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Nevada

California Trail Interpretive Center Celebrates Women's History Month with Fiber Arts

California Trail Interpretive Center Celebrates Women's History Month with Fiber Arts
Nevada

Ken Collum new Carson City BLM Stillwater Field Manager

Ken Collum
Ken Collum
Idaho

BLM Seeks Three Volunteer Campground Hosts

POCATELLO, ID - If you're an outdoor enthusiast looking for some adventure this summer, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) might have just what you're looking for.  The BLM Pocatello Field Of

Idaho

Partnerships Key to Fire Rehabilitation Efforts in Shoshone Field Office

Through a partnership agreement between Pheasants Forever and the Twin Falls District Bureau of Land Management, 75,000 sagebrush seedlings were planted on 3,400 acres within the Shoshone Field Office, Craters of the Moon National Monument last fall.
New Mexico

Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Event in Abilene, Texas

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Abilene, Texas, March 3-4, 2017.

Utah

Celebration of New Chance to Travel the Old Spanish Trail

PAROWAN, Utah – In celebration of Iron County’s legacy as a reservoir of the treasured Old Spanish Trail history, a ceremony marking the installation of the last of 85 new signs along 80 miles of t

Colorado

Temporary road closures possible in the San Luis Valley

MONTE VISTA, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management may initiate several short-term road closures in the San Luis Valley.

Idaho

BLM Plans Challis Wild Horse Bait Trap Gather

CHALLIS, ID –  The Bureau of Land Management Challis Field Office announced today plans to conduct a bait trap gather of wild horses within the Challis Wild Horse Herd Management Area (CHMA) b

Idaho

BLM Idaho Boise District Announces Appointments to Council to Advise Agency on Balanced Management of Nation's Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management recently announced new appointments and re-appointments of members to Idaho’s Boise District citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the agency on

Oregon-Washington

BLM Closes Vehicle Access to Hog Canyon Lake

Spokane, WA -- In the interest of public health and safety, the gate at Jack Brown Road and Lake Valley Loop Road has been locked.

California

Alabama Hills Volunteer Day Planned

Rounded, weathered granite rock formations in the Alabama Hills form a sharp contrast wit

Alaska

Public Meetings for the Central Yukon Land Use Plan Scheduled

FAIRBANKS – To better prepare for developing the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (RMP), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting a series of public meetings scheduled from mid-January

Idaho

BLM Seeks Public Input on Travel Plan Analyses in Southwest Idaho

BOISE, Idaho – The Bureau of Land Management is announcing it is beginning preparation of two Environmental Assessments for travel management plans on public lands in Owyhee County.

Utah

Volunteers Needed for Raptor Nest Surveys

SALT LAKE CITY—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Salt Lake Field Office is seeking volunteers to help conduct the annual Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (RINS). The survey

Colorado

BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets March 2 in Glenwood

SILT, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, March 2 at the Glenwood Springs Community Center, 100 Wulfsohn Road.  

New Mexico

BLM Signs Decision Record on the Southern Road Improvement Project

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District announced today that it signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record for the proposed Southern Road Improvement Pr

Nevada

Snow Shoe Hike in Lamoille Canyon

ELKO, Nev. – The first community snow shoe hike will be in Lamoille Canyon near the vicinity of Power House Picnic Area located in the Ruby Mountains at 6:00p.m., Saturday, February 25th.

Idaho

Roads Across the Twin Falls District - Hazardous to Impassable

TWIN FALLS, ID – Several of the major Bureau of Land Management (BLM) access roads within the Twin Falls District have experienced severe erosion due to the recent flooding.

Colorado

BLM reschedules oil and gas lease sale to June

MEEKER, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management has rescheduled the competitive oil and gas lease sale originally planned for May 2017 to June 8, 2017. 

Colorado

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council to Meet

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council will meet on Feb.

Utah

Red Cliffs Recreation Area Campground Reopens in Time for President's Day Weekend

ST. GEORGE, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management’s Red Cliffs Recreation Area Campground will reopen Feb.