Public Input & Actions

Today, the Bureau of Land Management issued a public land closure notice that modifies a previous closure in Mesa County because of the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw fires. BLM issued the emergency closure to keep the public and firefighters safe while fire crews work on controlling the fires and restoring the area afterward. The areas described below will remain closed until fire managers declare the fires are controlled or BLM rescinds the order.

The Bureau of Land Management will conduct aerial herbicide applications to reduce the spread of invasive annual grasses and wildfire threat.

The Trails Center in Casper will re-open with alternative access to the facility today. BLM would like to remind the public to stay safe on the temporary loose gravel road, located north of the normal entrance.

Due to reduced wildland fire activity, the BLM issued a fire order to end the emergency closure August 15 at 12:01 a.m. for the White Mountains National Recreation Area north of Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Bureau of Land Management Lakeview Field Office has issued a decision record for a categorical exclusion.

The Twelve fire was reported the afternoon of August 6th at approximately 3:00PM and is burning roughly 18 miles west of Maybell, CO between Elk Springs and the Deer Lodge Park Road.

Stage 2 fire restrictions begin Friday, August 8,2025 for all public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office

Stage 2 fire restrictions begin August 8 for all public lands administered by the BLM Tres Rios Field Office.

The BLM Butte Field Office is seeking input on the Montana Sapphire Mining Company’s Plan of Operations to conduct placer mining on public lands on the northeast shore of Hauser Lake in Lewis and Clark County, Montana.

Stage 2 fire restrictions go into effect August 7 at 12:01 AM for all public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Little Snake Field Office within Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties.

The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper will temporarily close to the public beginning Aug. 7, 2025. Re-opening will be announced once City construction is complete.