Press Releases

The BLM Eastern States State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Sept. 23, 2025, to offer five oil and gas parcels totaling 2,090 acres in Louisiana, Michigan, and Mississippi.

The Department of the Interior announced the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office leased 16 parcels totaling 7,501.76 acres for $58,260,939 in total receipts for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

The Bureau of Land Management approved 36 lease renewals for the continued operation of five active mines within the Mark Twain National Forest.

On July 22, 2025, the BLM sold 135 thousand board feet of merchantable timber and roughly 17,000 lodgepole pine trees to address overstocking on 39 acres of BLM-managed public land.

Key changes will promote U.S. energy production, timber development and other regulatory actions needed to ensure the responsible management of our natural resources and public lands.

The Bureau of Land Management leased two parcels in Malheur County totaling 5,235 public acres for $430,518.

The Bureau of Land Management will offer the Durkee Fire Salvage Timber Sale of about 1.57 million board feet from across 250 public acres 12 miles southwest of Durkee in Baker County.

The Bureau of Land Management will offer the Falls Fire salvage timber sale of about 6,000 tons of salvage sawlog timber and 10,000 tons of biomass across 166 public acres north of Burns in Harney County.

New directive elevates review of wind and solar projects, ends subsidies under One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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

DOI announced the conveyance of nearly 28,000 acres of land to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., under Section 12(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, bringing the total conveyed to NANA to more than 713,000 acres.

The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Sept. 24, 2025, to offer 15 oil and gas parcels totaling 19,014 acres in Utah.

The Bureau of Land Management will offer two timber sales for up to 3.4 million board feet to be harvested from about 1,273 acres in Crook and Weston counties.

The Bureau of Land Management is inviting public input on a proposed coal exploration project in Utah’s Muddy Creek Canyon area.

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

The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Sep. 10, 2025, to offer 26 oil and gas parcels totaling 8,355 acres in Montana and North Dakota.

The Bureau of Land Management will offer several timber sales in July, totaling about 54 million board feet to be harvested from nearly 1,900 public acres across Western Oregon.

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Sept.16, 2025, to offer 37 oil and gas parcels totaling 45,178 acres in Wyoming.

BLM Utah is seeking public comment through Aug. 8 on plans to include 46 oil and gas leases totaling 68,263 acres in a December 2025 sale.

The BLM Wyoming State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 68 oil and gas parcels totaling 94,465 acres that may be included in a March 2026 lease sale in Wyoming.

BLM will offer two timber sales in July, totaling about 628,000 board feet to be harvested from about 139 acres in central and northern Idaho. 

DOI is proposing critical updates to BLM's oil and gas regulations that would make it easier for operators to combine production from multiple leases—a practice known as commingling.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on potential updates to coal leasing on public lands in the coal-rich Powder River Basin areas of southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming.

BLM approved Coal Energy Group 2’s expansion of the Wildcat Loadout Facility under a 14-day review, boosting oil transloading capacity while supporting U.S. energy goals and responsible land use.

The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Sept. 9, 2025, to offer 14 oil and gas parcels totaling 7,896 acres in Colorado.