Press Releases

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Wyoming

BLM Rock Springs Temporarily Closes Steamboat Mountain Area to Motorized Vehicles

The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office is temporarily closing the Steamboat Mountain area northeast of Rock Springs, Wyo.

Wyoming

WLCI Local Project Development Teams Hold May Meetings

The Local Project Development Teams (LPDTs) for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) will meet at various locations in southwest Wyoming in May.

Eastern States

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse to Undergo Crucial Restoration Work In May

The Bureau of Land Management announced today that the Jupiter Light will be turned off during the month of May. The U.S.

Wyoming

BLM High Desert District Seeks Public Comments on Fourth Quarter 2017 Oil & Gas Lease Parcels

(ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.) - The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District is seeking public comments on the environmental assessment (EA) for the Fourth Quarter 2017 Notice of Competitive Oil and G

Wyoming

Volunteers Needed for Annual Cleanup at Government Draw

The Fremont County ATV Association, Rim Rock Riders 4-H Club and Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office will hold their annual cleanup of public lands at 9 a.m.

New Mexico

BLM Advisory Council to Meet in Socorro

Socorro, N.M.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM and Montana State Parks team up in celebration of Archaeology Month

BILLINGS, MT.  – April marks the time to celebrate science and history.

Montana-Dakotas

Public invited to review and comment on land selection process

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving forward on a commitment to settle a debt owed to the State of Montana for well over a century.

Colorado

BLM accepting public comments on new trail proposal

Gunnison, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Gunnison Field Office is accepting comments on a proposal to construct 20 miles of new, non-motorized trails in the Signal Peak ar

Idaho

Coeur d'Alene BLM Seeks Advisory Council Members

COEUR D’ALENE, ID-- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d’Alene District is seeking nominations for positions on i

National Office

BLM Extends Deadline for Nominations for 2017 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended to June 12, 2017, the deadline for submitting nominations for the 2017 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards.  The prior deadl

Idaho

Bureau of Land Management Reminds Shed Hunters: Egin-Hamer Closed Through April to Protect Wildlife

REXBURG, ID – Although the snow is melting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and partnering agencies want to remind the public that the popular shed-hunting area known as Egin-Hamer is stil

Idaho

4-H Trained Wild Horse Weanlings Available for Adoption

BOISE, ID – The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to a wild horse adoption event this weekend at the Idaho Horse Expo.

New Mexico

BLM to Repair Access Road to Picacho Peak Recreation Area

Las Cruces, N.M.

Utah

BLM commemorates National Trails Day with public auto tour of the California National Historic Trail

SALT LAKE CITY—To commemorate National Trails Day, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office will lead a public auto tour of the California National Historic Trail

Montana-Dakotas

Public invited to comment on mine-expansion plan

Golden Sunlight Mine
A portion o
Eastern States

BLM Eastern States to hold Online Oil and Gas Lease Sale June 22

The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) will hold its quarterly online oil and gas lease sale June 22, 2017.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM Matthews Recreation Area to close temporarily for maintenance

(MILES CITY, Mont.) – The BLM Matthews Recreation Area will be closed to the public from 6 p.m.