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California

Celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day by getting outdoors

Rocky Mountain mule deer doe and buck stand among sagebrush (CDFW Photo)

California

BLM Bishop to host National Public Lands Day cleanup

An old wooden structure on desert lands with snow-capped mountains in the distance (BLM Photo)

California

Join BLM Bakersfield for Kern Valley Pride Day and National Public Lands Day

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.

California

BLM offers Point Arena-Stornetta tours and coastal hikes

Waves crash on rocks off the California coast.

California

Bureau of Land Management hosting National Public Lands Day events on the North Coast

Clouds fill the sky over the Pacific Ocean along California's northern coastline.

California

Bureau of Land Management hosting three-day wild horse adoption event

Wild Horses from Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory on the Modoc National Forest (BLM Photo)

California

BLM Closes Campground, Day Use Areas due to Helena Fire east of Weaverville

REDDING, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management has closed a campground and day use areas along Highway 299 east of Weaverville because of the 5,000-acre Helena Fire.

California

Slinkard Fire Update

Smoke from a wildfire rises above a mountain ridge.

California

Slinkard Fire Update

Smoke rises from a wildlife on a mountain top.

California

Slinkard Fire Continues to Grow, Evacuations in Place

Smoke rises over a hill at the Slinkard Fire (BLM Photo)T

California

Fire Crews Respond to the Slinkard Fire

In the Slinkard Mountains, fire peaks over the ridgeline in the far distance as smoke fills the sky.

California

Public Land Mining Claim Fees and Waivers are Due by September 1

A post in the ground near a hill (BLM Photo)

California

Bureau of Land Management to Offer Burros, Young Wild Horses for Adoption

A family looks through the corral at a burro awaiting adoption.

California

Ormat to Begin Geothermal Well Testing Near Mammoth Lakes

Pipes and equipment at a geothermal injection pad.

California

Volunteers welcome at National Public Lands Day event along the Susan River

SUSANVILLE, Calif. – Volunteers are invited to celebrate National Public Lands Day and the Great Sierra River Cleanup by joining the Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake Field Offi

California

"Mother Lode Epic" Competitive Mountain Bike Race to Cross Public Lands

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.

California

Bureau of Land Management Schedules Summer Break for Desert Discovery Center

A large brown BLM sign for the Desert Discovery Center (BLM Photo)

California

Ormat to Conduct Geothermal Well Testing Near Mammoth Lakes

Machines, trucks, pipes and other heavy equipment in an open area near a forested area.

California

BLM Reopens Recreation Sites along the Merced River

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.

California

Fort Sage OHV Area Reopens After Fire; Visitors Urged to Stay on Trails

Wide-open mountain area scarred by a wildfire with a BLM sign that reads "Entering Wildfire Recovery Area, your help is needed, motorized vehicles please stay on designated r

California

Amateur Radio Demonstrations, Lighthouse Tours Offered Saturday, August 5, in Trinidad

A light house sits on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

California

BLM Mother Lode Field Office to Temporarily Increase Fire Restrictions to Stage 2

A BLM fire truck sits near a wildfire with smoke and flames shooting high in the sky.

California

BLM Announces Temporary Fire Restrictions for the Eastern Sierra

Firefighters stand near a BLM fire truck in a remote location with snow capped mountains in the background.

California

BLM Central Coast Field Office Temporarily Limits Target Shooting due to Extreme Fire Danger

Wildflowers grow along a fenceline with grass covered hills in the background.

California

BLM Ukiah Field Office Temporary Closure

Hilly expanse of oak woodlands, grasslands, and chaparral.