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Wyoming
Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.

BLM proposes wild horse gather in Wyoming’s White Mountain area

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management invites input on a proposed wild horse gather in southwest Wyoming’s White Mountain Herd Management Area.

Arizona, Phoenix DO
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BLM releases proposed improvements to Table Mesa Recreation Area

PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management’s Phoenix District Office finalized the Table Mesa Environmental Assessment of enhanced recreational facilities at the Table Mesa area north

Nevada, Ely DO
An Air Tractor 802 disperses seed.

Cooperative effort seeds over 26,000 acres in Eastern Nevada

Federal and state agencies, and a nonprofit conservation organization over the weekend finished aerially seeding 26,000-plus acres of eastern Nevada’s fire-scarred public lands

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO
map of Logandale Trails planning area

Bureau of Land Management approves Logandale Trails Final Environmental Assessment and Resource Management Plan Amendment

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office has released the Decision Record, Finding of No Significant Impact and final Environmental Assessment for the

California
Plume of smoke rising over the sun in the desert.

BLM to conduct prescribed fire at Dos Palmas Preserve to improve wildlife habitat

Utah
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**Notice of Cancellation** Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee

Nevada
Wyoming Resource Advisory Council

BLM announces meeting of the Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council

Carson City, Nevada — The Bureau of Land Management announced that the Sierra Front-Norther

New Mexico, Las Cruces DO
A BLM firefighter walks along a road, with flames are seen in the woods on the same side of the road during a prescribed burn.

BLM plans prescribed fires in Otero County to reduce hazardous fuels

LAS CRUCES

Utah, Paria River DO
Whitehouse Road Closure Map. Credit BLM Utah.

Update: Construction timeline shifts for Whitehouse Road Improvement Project

Update from previous news release published Feb. 6, 2024

Oregon-Washington, Coos Bay DO, Medford DO, Northwest Oregon DO, Roseburg DO
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Apply now for project funding in western Oregon

Portland, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management has funding for projects that maintain and improve public lands across western Oregon.

National Office, New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Rio Puerco FO
Photo of Placitas

BLM proposes new protections in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Nevada
Group photo of saddle-started wild horses and trained burro offered at the NNCC February 24, 2024 adoption event.

Bureau of Land Management and Northern Nevada Correctional Center announce a wild horse and burro adoption event for February 24, 2024

Nevada
Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.

Bureau of Land Management concluded the FY2024 East Pershing Complex Wild Horse Gather

Oregon-Washington, Spokane DO
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Join the San Juan Islands National Monument Advisory Committee

Spokane, Wash.

Colorado
A group of volunteers at the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area

BLM Colorado’s Volunteer of the Year award presented to Chris Brandt for his work in the Red Hill Special Recreation Management Area

SILT, Colo.

Utah
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BLM seeks public comment for May 2025 oil and gas lease sale in Utah

The Bureau of Land Management Uta

New Mexico, Albuquerque DO, Socorro FO
Prescribed Burn in Rio Puerco

BLM Plans Prescribed Burn in Socorro County

SOCORRO, N.M.

California, Central California DO
Dirt bike on a dusty trail

BLM Ukiah Field Office seeks public input for off-highway vehicle grants

Oregon-Washington, Medford DO
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BLM to host conifer mortality field trip in Applegate Valley on March 1

Medford, Ore. — The Bureau of Land Management is hosting a public field trip to see ongoing conifer mortality in Southwest Oregon.

Eastern States, Southeastern States DO
Four tan colored horses running over sagebrush.

BLM Hosting Wild Horse and Burro Event in Jackson, Miss. Feb. 22-24

FLOWOOD, Miss.— The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangela

Oregon-Washington, Medford DO
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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Accepting Artist-in-Residence Applications

MEDFORD, Ore. — Do you want to spend two weeks creating art in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument?

California, Central California DO
A dirt boke descends a hill with snow capped mountains in the background.

BLM and Inyo National Forest seek public input for off-highway vehicle grants

New Mexico, Rio Puerco FO, Farmington FO
Photo of an Oil Rig in New Mexico

BLM seeks comment on additional analysis of 2020 oil & gas lease sales in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land M

Upper Colorado River DO, Northwest DO
image of the entrance sign to Cedar Mountain Recreation Area

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in February

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in February
California, California Desert DO
A dirt bike descends a sandy hill

BLM California Desert District seeks public input on 2024 off-highway vehicle grant proposals