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Kremmling FO

BLM Kremmling Field Office planning prescribed burns

KREMMLING, Colo.

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO

BLM plans nine burns in southeastern Colorado

CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns in nine locations this winter.

Colorado

BLM Colorado Public Room holiday closures

National Office
Deer in hill in Wyoming with background of snowy mountains

Bureau of Land Management Releases Policy to Support Habitat Connectivity on Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management released a new policy today designed to protect connections between habitats for fish, wildlife, and native plants, preserving the ability of wildlife to migrate between and across seasonal habitat, a concept known as habitat connectivity. The Bureau of Land Management released a new policy today designed to protect connections between habitats for fish, wildlife, and native plants, preserving the ability of wildlife to migrate between and across seasonal habitat, a concept known as habitat connectivity. The policy will support the BLM’s ongoing partnerships with states, Tribes and diverse stakeholders aimed at meeting 21st century conservation challenges.
Arizona, Upper Colorado River DO

BLM to conduct prescribed burning near Parker

Lake Havasu City, Ariz. –The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Arizona, between November and March, as weather and fu

Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM to conduct prescribed burning in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz.–The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near the communities of Atherton Acres, Pine Lake, Hualapai Mountain Park, Ge

National Office

BLM Requests Public Input on Revised Greenhouse Gas Leasing Analysis

WASHINGTON – To ensure consistency in responding to court challenges to greenhouse gas emissions analysis in its leasing program, the Bureau of Land Management has released an updated env

Southwest DO

BLM Southwest District Resource Advisory Council to meet in December

Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM prescribed burning planned at Senator Wash North Shore

YUMA, Ariz.

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO

BLM planning prescribed burn

MONTE VISTA, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Piceance-East Douglas Wild Horse Adoption Event in Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Colo.

Colorado

BLM announces new manager for McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas

Southwest DO

Animas City Mountain prescribed burn in Durango postponed for 2022

California, California Desert DO
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BLM announces completion of Crimson Energy Storage Project

Colorado
BLM fire crews conduct controlled burns to help reduce the potential for large-scale wildfires on Colorado ranges.

BLM planning annual prescribed burns: Fire crews prepare two sites northwest of Cañon City

CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management is preparing two prescribed burns, scheduled to take place between October, 2022 and April, 2023.

Southwest DO

BLM to open a 30-day public comment period on vegetation management project encompassing over 90,000 acres of public land in the Gunnison Field Office

Colorado

BLM Seeks Nominations to the Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Southwest Resource Advisory Councils

Denver, Colo.,- The Bureau of Land Management t

High Desert DO

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

Depending on fuel moisture and burn conditions, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District may conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office and associated

National Office
Professional headshot of new Director of National Operations Center H. Thomas Workman

Retired U.S. Navy Captain H. Thomas Workman Named Director of BLM National Operations Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced today that H.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO

BLM/Honor Farm fall adoption places 39 wild horses & burros

RIVERTON, Wyo. – Happy adopters will head into fall with wild horses and burros won at last weekend’s Bureau of Land Management/Wyoming Honor Farm wild horse and burro adoption.

Colorado

BLM and partners to host multiple National Public Lands Day volunteer events in western Colorado

Colorado

BLM Colorado Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in September

Wyoming

BLM Wyoming holds two successful Mustang and Burro Shows at Wyoming State Fair

Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM approves Bouse and Cactus Plain Travel Management Plan

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management Lake Havasu Field Office has issued a decision record approving the Bouse and Cac

National Office
An orphaned well in Grand County, Utah

BLM Announces $1.1 Million in Contract Awards to Plug Orphaned Wells in Utah and California

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bureau of Land Management today announced two contract awards for work to clean up orphan well sites in Utah and California to restore public lands and improve publ