Press Releases

Find out what's happening in your local community. Use the map or the search and filter below to read BLM Press Releases by region.
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California, Northern California DO

BLM opening Trinity River campgrounds May 22

Image of family rafting down a swift river through a green forest.

Oregon-Washington

BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on 31 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) nationwide.

Arizona, Phoenix DO, Lower Sonoran FO

BLM signs decision for Sonoran Valley Parkway

PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) that will allow the City of Goodyear to build the proposed Sonoran Valley Parkway in Maricopa Co

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO

BLM recreation sites closed during vegetation treatment

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management will close some recreation sites near Helena for two days in May while workers spray for noxious and invasive weeds in the area.

Nevada, Elko DO

Students from Paradise, CA share lessons learned walking the California Trail

ELKO, Nev. – At California Trail Days, a teacher and his students from Paradise, Ca.

Carson City DO

BLM opening Indian Creek Campground on May 3

The Bureau of Land Management’s Indian Creek Campground, located adjacent to Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County, California, will open Friday May 3, 2019.
Idaho, Idaho Falls DO, Upper Snake FO

Egin Lakes Campground and Egin-Hamer and Stinking Springs Areas To Re-Open For Season

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – The Egin Lakes Campground and Day Use area will re-open for the season on April 27 and the area north of the Egin-Hamer road and the Stinking Springs area near the South F

Arizona, Gila DO, Tucson FO

BLM publishes proposed management plan to expand public access for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

TUCSON, Ariz.  – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the San Pe

Colorado, Northwest DO, Colorado River Valley FO

BLM approves new trails for the Crown Special Recreation Management Area

SILT, Colo.

California, California Desert DO, Barstow FO

BLM releases final environmental analysis for the West Mojave Route Network Project

Image of a jeep driving through rocky, yellow hills.

Idaho, Boise DO, Owyhee FO

BLM to burn tumbleweeds along Soda fuelbreaks

BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting the Soda Fuelbreak Prescribed Burn, in an area about five miles south of Marsing.

Nevada, Elko DO

Folk medicine, fiber arts and California Trail Days: California Trail Interpretive Center announces May programs

ELKO, Nev. – Learn about folk medicine, create a felted cell phone purse, and enjoy history brought to life at the California Trail Interpretive Center.

California, Central California DO

BLM Bakersfield seeks public comments on draft hydraulic fracturing impacts analysis

Image of a field of oil derricks.

Wyoming

BLM Wyoming releases sale notice for June 2019 oil and gas lease sale

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming State Office today released the sale notice for the June 2019 oil and gas lease sale, which includes 160 parcels totaling a

California, Northern California DO

BLM opening campgrounds, recreation sites for spring and summer seasons

Image of alpine lake with tall green trees and rocky shore.

California, Northern California DO

BLM hosting artists in residence at King Range National Conservation Area

Image of Pacific Ocean beach under a cliff shadow and wildflowers in the foreground. Photo by BLM.

Idaho, Coeur d Alene DO, Coeur d Alene FO

Camp sites at BLM’s Huckleberry Campground now available on reservation system

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho –Visitors planning a summer trip to BLM’s popular Huckleberry Campground along the St.

Wyoming, High Desert DO

BLM Pinedale to host May JIO and PAPO Boards of Directors Meetings

Pinedale, Wyo. - The Jonah Interagency Office (JIO) and Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) Boards of Directors will meet at the BLM Pinedale Field Office, May 9.

Wyoming, High Desert DO

BLM to host Pinedale Anticline annual planning meetings

PINEDALE, Wyo. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) believes partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands.

California, Northern California DO, Applegate FO

BLM will offer horses for adoption in Oakdale; incentive payments available

Image of three brown horses in a row.

Nevada, Elko DO

BLM seeks public comment on Big Ledge Environmental Assessment

ELKO, Nev.

Colorado, Southwest DO, Tres Rios FO

BLM evaluates roads and trails in Archuleta, La Plata and Montezuma counties

DOLORES, Colo. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office announced a 30-day public scoping period to initiate travel management planning efforts across app

Colorado, Southwest DO, Uncompahgre FO

Prescribed burns planned south of Montrose

MONOTROSE, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office plans to conduct prescribed fires on public lands along Government Springs Road south of Montrose thi