Press Releases

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California

Wild Horses and Burros Available for Adoption in Apple Valley

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a wild horse and burro adoption on March 12, 2016 from 9:00 a.m.

Alaska

BLM Announces Major Clean-up Effort of Legacy Wells in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Using special appropriations from Congress, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska is scheduled to clean up more than 40 percent of those wells identified in BLM's 2013 Legacy Well Strategic Pl

Arizona

Brown Bag Lecture: Eastern Arizona College Students Focus on Student Conservation Efforts

BLM invites public to February 18 brown bag lecture from Eastern Arizona College students

California

BLM Hollister Field Office Gets New Name and Location

MARINA, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office, formerly the Hollister Field Office, will open for business at its new location in Marina on Feb.

California

BLM Has Camp Host Opportunities at Pit, Trinity Rivers

Opportunities to live and work on the banks of two scenic Northern California rivers are being offered by the U. S. Bureau of Land Management.

California

Birds of Prey Presentation set for March 12 in Garberville

Garberville, Calif.

Idaho

University of Idaho 4-H Clubs and BLM Partner to Showcase Wild Horse Weanlings

BOISE, ID. – On Saturday, Feb.

Idaho

BLM sets hearing on use of helicopters and motorized vehicles for wild horse management

TWIN FALLS, ID – The Idaho Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to submit comments as part of an annual statewide hearing regarding motor vehicle and helicopter use in wild horse mana

California

Temporary Closure Set for Iron Mountain Area

REDDING, Calif. -- A shooting area along Iron Mountain Road in the Keswick Area west of Redding will be temporarily closed to shooting Tuesday through Thursday, Feb.

Colorado

BLM Colorado State Office posts sale notice for May 2016 oil and gas lease sale

The Bureau of Land Management Colorado will offer four parcels totaling 6,147 acres within Archuleta and La Plata counties in the Tres Rios Field Office and two parcels totaling 813 acres within Mo

California

Secretaries Jewell, Vilsack Applaud President Obama's Designation of Three New National Monuments in California Desert

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today joined members of Congress, state and local officials, and local business and community leaders in applauding t

California

Planning 2.0: BLM Takes Major Step Toward Modernizing Planning Process, Increasing Public Involvement

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a major step as part of its Planning 2.0 initiative to modernize the agency’s planning process and increase public involvement in th

California

BLM Schedules Public Meeting on Temblors Recreation Area

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a town hall meeting in Taft to discuss management of public lands in the Temblor Mountain Range west of Taf

Nevada

BLM Nevada Announces Appointments to Councils to Advise Agency on Balanced Management of Nation's Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management announces new appointments or reappointments of members to Nevada's three citizen-based Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the agency on public land manag

National Office

Planning 2.0: BLM Takes Major Step Toward Modernizing Planning Process, Increasing Public Involvement

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a major step as part of its Planning 2.0 initiative to modernize the agency's planning process and increase public involvement in the management

Nevada

BLM Initiates Segregation near Searchlight to Facilitate Additional Analysis of Searchlight Wind Project

Las Vegas – The Bureau of Land Management announced today a segregation of lands near Searchlight to allow the agency to complete a Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statemen

California

BLM Plans Pile Burns in Kern River Valley

LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to burn piles in the Wofford Heights and Wagy Flat areas near Lake Isabella starting this week.

California

President Proposes $1.3 Billion Budget for BLM in Fiscal Year 2017

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama today requested a Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that further strengthens the Administration’s commitment to restoring and

California

Modoc-Washoe Stewardship Group Meets Feb. 25 in Cedarville

CEDARVILLE, Calif. – Topics affecting natural resources on public lands in northeast California and far northwest Nevada will be discussed, when the Modoc-Washoe Experimental

Colorado

BLM evaluating oil and gas leasing proposals for Garfield, Mesa counties

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal to offer 18,349 acres in Garfield and Mesa counties in the Nov.

National Office

BLM Announces 2016 Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Schedule

California

Halter-Gentled Mustangs, Wild Horses and Burros Available for Adoption in Angels Camp

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. – More than 20 wild horses, including animals gentled and trained to ride, will be offered for adoption Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20, at the Calave

Colorado

BLM to host open house in Craig to discuss roads and trails

CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management is hosting an open house Feb. 23 in Craig to discuss public access, routes and trails on specific BLM managed land in Moffat County.