Press Releases

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Nevada

BLM to hold geothermal lease sale September 17, 2019

Reno, Nev. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive geothermal lease sale on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019.

New Mexico, Farmington DO

BLM to Conduct Abandoned Mine Safeguarding Near Golden, New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Taos Field Office will be conducting an abandoned mine safety project near Golden, New Mexico, August 3-16, 2019.

Wyoming, High Plains DO

BLM hosts Wyoming Mustang Days at Wyoming State Fair

The Bureau of Land Management is excited to host the Wyoming Mustang Days wild horse and burro adoption event at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas on August 13 through August 16. 
Nevada, Elko DO

Build your own wagon and learn about historical travel routes that traverse Nevada: California Trail Interpretive Center announces August programs

ELKO, Nev. – Learn about the many travel routes that have crossed Nevada in the past 180 years and build your own wagon at the California Trail Interpretive Center.

Montana-Dakotas

Bureau of Land Management issues decision on Tenmile project

(HELENA, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management has issued its Record of Decision approving vegetation treatments on 968 acres of BLM lands within the 61,000-acre study area analyzed in the Tenmile

Eastern States

BLM Accepts Jurisdiction of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse

JUPITER, Fla. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southeastern States District Office recently accepted jurisdiction over the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse f

Alaska, Alaska Fire Service, Anchorage DO, Fairbanks DO, Arctic DO

BLM Rescinds Campfire Restrictions for Southcentral and Interior Alaska

ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lifted its campfire ban yesterday on all Southcentral and Interior Alaska BLM-managed public lands in response to rec

Arizona

Department of the Interior proposes withdrawal extension for Lake Roosevelt

PHOENIX — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is processing an application on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation to extend the Lake Roosevelt withdrawal.

Colorado

BLM Begins Public Scoping For Mineral Materials Sale Proposal

CAÑON CITY, Colo.

Colorado

BLM offering free firewood permits in Alpine Loop avalanche paths

GUNNISON, Colo.

National Office

BLM seeks bids for off-range corrals for wild horses and burros

WASHINGTON— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is seeking contractors to provide corral space for wild horses and burros gathered from public rangelands in

Montana-Dakotas

BLM releases sale notice for September 2019 Oil and Gas Lease Sale

(BILLINGS, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the September 2019 Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale List, which includes 12 parcels

Oregon-Washington

BLM Transfers Fire Engine to the City of Vale

Portland, Ore.

New Mexico, Albuquerque DO

BLM plans prescribed fire in Sandoval County

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Between July 31 – Aug.

Wyoming

BLM Wyoming holds successful wild horse adoption at the 2019 Cheyenne Frontier Days

CHEYENNE, Wyo. –The Bureau of Land Management and Mantle’s Wild Horses successfully found new homes for all 22 wild horses available for adoption at the 2019 Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Eastern States

BLM Eastern States State Office to hold online oil and gas lease sale September 12

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern States State Office announced July 25, 2019, that it will conduct a quarterly online oil and gas sale on September 12, 20

New Mexico

Head out to the wild horse and burro event in Coalgate, Oklahoma

NORMAN, Okla. — The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro event in Coalgate, Okla., on August 3, at the Mowdy Ranch Public Off-Range Pasture.  The ev

Nevada, Ely DO

Bureau of Land Management to gather excess wild horses near Caliente

ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that its Caliente Field Office will gather up to 100 wild horses beginning on or about July 29.  Using bait-tra

Montana-Dakotas

Fire prompts temporary closure of BLM campground north of Helena

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily closing the White Sandy Recreation Area north of Helena due to fire activity.

Colorado, Southwest DO, Tres Rios FO

BLM hosting open house in Hesperus on coal proposal in La Plata County

Dolores, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting an open house Aug.

Nevada

Record of Decision available for the Gemfield Project, Esmeralda County, Nevada

Tonopah, NV – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tonopah Field Office (TFO), has published a Record of Decision (ROD) associated with Gemfield Resources, Ltd.

Nevada, Elko DO

The California Trail Interpretive Center is open seven days a week

ELKO, Nev. – The California Trail Interpretive Center will be open seven days a week beginning Sunday, July 28. In addition to this, the Trail Center is expanding its hours.

Idaho, Coeur d Alene DO, Coeur d Alene FO

Vegetation treatments to begin in BLM’s Blue Creek Bay Recreation Area

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – Active logging operations on the Blue Creek West timber sale will begin the week of July 29.  The project addresses hazardous fuels reduction and will improve fores

Southern Nevada DO

BLM to begin emergency wild horse, water and bait trap gather in the Red Rock HMA

BLM to begin emergency wild horse, water and bait trap gather in the Red Rock HMA