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Elko DO

Public comment period opens on Environmental Assessment for land conveyance proposal

ELKO, Nev.

Montana-Dakotas
Outdoor view of valley with trees and mountains on either side and in the back ground.

Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on the Seymour Creek parcel acquisition

(Butte, Mont.) – The public is invited to comment on a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to acquire the 3,600-acre Seymour Creek parcel in the Big Hole Rive

National Office
Transmission line in Arizona

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Clean Energy Transmission Project in Arizona and California with Potential to Lower Costs for Consumers

YUMA, Ariz. – The Biden-Harris administration today announced the Interior Department’s approval for construction of the Ten West Link Transmission Line project, which will facilitate increase

Northern California DO

BLM opens Headwaters South Side Trail, announces nature writing workshop

Oregon-Washington, Burns DO

Fire Restrictions Increase on BLM-Managed Public Lands in Harney County

Hines, Ore.

Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO

BLM launches public scoping period for La Pine Grazing Allotments Renewal Project

Prineville, Ore.

National Office
Old growth forest in alaska in mountains along river

Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service Seek Public Comments on Definitions, Other Aspects of Old-growth, Mature Forests

NOTE: The comment period has been extended to Aug. 30, 2022.

Northeastern States DO
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Franklin Furnace, Ohio

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Franklin Furnace, Ohio

MILWAUKEE – The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event August 12-13, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at Ohio Horse Par

Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO

BLM starts Sunflower Creek culvert replacement on South Fork John Day Road

Prineville, Ore.

Idaho, Idaho Falls DO, Upper Snake FO

BLM Conservation Easement Enhances Outdoor Recreation and Helps Protect Wildlife Habitat and Water Quality in Southeast Idaho

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management has purchased a conservation easement that enhances public access to outdoor recreation opportunities and helps protect important m

Utah

Bureau of Land Management requests public input for land exchanges to protect wilderness throughout Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Land Management requests public input during a 30-day scoping period on an analysis to exchange more than 90,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands fo

California, California Desert DO

BLM approves start of construction of Oberon solar project

California

Public land mining claim fees and waivers due Sept.1

Wyoming

BLM issues Stage 1 fire restrictions in Converse County

California

The BLM reminds the public to target shoot safely

California

BLM, Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center to offer wild horses for public adoption

Oregon-Washington, Medford DO

Mountain of the Rogue trail system reopened after parking lot expansion

Medford, Ore.

Nevada

Bureau of Land Management to begin the FY2022 Triple B Complex Wild Horse Gather

ELY, Nev.

Alaska

BLM to Open Fortymile Federal Subsistence Caribou Hunt on August 1

Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM seeks public comment on Antler Operations Inc. exploration project

KINGMAN, Ariz. — The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office has completed an environmental assessment and is seeking public comment on the proposed Antler Operations Inc.

Nevada

The Bureau of Land Management concluded the Buffalo Hills Wild Horse Gather

Gerlach, Nev. – On July 9, 2022, the Black Rock Field Office concluded the FY2022 Buffalo Hills Herd Management Area wild horse gather near Gerlach, Nevada.

Utah

BLM releases decision to gather Wild Horses in the Bible Spring Complex

CEDAR CITY, Utah —To protect rangeland health conditions and the health of wild horse herds, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office approved the gather and rem

Alaska

BLM seeks public input on revised draft environmental analysis for proposed Willow Project in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Alaska today released its revised draft environmental review of ConocoPhillips’ proposed Willow Master Development Plan in Alaska’s Nationa

Alaska, Anchorage DO
Aerial shot of wildfire burning.

BLM Glennallen Field Office issues temporary prohibition on open fires and fireworks due to high fire danger

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today issued a fire prevention order temporarily prohibiting open fires (except within fire rings in established campgrounds), fireworks, exploding targets, and explosives on the public lands it manages in east-central Alaska.
Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO

BLM Oregon’s First GeoTour Attracts More Than 300 People to Kickoff Event

CHRISTMAS VALLEY, Ore.