Press Releases
BLM Approves Management Plan for Alaska's Eastern Interior
ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management announced a new Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Eastern Interior Planning Area in east-central Alaska that increases recreational access for the pub
Federal Fire Officials Plan Long-Range Prescribed Burning Objective
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Federal fire officials from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plan to ignite Western Slope prescribed fires through March.
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BLM Challis Field Office Implements Temporary Closure of Challis Bridge Recreation Site
CHALLIS, ID – Due to flooding conditions and ice jams along the Salmon River, the BLM is implementing a temporary closure at the Challis Bridge Recreation Site until water levels and weather improv
Alabama Hills Volunteer Day Planned
LONE PINE, Calif. – The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group, the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association and the Bureau of Land Management will hold a volunteer work day in the Alabama
BLM Issues Temporary Restricted Access for 2017 King of the Hammers Race
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will temporarily restrict access to selected public lands within the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation
BLM Conducts Coal Lease Sale for Greens Hollow Tract
Salt Lake City, Utah—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today held a competitive coal lease sale by sealed bid for the Greens Hollow Coal Tract— a 6,175.39 acre area in Sanpete and Sevier Cou
BLM announces dates and locations for public meetings on target shooting management alternatives on the Sonoran Desert National Monument
PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Phoenix District Office has announced dates, times and locations for three public information meetings at which it seeks public
BLM Sierra Front-Northwestern Resource Advisory Council Sage-grouse subcommittee to meet on Wednesday, January 11
Carson City, Nev.--The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Sage-grouse sub-committee will meet on Wednesday, January 11.
BLM Names New Leader for National Operations Center
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Howard M.
BLM to hold online oil and gas lease sale March 14
Reno, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online oil and gas lease sale March 14, 2017.
Jamie Connell Named Director of BLM's Oregon/Washington State Office
Bureau of Land Management veteran Jamie Connell, currently Director of the BLM’s Montana/Dakotas State Office, has been named the new Director of the BLM’s Oregon/Washington State Office based in P
BLM Names New Leader for National Conservations Lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Christopher J.
BLM Hosts Alabama Hills Hikes in January
BISHOP, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management will host guided hikes in January on the film history and natural history of the Alabama Hills.
BLM, Forest Service Protect Over 300,000 Acres of Pristine Forest
Portland, Ore. – Today the BLM announced a two year mineral segregation of 340,079 acres of National Forest System land on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Okanog
BLM to Begin Frisco Wild Horse Gather, Removal and Research
CEDAR CITY, Utah—The Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office will soon be gathering and removing excess wild horses from within and outside the Frisco Wild Horse Herd
BLM Concludes Eagle and Silver King Emergency Wild Horse Gather
ELY – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District has concluded the Eagle and Silver King Emergency Wild Horse Gather. The BLM gathered and removed 74 excess wild horses from public and
WLCI Executive Committee Invites Public to Meeting
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) Executive Committee (EC) will meet beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, and ending at 12:00 p.m.
Secretaries Jewell, Vilsack Applaud President's Designation of New National Monuments in Utah and Nevada
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S.
BLM Anasazi Heritage Center closed for New Years
DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Anasazi Heritage Center will be closed Jan. 1-2 in celebration of New Year’s.
BLM offers $1,000 reward for information about vandalism to Red Rock Canyon sign
Las Vegas – The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the person or people responsible for causing s
PAPO Sets Project Application Deadline
The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) will accept applications for potential 2017 funding until February 1, 2017.