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Oregon-Washington, Coos Bay DO, Medford DO, Northwest Oregon DO, Roseburg DO
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Apply now for project funding in western Oregon

Portland, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management has funding for projects that maintain and improve public lands across western Oregon.

National Office, New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Rio Puerco FO
Photo of Placitas

BLM proposes new protections in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Nevada
Group photo of saddle-started wild horses and trained burro offered at the NNCC February 24, 2024 adoption event.

Bureau of Land Management and Northern Nevada Correctional Center announce a wild horse and burro adoption event for February 24, 2024

Nevada
Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.

Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 East Pershing Complex Wild Horse Gather

Oregon-Washington, Spokane DO
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Join the San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee

Spokane, Wash.

Colorado
A group of volunteers at the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area

BLM Colorado’s Volunteer of the Year award presented to Chris Brandt for his work in the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area

SILT, Colo.

Utah
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BLM seeks public comment for May 2025 oil and gas lease sale in Utah

The Bureau of Land Management Uta

New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Socorro FO
Prescribed Burn in Rio Puerco

BLM Plans Prescribed Burn in Socorro County

SOCORRO, N.M.

California, Central California DO
Dirt bike on a dusty trail

BLM Ukiah Field Office seeks public input for off-highway vehicle grants

Oregon-Washington, Medford DO
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BLM to host conifer mortality field trip in Applegate Valley on March 1

Medford, Ore. — The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a public field trip to see ongoing conifer mortality in Southwest Oregon.

Eastern States, Southeastern States DO
Four tan colored horses running over sagebrush.

BLM Hosting Wild Horse and Burro Event in Jackson, Miss. Feb. 22-24

FLOWOOD, Miss.— The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangela

Oregon-Washington, Medford DO
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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Accepting Artist-in-Residence Applications

MEDFORD, Ore. — Do you want to spend two weeks creating art in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument?

California, Central California DO
A dirt boke descends a hill with snow capped mountains in the background.

BLM and Inyo National Forest seek public input for off-highway vehicle grants

New Mexico, Rio Puerco FO, Farmington FO
Photo of an Oil Rig in New Mexico

BLM seeks comment on additional analysis of 2020 oil & gas lease sales in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land M

Upper Colorado River DO, Northwest DO
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BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in February

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in February
California, California Desert DO
A dirt bike descends a sandy hill

BLM California Desert District seeks public input on 2024 off-highway vehicle grant proposals

National Office
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BLM seeks comment on mine permitting metrics

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law directs Bureau to update processes to support critical mineral development
Arizona, Gila DO, Safford FO
A BLM firefighter walks along a road, with flames are seen in the woods on the same side of the road during a prescribed burn.

BLM to conduct prescribed fire at Guthrie Peak communications site

The Safford Field Office and Gila District Fire Management Program will conduct a one-day prescribed fire at the Guthrie Peak communications site between mid-February and the end of March.
Arizona, Phoenix DO, Hassayampa FO
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BLM plans prescribed burns in Yavapai County

PHOENIX — The Bureau of Land Management’s Phoenix District is planning prescribed burning operations to burn cut and piled brush from public lands in Yavapai County near Skull Vall

Arizona, Colorado River DO, Lake Havasu FO
A blue truck drives through the dirt.

BLM announces temporary closure and restrictions of public lands for the Legacy Racing Event off-highway vehicle race events

The Lake Havasu Field Office announces the temporary closure and restrictions for Legacy Racing Event off-highway vehicle race events.
Idaho
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BLM asks the public to temporarily avoid Discovery Hill River Bluffs Road near Salmon

SALMON, Id

Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO
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Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on Horse Ridge Recreation Area Non-Motorized Project

Prineville, Ore. — The Bureau of Land Management is opening a 30-day public scoping period today to seek input on the Horse Ridge Recreational Area Non-Motorized Project.

California, Northern California DO
A dirt bike at the top of a high desert peak.

BLM to hold virtual public meetings to discuss OHV grant funds in northern CA

New Mexico
Picture of solar panels in desert setting.

BLM hosts public meeting in Albuquerque to discuss progress to catalyze solar energy development throughout the West

Nevada, Ely DO
BLM Wild Horse and Burro Specialist Ben Noyes illustrates the impacts of herd overpopulation through the use of sponge-rubber horses and burros and bite-size candy bars.

BLM specialists share jobs with Duckwater Shoshone Elementary School students

Placing on the table before him an increasing number of toy horses and burros behind a finite number of bite-size candies, Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Specia