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National Office, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana-Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming
angled solar panels

BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout the West

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production in more Western states

California
A pile of brush burns with wet forest in the background

BLM plans prescribed fire projects in Shasta, Trinity counties

California, Northern California DO
A wooden building and a trail sign.

Falk townsite in Headwaters Forest Reserve named to National Register of Historic Places

California
Jeremiah Karuzas

BLM California selects Jeremiah Karuzas as new Deputy State Director, Energy and Minerals

California, Northern California DO
A pile burn in snow.

BLM plans pile burns in NE California to reduce wildfire risk

California, Northern California DO
three cyclists in a line on the Bizz Johnson trail

BLM Resource Advisory Council meets Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 in Redding

California, California Desert DO
Transmission lines stretch across a brush covered hills.

BLM seeks comment on proposed transmission line improvements in Inyo and Mono counties

California, California Desert DO
On OHV speeds over a dune

BLM schedules DUI checkpoints on public land within Imperial County

California Desert DO
A off road, rock crawler careens down a desert road.

The BLM plans public safety measures for 2024 King of the Hammers race

California, Northern California DO
A white light house and fog signal building on the coast.

BLM welcomes hikers to visit newly restored historic Punta Gorda Light Station

California, California Desert DO
A large solar array in the California Desert with mountains in the background.

BLM welcomes input on proposed Sapphire Project in California

California, California Desert DO
View from a desert peak overlooking the Cadiz Valley.

BLM approves oil and gas pipeline right-of-way assignment in Kern and San Bernardino counties

California, California Desert DO
Cactus with mountains in the background

BLM invests $2.5 million for cultural landscape study and predictive modeling in California Desert

California
Williams Hill with wildflower blooms

The BLM Central Coast Field Office lifts seasonal fire restrictions

California, Northern California DO
A fire pit and picnic table in the forest

BLM has openings for volunteer camp hosts in Northern California

California, Central California DO
A large valley with a mountain range in the background

BLM Bakersfield Field Office lifts fire restrictions December 1

National Office, California
A transmission line at sunset in southern New Mexico.

BLM to Analyze Potential Changes to West-wide Energy Corridors as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

California, Central California DO
Towering sequoias stretch far into the sky

BLM to reduce wildland fire risk for Case Mountain giant sequoias

California
River with trees on the edge.

BLM announces winter campground closures in northern California

California, California Desert DO
Yucca in the foreground with tall mountains in the background

BLM California Desert District to host Advisory Council meeting in December

California, California Desert DO
White and brown horses in a corral.

BLM to gather wild horses at Naval Air Weapons Station – China Lake

California, California Desert DO
Solar project

BLM announces Oberon Solar Project in Riverside County is fully operational

California, California Desert DO
Solar Panels.

Clean energy project on BLM-managed public lands in California goes operational

California, Central California DO
An evergreen on a hill side in the great basin.

The BLM Bishop Field Office offers online Christmas tree cutting permits

California, Central California DO
Horses running across the high desert with mountains in the background.

Inyo National Forest, BLM seek input on proposed wild horse gather