Press Releases

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Wyoming

BLM High Desert District seeks public comments on second quarter 2018 Oil and Gas lease parcels

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.—In keeping with the administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District is seeking public comments on the env

Oregon-Washington, Spokane DO

Washington: BLM Announces Partial Closure of Big Pines Recreation Site

Effective Oct. 31, the Bureau of Land Management’s Big Pines recreation site within the Yakima River Canyon will be partially closed to camping.
Wyoming

BLM plans pile burns near Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, Wyo.

Nevada

BLM seeks public comment on greater sage-grouse

RENO, Nev.

Idaho

Final public review, open houses scheduled for Hemingway-Boulders/White Clouds and Jim McClure-Jerry Peak wilderness management plans

Southeast Idaho – The Salmon-Challis National Forest (SCNF), Sawtooth National Forest (SNF) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District (IFD) are providing another opportunity for

Oregon-Washington

BLM Announces Public Meeting on Sage-Grouse

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management will host a public meeting to solicit comments and provide information on Greater Sage-grouse land management issues.

Oregon-Washington

Teaters Road open for interim access to North Fork Crooked River area

Prineville, Ore.

Colorado

BLM invites public to informational meeting on sage-grouse conservation plans

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management Colorado invites the public to attend an open house Nov.

California

BLM seeks public comment on environmental assessment for Perdito Exploration Project

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has initiated a 30-day public comment period on the Perdito Exploration Project Environmental Assessment located in Inyo Count

Arizona

BLM Releases Proposed Amendment for Recreational Target Shooting in the Sonoran Desert National Monument

PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for recreational tar

Arizona

Northern Arizona federal land managers invite public to community conversation event

Public Affairs Contacts:
USFS Coconino National Forest – Brady Smith, 928-527-3490
USFS Kaibab National Forest – Jackie Banks, 928-635-8314

Idaho

BLM to host tour of Soda Fire rehabilitation areas

BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management will conduct two public tours of Soda Fire rehabilitation treatments. The tours will take place on Nov. 3 and Nov.

Wyoming

BLM High Desert District continues Juniper Treatment on Lousy George and Currant Creek Ridge

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District plans to burn slash piles in the Lousy George and Currant Creek Ridge Juniper Project areas in the coming months.

California

BLM is 'Going to Bat for Bats'

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, invites the public to participate in the celebration of National Bat Week, from Octobe

New Mexico

Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Event in Odessa Texas

NORMAN, OK - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Odessa, Texas, on November 3-4, 2017.

Montana-Dakotas

Butte BLM prepares Holter, Hauser recreation sites for winter

BUTTE, Mont. – As the rest of the world buttons up for winter, the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office is also preparing its recreation sites for the change in seasons.

Idaho

BLM to conduct prescribed burn near Crouch

BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting the Garden Mountain Prescribed Burn, located approximately two miles northwest of Crouch, Idaho.  The burn will occur between Oc

Nevada

Public invited to tour Fallon wild horse corral

RENO, Nev. —The Bureau of Land Management will host two free public tours of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, October 27.

Idaho

BLM seeks public input on greater sage-grouse

BOISE, Id.

Wyoming

Dumpsters at recreation sites removed for the winter season

KEMMERER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will be removing dumpsters at all but one of its recreation sites during the winter season.

California

Preliminary results for wild horse deaths at BLM corrals

SUSANVILLE, Calif.

California

BLM reopens vehicle access to Panoche and Tumey Hills

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