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Idaho
Photo courtesy of Idaho Department of Fish & Game_herd bulls Bullwhacker feed site

Wildlife in the Wood River Valley need your help

HAILEY, Idaho—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and partners Blaine County and the cities of Bellevue and Hailey, along with the Wood River Land Trust want to remind the recreating public to be m

Idaho
A temporary closure sign limiting human access and vehicle traffic to the Stinking Springs area to protect wildlife.

Stinking Springs, Egin-Hamer areas closing to all access for winter to protect wildlife

Montana-Dakotas
Image of two oil and gas pumps.

BLM oil and gas lease sale in North Dakota nets $7,703,153

Billings, Mont. – The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 12 parcels covering 3,650

New Mexico, Las Cruces DO
Photo of Community Pit #1

BLM Las Cruces District announces blasting at Community Pit #1

Oregon-Washington
two scientists wearing goggles standing in a river holding equipment

Bureau of Land Management is hiring 100 student interns

UPDATE: Watch a presentation on how to build fe

Idaho
Smoke plume from a controlled burn performed by the Pocatello Field Office staff (Cindy McClellan, BLM).

BLM to conduct pile burns near Malad City to complete a wildlife habitat project

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

BLM accepting permit applications for off-highway races on the Parker Racecourse

The Bureau of Land Management is accepting proposals for the available Special Recreation Permits for two competitive off-highway races on the Parker Racecourse.
Rawlins FO
Rawlins Gen-Tie Line

BLM seeks public comment for proposed gen-tie electric line project

RAWLINS, Wyo.

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
Nevada
Nevada State Office

BLM oil and gas lease sale in Nevada nets $10,595.00

High Desert DO
A deer standing in deep snow

BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices announce big game winter range closures

New Mexico, Farmington DO, Taos FO
Photo of Signing Ceremony between BLM, USFS, and Ohkay Owingeh

Historic Co-stewardship Agreement Signed Between Ohkay Owingeh Tribe, Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management

Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO
Log benches and a metal picnic table sit on the bank of a river.

The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to comment on recreation fees along the Madison River Corridor

DILLON, Montana -- The Bureau of Land Management Dillon Field Office is proposing to increase and begin collection of fees at BLM recreation sites along the Madison River

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO
Group of wild horses on the Nevada Wild Horse Range

Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2024 Nevada Wild Horse Range Herd Management Area Wild Horse Gather

LAS VEGAS – On or about Dec.

Alaska
A river meanders through the golden-colored boreal forest on a clear autumn day. The mountains are visible in the distance.

BLM announces additional public meetings for supplemental analysis of Ambler Road Proposal

California
Williams Hill with wildflower blooms

The BLM Central Coast Field Office lifts seasonal fire restrictions

Wyoming
Model trains in foreground with replica town in background.

Trails Center hosts annual holiday model train display

Nevada
Artist in Residence Poster

Black Rock Desert Artist-in-Residence Program Exhibits in Winnemucca and Elko, Nevada

Battle Mountain DO, Mount Lewis FO
Fires billow smoke on a snow-covered landscape during a prescribed pile burn near Stinking Springs in the Whistler Mountains, north of Eureka, Nevada, Jan. 1, 2022.

BLM to Conduct Pile Burning Activities from December to March

Battle Mountain, Nev.

California, Northern California DO
A fire pit and picnic table in the forest

BLM has openings for volunteer camp hosts in Northern California

Nevada, Ely DO
Crop Jet Aviation, LLC, is pictured seeding the Becky Peak Fire.

Government agencies and a nonprofit work together to restore Nevada public lands

Federal and state agencies, and a non-profit conservation organization recently partnered to seed 26,000-plus acres of eastern Nevada’s burned public lands to enhance natural r

Wyoming
Pinedale Mountains

Pinedale Anticline Project Office sets deadline for 2024 project applications

PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) is soliciting project applications for potential 2024 funding.

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.

Nevada
Wild Horses on public lands.

The Black Rock Field Office to release Calico Complex mares treated with fertility control

WINNEMUCCA, Nev.