Press Releases

BLM plans to burn slash piles across northwest Colorado this winter

The BLM is seeking public input on two draft plans to update the management of public lands and minerals in Nebraska and northeast Wyoming. This starts a 90-day public comment period.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Dry Creek Mine Expansion Project in Iron County.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Purple Sage Energy Center proposed on approximately 4,424 acres of public lands in Clark County.

BLM Utah confirms a wild horse was shot on the Onaqui HMA. A $19,000 reward is offered for tips leading to an arrest. Public urged to report info on suspicious activity to aid the investigation.

Contingent upon fuel moistures and weather, the Cody, Lander and Worland field offices will burn slash piles beginning in mid-November and into April.

MARINA, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management today approved a project to build a northern parking area and trailhead for Cotoni-Coast Dairies, a unit of the California Coastal National Monument, near Davenport in Santa Cruz County.

BLM is issuing $10 Christmas tree permits from 11/13 through 12/24 in SE Idaho.

Beginning November 15, 2024, BLM will be implementing a hazardous fuels reduction project via the aerial dispersal of herbicide.

The BLM has finalized a supplementary rule to protect public health and safety, prevent resource damage, and address recreational sporting activities, camping, travel management, and collecting of geological and biological materials in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.

The BLM and the Utah Trust Lands Administration signed a ROD to exchange state lands located within newly designated wilderness and recreation areas for Federal lands that will be of productive value to the state.

The Nov. 18-20, burn window notice is intended to give the BMDO flexibility in scheduling the prescribed fire to take advantage of favorable weather conditions.  

The Arizona Strip Field Office is offering permits to harvest Christmas trees now through December 24.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued the Record of Decision for the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP), updating management for nearly 13.3 million acres of public lands in central and northern Alaska.

The BLM opened non-commercial Christmas tree permits for sale statewide today. This annual event allows the public to harvest trees, including pinyon pine and juniper, from designated areas on public lands across Utah.

The Bureau of Land Management today announced the launch of five new public-private partnership agreements designed to place wild horses and burros into private care. These partnerships could receive up to nearly $25 million in funding over five years and help place approximately 11,000 additional wild horses and burros over and above the BLM’s existing adoption program.  

The Pinedale Anticline Project Office is soliciting project applications for potential 2025 funding. Project application information and materials can be found at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/77515/510.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposed land exchange between the BLM and the New Mexico State Land Office.

Some fire restrictions will decrease in southern Nevada on federal, state, and county public lands on Saturday, November 9, 2024. Other restrictions remain in place.

The BLM released a Final Environmental Impact Statement and proposed resource management plan amendment for the Lakeview planning area, covering 3.2 million acres of public lands in Lake and Harney counties.

On or about November 15, 2024, the Black Rock Field Office plans to begin a wild horse and burro gather on and around the Buffalo Hills Herd Management Area located near Gerlach, Nev., using the helicopter-assisted method.

The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan for public lands managed by the BLM Arcata and Redding field offices. The planning area covers 14.4 million acres in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta, Tehama, and Butte counties, including approximately 382,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands and 295,100 acres of federal mineral estate.

The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands.

The BLM will conduct a hazardous fuels mitigation project during the month of November. The BLM will spray approximately 13,000 acres of cheatgrass near the Utah/Colorado border in the desert adjacent to Interstate 70.

Bureau of Land Management recreation managers are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to fill host positions at six unique locations for the 2025 summer recreation season.