Press Releases

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Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO

BLM Klamath Falls Field Office Campgrounds Entering the Off-Season

LAKEVIEW, Ore. —While the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLMs) Gerber Recreation Area remains open year-round, the area will be entering off-season starting Oct. 14, 2022.

Arizona, Phoenix DO

BLM approves Black Canyon Corridor Travel Management Plan

PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management’s Hassayampa Field Office has finalized the Black Canyon Corridor Travel Management Plan Environmental Assessment that designates a travel r

Nevada, Carson City DO

BLM, BIA, Reclamation, USFWS, NDF lifting Western Nevada Fire Restrictions on Saturday, Oct. 1

CARSON CITY, Nev.

Utah

BLM announces October virtual meeting of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

KANAB, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to attend a virtual public meeting of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee on Oct.

Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO

Bureau of Land Management reduces emergency fire closures for the Van Meter Fire

Klamath Falls, ORE. – The emergency closure area for the Van Meter Fire has been reduced this week to the fire perimeter.

New Mexico

BLM announces brush thinning treatments in Central and Western NM Counties

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Beginning approximately October 5, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office, in partnership with the Cuba Soil and Water Conservation Distric

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on Draft Environmental Assessment and Planning Documents for Logandale Trails

LAS VEGAS – Recognizing the increase in local population and recreation-based activities has amplified the need for improved recreation management at Logandale Tr

Nevada

BLM and Northern Nevada Correctional Center announce wild horse adoption event for October 2022

The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections – Silver State Industries have announced a saddle-started adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on Saturda

Alaska

BLM releases draft business plan for public review for Public Information Center

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management today released the Draft Business Plan for the Alaska State Office Public Information Center in Anchorage for

Alaska

Biden-Harris Administration announces $1 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to boost watershed restoration in Alaska

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — The Bureau of Land Management recently awarded a $1 million grant to the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation Dis

Arizona, Phoenix DO

BLM to host virtual scoping meetings on recreational target shooting at the Sonoran Desert National Monument

PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management Lower Sonoran Field Office will host two virtual scoping meetings as it considers an amendment to the Sonoran Desert National Monument Resou

Alaska, Fairbanks DO, Eastern Interior FO

BLM will burn piles near Tanacross for forest health and wildfire management

FAIRBANKS, Alaska –In early October, the Bureau of Land Management's Fairbanks District and Alaska Fire Ser

Arizona, Gila DO

BLM starts Middle Gila South Transportation Plan

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office is starting an access and transportation management planning process that will designate roads and trails on

West Desert DO

BLM announces 765-acre prescribed burn near Highway 6 in Utah County

SALT LAKE CITY— The Bureau of Land Management West Desert District plans to conduct a prescribed burn of 765 acres in the Kyune Creek area between late-September and mid-October 20

New Mexico

Head out to the wild horse and burro event in Clovis, New Mexico

NORMAN, Okla. – The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Clovis, New Mexico, October 14-15 at the Curry County Events Center, where 120 wild

Northern California DO, Redding FO

BLM hazardous fuels work at Cloverdale Trails temporarily limits access

REDDING, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management will increase public safety, wildfire resilience and landscape health by conducting hazardous fuels work on sections of the Clo

Utah

Adé Nelson named as permanent Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Manager

SALT LAKE CITY – Bureau of Land Management Utah State Director Greg Sheehan announced today that Adé Nelson has been selected as the new monument manager for the Grand Staircase-Es

Oregon-Washington, Burns DO

Public land use restrictions reduced across Harney County

Hines, Ore.