Press Releases

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Alaska

BLM Invites Public Comment on Valdez Creek Mining Company, LLC's Amended Mining Plan of Operations

GLENNALLEN, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today announced that it has opened a 30-day public review and comment period to inform the BLM

Utah

BLM Utah to Hold Online Oil and Gas Lease Sale March 23, 2017

SALT LAKE CITYThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office will be offering four parcels for competitive lease for exploration of oil and gas resources.  The f

Idaho

2017 South Hills Seasonal Road Closure Lifted Today

2017 South Hills Seasonal Road Closure Lifted Today

Colorado

Wild Horse Adoption set April 21-22 in Fruita

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Colorado

BLM temporarily closes Ruby Mountain parking area

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office will temporarily close the Ruby Mountain parking area at Browns Canyon National Monument April 1-3

Idaho

Boise District Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set for April 5, 2017

BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the Boise District Office on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wyoming

BLM Invites Public Comment on Muddy Mountain Plan

The Bureau of Land Management is inviting the public to review and comment on the Draft Muddy Mountain Coordinated Activity Management Plan.  There will be a public meeting/open house held in

Arizona

BLM plans prescribed burn near Cordes Junction

PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Phoenix District is planning to conduct a 245-acre prescribed burn of hazardous fuels within the Agua Fria National Monument, for one

New Mexico

Prescribed Fire Planned for McKinley and Sandoval Counties

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office plans to conduct an approximately 300 acre prescribed fire within the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas from March 23 thr

Oregon-Washington

Prineville BLM To Install Two New Trailheads West of Redmond

Central Ore.

Wyoming

BLM Pinedale Closes Chapel Canyon Road due to Flooding

The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office has closed BLM’s Chapel Canyon Road where it meets Reardon Draw Road (Sublette County Road 139), approximately 7 miles off Highway 189, due to fl

Colorado

BLM seeks comments on proposed trail near Crestone

MONTE VISTA, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s San Luis Valley Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to build a 3-mile trail on BLM-managed lands east of Crest

Oregon-Washington

Northwest Oregon: Access Limited on Bear Ridge Road Due to Winter Storms

Salem, Ore. – A portion of Bear Ridge Road (BLM Road 3-7-32.1) is impassable due to a landslide caused by winter storms.

Oregon-Washington

Northwest Oregon: Thurston Hills Trails and Forest Management Project

Salem, Ore.

Oregon-Washington

Northwest Oregon: BLM Seeks Hosts for Recreation Sites

Salem, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking spring and summer campground hosts.

Utah

Three Peaks improves fire protection by restoring rangeland

CEDAR CITY, Utah – In order to improve fire safety, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will mechanically remove approximately 307 acres of invasive pinyon and juniper trees in the Three Peaks Recr

California

BLM announces proposed actions for Bighorn Sheep efforts in San Bernardino County

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, in cooperation with the BLM, will initiate a capture of Desert Bighorn Sheep within four wilderness areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management in San Bernardino County.
New Mexico

From the Front Line to the Fireline

Balstrop, TX—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in partnership with the Department of Interior (DOI) and Team Rubicon, is conducting a wildland firefighter training session March 17-20 in Balstro

Idaho

Reward offered for information on graffiti along Highway 21

BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management is asking for help in identifying who spray-painted graffiti on the Black Cliffs climbing area, located on BLM-managed public lands along Hwy.

Arizona

Prescribed Burns Planned in the Hualapai Mountains

For Immediate Release

Date: March 17, 2017

 

Colorado

Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet Mar. 31, 2017

MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet from 9 a.m.

Nevada

BLM Generates $131,245 from Oil and Gas Lease Sale

RENO, Nev.— The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $131,245 during its quarterly oil and gas competitive online lease sale March 14.