Press Releases

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Colorado

Firefighters planning to burn slash piles near Eby Creek

SILT, Colo.

Montana-Dakotas

Oil and gas lease sale public comment period begins

(MILES CITY, Mont.) –The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day public comment period on a Determination of NEPA Adequacy for 217 nominated oil and gas lease parcels within the Miles City Fi

Arizona

BLM prescribed burn planned in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz.

Wyoming

BLM Pinedale seeks volunteers for Bald Eagle Survey

PINEDALE, Wyo.

Nevada

BLM to conduct in Nye County Slash Pile Burns

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev.

Nevada

BLM to conduct in Eureka County Slash Pile Burns

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev.

Oregon-Washington

Vale BLM plans Cold Springs and Hog Creek wild horse gathers

VALE, OR – As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive, the Vale District announced plans to conduct a helico

Utah

BLM seeks volunteers for raptor nest surveys

MOAB, Utah – Are you interested in birds?  Like to hike?  Here’s an opportunity to do both.  The Bureau of Land Management is seeking volunteers for the annual Rapto

Idaho

Egin-Hamer closure goes into effect Jan. 1

IDAHO FALLS - What started out as an idea by local county commissioners to reopen a popular farm to market road nineteen years ago continues to be a success not just for humans, but also for winter

Oregon-Washington

Wild Horse Bait Trap Gather Planned for South Steens

Hines, Ore. -- In January 2018, the Burns District of the Bureau of Land Management will conduct a bait trap gather of wild horses within the South Steens Herd Management

Colorado

BLM Approves Plan to Improve Wildlife Habitat in Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. –The Bureau of Land Management announces a Decision Record to improve wildlife habitat in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area through vegetation treatments.

New Mexico

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument unavailable January 6

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that due to the request of Cochiti Pueblo, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable on January 6.

Montana-Dakotas

Dillon BLM releases Red Rock-Lima watershed report

(DILLON, Mont.) – The Red Rock/ Lima Watershed Assessment, the result of many months of work by specialists in the Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office, is now ready for public comment.

Montana-Dakotas

Pile burns planned for North Moccasins

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – Columns of smoke may soon be seen rising from the North Moccasin Mountains.

Wyoming

BLM Kemmerer Field Office posts annual big game winter range closures

KEMMERER, Wyo.

Colorado

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council to hold final meeting Jan. 8 in Delta

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council will hold its final meeting Monday, Jan.

Arizona

BLM recruits for summer fire jobs

SAFFORD, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District is currently recruiting applicants for summer employment during the 2018 fire season.