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Colorado
Photo of intern on adaptive bicycle at National Public Lands Day event

Bureau of Land Management is hiring 100 student interns

Bureau of Land Management is hiring 100 student interns
Northwest DO
photo of piles burning

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker
Northwest DO
Photo of Emerald Mountain Road Sign and snow

BLM Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Area seasonal closure

BLM Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Area seasonal closure
Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO
Throughout the year, dead wood is collected into piles. Those piles are then burned under optimal conditions in the winter months.

BLM plans two pile burns in San Luis Valley

MONTE VISTA, Colo.

National Office, California
A transmission line at sunset in southern New Mexico.

BLM to Analyze Potential Changes to West-wide Energy Corridors as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

Colorado
Elk bugling in Wyoming

BLM Public Meetings in Colorado for the Big Game Habitat Conservation Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Arizona
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM prescribed burning planned near Parker

Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Ariz., between December 2023 and March 2024 as weather and fuel conditions allow.
Rawlins FO
BLM fire crews conduct controlled burns to help reduce the potential for large-scale wildfires on Colorado ranges.

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

RAWLINS. Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office this Fall and Winter.

Southwest DO
Cutting a Christmas tree on public lands in the BLM Southwest District.

BLM Southwest District offering permits to cut your own Christmas tree

MONTROSE, Colo.

Arizona
Yuma Field Office

BLM prescribed burning planned at Mittry Lake Wildlife Area and near Walter’s Camp

YUMA, Ariz.

Arizona
AZ_KingmanOffice_Web

BLM prescribed burning planned in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District, in cooperation with Pinion Pine Fire District, Pine Lake Fire District, Mohave County P

Arizona
Yuma Field Office

BLM prescribed burning planned at Senator Wash North Shore

YUMA, Ariz.

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO
To remove the leftover fuels after thinning treatments, wood is gathered into piles and then burned during parts of the year when accidental spread is least likely.

BLM plans annual pile burns

Canon City, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns in six locations this winter.

Colorado
Map of prescribed burn

BLM plans prescribed pile burns

BLM plans prescribed pile burns
Colorado
BLM lands provide important sagebrush habitat for the Gunnison sage-grouse. Photo: Kathy Broadhead

BLM seeks public input for plan supporting Gunnison sage-grouse recovery

LAKEWOOD, Colo.

Colorado
A photo of a mule deer doe with some snow on her head.

BLM welcomes comments on draft plan for big game habitat conservation in Colorado

LAKEWOOD,

National Office
Wind turbines lined across a landscape with scattered vegetation and mountains in the background.

Biden-Harris Administration Advances 15 Onshore Clean Energy Projects with Potential to Power Millions of Homes

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — During remarks at the Western Governors Association Winter Meeting today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Interior Department is

Arizona
An array of long solar panels in the desert.

BLM seeks public feedback on proposed Ranegras Plains Solar Project in Arizona

PHOENIX — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment to inform development of an environmental analysis for the proposed Ranegras Plains Solar Project in western La Pa

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO
A BLM wildland firefighter conducts prescribed burn operations to help improve vital habitat for sensitive species in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

BLM planning prescribed burns

MONTE VISTA, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a prescribed burn at the Blanca Wetlands, approximately 11 miles northeast of Alamosa, Colo.

Arizona, Colorado River DO
Arizona Colorado River District Office

BLM seeks public comment on proposed Lake Havasu Field Office vegetation management plan

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. 

Arizona, Colorado River DO
AZ_KingmanOffice_Web

BLM prescribed burning planned in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz.

Colorado
Arkansas River in Canon City

Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council to Meet in November

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the BLM’s Royal Gorge Field Office on Nov. 9, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. MST.

Northwest DO
Fire fighter tending to a prescribed burn

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns near Douglas Mountain and Juniper Mountain

Craig, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management is planning two pile burns this winter within the Little

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO
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Notice of Public Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council, Colorado

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council (RAC) is announcing its 2023 fall meeting.
Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO
Firefighters conduct a prescribed burn to help reduce fuels that contribute to the severity of wildfires.

BLM planning annual prescribed burns

CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management is preparing two prescribed burns, scheduled to take place between October, 2023 and April, 2024.