Press Releases
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The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments to update how the agency will manage wild horses and burros in the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area.
The Bureau of Land Management is hosting several in-person and virtual public and stakeholder meetings to gather input to develop off-highway vehicle grant proposals for submission to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. Grants support off-highway vehicle management activities, including visitor services, law enforcement, resource protection, planning and monitoring, and maintenance on BLM-managed public lands.
The Bureau of Land Management Central California District is hosting virtual public and stakeholder meetings to gather input on the development of off-highway vehicle grant proposals for submission to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. Grants support off-highway vehicle management activities, including visitor services, law enforcement, resource protection, planning and monitoring, and maintenance on BLM-managed public lands.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Indian Peak Range Watershed Restoration Plan. The plan aims to enhance landscape resiliency and improve watershed functions within the Hamlin Valley, Pine Valley, and Needles Range areas.
The federal grazing fee for 2025 remains $1.35 per animal unit month for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.35 per head month for lands managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
The Bureau of Land Management will issue leases effective Feb. 1 for 17 oil and gas parcels totaling 6,259 acres in the Farmington and Rio Puerco field offices in New Mexico.
The BLM New Mexico State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 21 oil and gas parcels totaling 8,860 acres that may be included in a Nov. 2025 lease sale in New Mexico and Oklahoma
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BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 9,102 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct prescribed burns in Socorro and Catron counties. Weather permitting, the burns will take place between now and March 2025. Pre-burn burn plan notifications will be implemented prior to all ignitions.
The Bureau of Land Management has issued a temporary emergency closure on part of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail in response to a rockslide that has blocked the route about three miles west of the Susanville Trailhead.
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking good homes for wild burros during three “Burro Palooza” adoption and sale events in March.
The BLM and Cochiti Pueblo today announced the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will reopen on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.
The BLM Lake Havasu Field Office announces the temporary closure and restriction of selected public lands for the 2025 Legacy Racing the Dam 500 race in La Paz County.
In total, 255 bids were received, with 13 parcels covering 1,324 acres leased, roughly 100 percent of the total acreage available. A total of $11,314,786 in high bids were received.
The Bureau of Land Management will be closing a portion of the High Rock Canyon Road in the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area to vehicle use.
The Bureau of Land Management, Swiftwater Field Office, Roseburg District is providing notification that BLM road 25-7-29 is closed to through traffic.
The Bureau of Land Management Upper Colorado River District welcomes Lisa Dawson as the new field manager for the Colorado River Valley Field Office. Dawson reports for duty as field manager today.
BLM firefighters kickoff the second year of a wildland fire education program at a career-tech high school in Reno, Nevada.
Today, the BLM announced the finalized Travel Management Plan for the Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge area.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District welcomes Vince Guyer as the new field manager for the Salmon Field Office. His official starting date was Dec. 29.
The BLM has selected Neal Craig as the Ukiah Field Manager who will oversee management of more than 270,000 acres of public lands within Marin, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa, Colusa, Glenn, Yolo, and Solano counties.
The BLM Northern California District RAC will discuss a range of public land management topics in a meeting to be held virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 5, beginning at 9 a.m.
BLM released a report summarizing public input on how best to ensure protection of surface resources in the NPR-A.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will discuss a range of public land management topics in meeting to be held virtually on Wednesday, Feb. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The business meeting includes a public comment period scheduled at 1:45 p.m. The business meeting agenda can be reviewed in advance.