trails Center Kicks Off Knitting Exhibit with Demonstrations, Programs BLM Seeks Input on Proposed Wild Horse Gather in North Lander Complex BLM Sets Slate Creek Allotment Management Plan Public Meeting BLM Cody’s Jack Mononi Receives National Awards “Wyoming Knits! Contemporary Knitting in the Cowboy State” National Forests Added and Comment Period Formally Extended on Planning for Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets over $22 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Nearly Half BLM Worland Releases Grazing Permit Renewal EAs Comment Period for Greater Sage-Grouse Scoping Extended by BLM and Forest Service BLM Seeks Comments on EA for High Plains District Portion of August 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Parcels BLM Seeks Comments on EA for Wind River/Bighorn Basin District Portion of August 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Parcels Vote for Your Favorite Wild Horse Drawing at the BLM High Desert District Office    Rock Springs Wild Horse Adoption Huge Success–24 Mustangs Find New Homes! BLM Pinedale Field Office to Hold Annual Planning Meeting for Development BLM Lander Seeks Input on Bison Basin Development Wright Area North Hilight Field ROD Available from Wyoming High Plains District Office BLM Cody Hosts Open House for Proposed Beck Lake Mountain Bike Trail Right-of-Way BLM Wyoming Posts List of Proposed Parcels for May 1, 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Sale  BLM Hosts Gateway West Sage-Grouse Public Information Meetings in Wyoming and Idaho Trails Interpretive Center Hosts Candle Dipping Workshop BLM Casper Releases EA for Pinnacle Materials Douglas Quarry  January Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Welcomes New Team Lead Viva-Naughton Cross-Country Ski Trail Now Open BLM Extends Deadline for Nominations for Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards BLM Issues Decision on Fifteen Mile Road Speed Limit Federal Coal Lease Sale Set for February 29, 2012 BLM Rock Springs Issues Decision on Table Rock Oil and Gas Development BLM Burns Slash Piles on Billy Creek Road and Powder River Properties BLM Issues Decision on Exploratory Well North of Dubois Trails Center Celebrates Black History Month with an Exhibit on Black Cowboys BLM Kemmerer Field Office Seeks Public Input on 3D Geophysical Project BLM Seeks Nominations to Pinedale Anticline Working Group Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility Reopens with Expanded Adoption Event   BLM & Forest Service Schedule Public Meetings on Sage-Grouse Conservation Trails Center Announces Temporary Closures Rock Springs Resource Management Plan Revision Final Scoping Report Available PAPO Seeks Proposals for Mesa Fertilization Monitoring BLM Cody Field Office Wins National Wild Turkey Federation Award Washakie County and BLM Hold Cooperating Agency Meeting Pinedale Anticline Working Group to Meet Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set Office of Surface Mining, Bureau of Land Management Schedule Meetings with Stakeholders on Proposed Consolidation BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Power Line: Informational Open House Planned Trails Center Hosts Cornhusk Doll Workshop Seasonal Closures Protect Wildlife Top of Page