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The expansion allows for use of new technologies expected to increase lithium recovery by up to 100% from the same amount of raw materials.

The four oil and gas parcels total 10,211 acres and will be included in a June 23, 2026 sale. The comment period ends March 19, 2026.

The changes support the Trump administration’s priority of lowering costs for families and small businesses by improving access to basic materials and reducing regulatory burdens.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 14 oil and gas parcels totaling 20,600 acres that may be included in a September 2026 lease sale in Nevada. The comment period ends March 11, 2026.

The BLM will hold an oil and gas lease sale on 3/31/26, offering 11 parcels totaling 19,957 acres. Scoping was completed in Sep. 2025 and a public comment period closed in Dec. 2025. The protest period ends 3/2/26.

The BLM announced updated plans that enhance conservation of Greater sage-grouse habitat while balancing access to public lands for responsible energy and mineral development across Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas, Nevada, California, Utah and Wyoming.

BLM Nevada is offering free Christmas tree and firewood cutting permits. These are available at district offices statewide except Southern Nevada District, which has no forested areas.

The BLM today opened a 30-day public scoping period on 4 oil and gas parcels totaling 10,211 acres that may be included in a June 2026 lease sale in Nevada. The scoping period ends December 17, 2025.

The BLM has opened a 30-day public comment period on plans to include 11 oil and gas leases, totaling 19,957 acres in Nevada in a March 2026 sale. The comment period began on Nov. 12 and will end on Dec. 12, 2025.

BLM opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include oil and gas parcels in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi and Nevada in March 2026 lease sales.

The Bureau of Land Management approved the expansion of the Coyote Mine near Carlin, Nevada.

The closure area includes State Route 163 to the north, T.32S., R.66E sections 20, 21, 22, and 23 and is bracketed by Bruce Woodbury Dr. to the south and southwest, and Thomas Edison Dr. to the east.

The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 250 excess wild burros.

The Department of the Interior is proposing to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule.

BLM has approved the County Line gold and silver mine on 452 public acres in Nye and Mineral counties. The mine is expected to employ a contract mining company and produce 4.4 million tons of minerals for four years.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 11 oil and gas parcels totaling 19,957 acres in a March 2026 lease sale in Nevada.

The Bureau of Land Management approved the 30-megawatt Crescent Valley geothermal energy production facility and associated transmission line.

The Bureau of Land Management generated nearly $34 million in total receipts from energy and timber sales held in the second quarter of 2025.

WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Land Management approved several major energy projects across the West—including a natural gas pipeline in Montana and three geothermal energy projects in Nevada.

With this decision, 3PL Operating Inc. can look for valuable deposits of lithium, boron, tungsten, sodium, potassium, and phosphate in subsurface brine and geologic strata on mining claims owned by the company.

The Department of the Interior today announced the formal rescission of 18 obsolete or redundant Bureau of Land Management regulations in a decisive move to advance America’s energy independence and economic vitality.

The Department of the Interior today announced the implementation of emergency permitting procedures to expeditiously review geothermal energy projects critical for U.S. national security and energy dominance.

BLM is committing to faster lease parcel reviews by aiming to complete the entire process within six months. This streamlined approach is expected to increase the availability of onshore federal lands for leasing, reduce bureaucratic delays, and enhance public engagement, while reinforcing national efforts to boost job creation, lower energy costs, and strengthen U.S. Energy Dominance.

BLM completed the final analysis for the proposed sale of 2,062 acres of public lands within the Anaconda Mine Site near Yerington in Lyon County to Atlantic Richfield Company in order to facilitate clean-up of the site.

An oil & gas lease sale set for June 24, 2025, will offer 5 oil & gas parcels totaling 6,800 acres in Nevada that did not sell in July 2023 and June 2024. A new 30-day protest period opens today and closes May 26, 2025.