Press Releases

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Wyoming

Wyoming February 2016 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Postponed Due to Snowstorm

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office has postponed its quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for today, Feb. 2, 2016, due to a severe snowstorm in the area.

Colorado

Southwest Resource Advisory Council Oil and Gas Sub-group to meet Feb. 11

MONTROSE, Colo.—The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council Oil and Gas sub-group will meet Thursday, Feb.

Colorado

BLM Uncompaghre Field Office Accepts Comments for the 2016 Special Recreation Permits Applications

MONTROSE, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 21 Special Recreation Permit applications, including six new application

Wyoming

Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting Postponed

The Wyoming Resource Advisory Council scheduled for Feb. 3-5, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, was postponed due to weather conditions and road closures.

Nevada

BLM Hosting Meeting on Wildlife Management in Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas

Las Vegas – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District Office and Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is seeking input regarding issues related to wildlife

Arizona

Birders Celebrate Profusion of Color at 2016 Winter Bird Festival in St. George, Utah

St. George, Utah —For many, January might mean setting New Year’s resolutions; but for birders it’s prime time for birding.

Nevada

BLM Nevada Accepts Historical Lithograph

On Monday, January 25, Ms.

Colorado

BLM announces appointments to council to help advise agency on balanced management of nation's public lands

MONTROSE, Colo. --- The Bureau of Land Management announced new appointments or reappointments of members to its citizen-based Southwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advi

California

BLM Seeking Public Comments on Off-Highway Vehicle Grant Application

SUSANVILLE, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Eagle Lake Field Office is accepting public suggestions and comments regarding management needs and projects that w

Nevada

BLM Seeks Public Comment on the Argenta Settlement Agreement Range Improvement Environmental Assessment

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Battle Mountain District Office (BMDO), Mount Lewis Field Office (MLFO) is asking the public to review and provide input on the Argenta Se

California

BLM, Partners will open Trinidad Lighthouse Sunday, Jan. 31

TRINIDAD, Calif.

Arizona

BLM seeks public input for revision of a portion of the Sonoran Desert National Monument Resource Management Plan

Court-ordered plan amendment will address recreational target shooting impacts

 

California

Wood Shreds Delivery Begins for Butte Fire Stabilization Efforts

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – As part of ongoing rehabilitation and stabilization efforts by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its partners to stabilize areas burned during

Colorado

Crews to burn slash piles above El Jebel

SILT, Colo.

National Office

Secretary Jewell Announces Proposal to Reduce Methane Emissions, Wasted Gas on Public, Tribal Lands

As part of the Interior Department’s reform agenda for a cleaner, more secure energy future, U.S.

Idaho

Twin Falls District to Host Open House

TWIN FALLS, Id.—The Twin Falls District Bureau of Land Management is hosting an open house on Jan. 27 from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the new office building at 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls.

Idaho

BLM Challis Field Office Implements Emergency Closure of Cottonwood Campground

CHALLIS, ID – Due to high accumulations of snow and ice along the Salmon River and access road, the BLM is implementing a temporary closure at the Cottonwood Recreation Site until conditions improv

Idaho

Resource Advisory Council Meeting Scheduled

IDAHO FALLS, ID – The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District (IFD) Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will be held Jan.

California

Open House for 2016 Off-Highway Vehicle Grants Scheduled for Feb. 11

BISHOP, Calif. - The Inyo National Forest and the Bishop Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold an open house Feb.

California

From the Front Line to the Fireline Veterans Train to Become Wildland Firefighters

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in partnership with the Department of Interior (DOI) and Team Rubicon, is conducting a wildland firefighter traini

Wyoming

Powder River Regional Coal Team Still Scheduled to Meet on Jan. 27, 2016

The Powder River Regional Coal Team (RCT) will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in Casper, Wyoming. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Montana-Dakotas

New Associate State Director on board at BLM Montana/Dakotas State

The New Year begins with a change in one of the top leadership positions in the Montana/Dakotas State Office of the Bureau of Land Management.

California

BLM California Welcomes New State Director Jerry Perez

New State Director Jerry Perez is now on board for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California. Perez started in his new position on Jan.

California

BLM California Welcomes New State Director Jerry Perez

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – New State Director Jerry Perez is now on board for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California. Perez started in his new position on Jan.