Press Releases

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Oregon-Washington

Vale BLM plans Cold Springs and Hog Creek wild horse gathers

VALE, OR – As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive, the Vale District announced plans to conduct a helico

Nevada

BLM to conduct in Nye County Slash Pile Burns

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev.

Oregon-Washington

Wild Horse Bait Trap Gather Planned for South Steens

Hines, Ore. -- In January 2018, the Burns District of the Bureau of Land Management will conduct a bait trap gather of wild horses within the South Steens Herd Management

Colorado

BLM Approves Plan to Improve Wildlife Habitat in Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. –The Bureau of Land Management announces a Decision Record to improve wildlife habitat in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area through vegetation treatments.

New Mexico

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument unavailable January 6

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that due to the request of Cochiti Pueblo, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable on January 6.

Montana-Dakotas

Dillon BLM releases Red Rock-Lima watershed report

(DILLON, Mont.) – The Red Rock/ Lima Watershed Assessment, the result of many months of work by specialists in the Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office, is now ready for public comment.

Wyoming

BLM Kemmerer Field Office posts annual big game winter range closures

KEMMERER, Wyo.

Colorado

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council to hold final meeting Jan. 8 in Delta

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council will hold its final meeting Monday, Jan.

Montana-Dakotas

Pile burns planned for North Moccasins

(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – Columns of smoke may soon be seen rising from the North Moccasin Mountains.

Arizona

BLM recruits for summer fire jobs

SAFFORD, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gila District is currently recruiting applicants for summer employment during the 2018 fire season.

New Mexico

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument unavailable

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Due to emergency staffing issues, the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable December 30 – January 1.

National Office

Updated Guidance on Managing Sagebrush Habitat Seeks Sustainable Working Landscapes and Habitat Conservation on Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today issued updated policy statements designed to maintain healthy sagebrush habitat in the West, while continuing to allow multiple use and local economic deve

Nevada

Bureau of Land Management concludes nuisance wild burro gather near Pahrump

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management concluded a wild burro bait and water gather northwest of the town Pahrump on December, 28, 2017.

New Mexico

Wild horse & burro event in Mercedes, Texas

NORMAN, OK - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption and sale event in Mercedes, Texas, on Jan. 12-13, 2018.

National Office

BLM Rescinds Rule on Hydraulic Fracturing

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Eastern States

Department of the Interior promotes energy dominance, grants right-of-way for Mountain Valley Pipeline

WASHINGTON—Today the Department of the Interior granted a right-of-way authorizing construction of the $3.5 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline that will cross 3.6 miles of federal lands in West Virgi

Alaska

BLM to Host First Dalton Highway Artist in Residence

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host its first Artist in Residence for the Dalton Highway next summer.
Nevada

BLM Mojave-Southern Great Basin Advisory Council to meet in January

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management today announced meetings of the Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Subcommittees on Recreation and Planning, demonstrating that par

New Mexico

Prescribed Fire Planned for McKinley and Sandoval Counties

The Bureau of Land Management Rio Puerco Field Office plans to conduct an approximately 300 acre prescribed fire within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas from January to March,