Press Releases

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Nevada

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

National Office

BLM Releases Draft EIS on Proposed Withdrawal in Crucial Sage-Grouse Habitat

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Wyoming

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.

Colorado

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.  

Wyoming

PAPO Sets Project Application Deadline

The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) will accept applications for potential 2017 funding until February 1, 2017.

National Office

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.

Nevada

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

Nevada

BLM Proposes to Sell 3.75 Acres in Clark County

Las Vegas – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office, is seeking public comments on a proposal to sell one parcel, totaling 3.75 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada.

National Office

BLM Announces Call for Nominations To Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

The Bureau of Land Management today issued a call for public nominations to fill three positions on its national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board.

California

BLM Initiates Proposed Withdrawal of Conservation Lands in Calif. Desert

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Consistent with the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) in the California Desert Conservation Area, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will publ

Colorado

BLM seeks input on de-allocation of Fourmile Solar Energy Zone

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposal to de-allocate the Fourmile East Solar Energy Zone from solar energy development to address cultural resource concerns. 

National Office

BLM Provides Mitigation Guidance To Lessen and Offset Impact of Development on Public Lands

WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today finalized its policy for how to lessen and offset adverse environmental e

California

Public Invited to Provide Input for OHV Grant Proposals

MORENO VALLEY, Calif.

Montana-Dakotas

BLM to open comment period on coal lease application

DICKINSON, N.D.

New Mexico

Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Event in Mercedes, Texas

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Mercedes, Texas, January 6-7, 2017.

Colorado

Colorado Announces Appointments to the Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council

CANON CITY, Colo.

Colorado

BLM releases decision on Twentymile Coal lease modification

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management today approved a coal lease modification that will allow Twentymile Coal to access an estimated 340,000 additional tons of federal coal from

California

DUI and registration checkpoints scheduled for New Year's holiday weekend

MORENO VALLEY, Calif.

Nevada

Free 2017 BLM Nevada Calendar Now Available

Reno, Nev.—The 2017 BLM Nevada and TravelNevada free calendar is now available for pick up at local BLM Nevada offices during regular business hours.

Utah

BLM Seeks Public Comment on Tidewater APD Project

MOAB, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on an environmental assessment (EA) that analyzes the potential impacts of a proposal from Tidewater Oil &

Wyoming

Volunteers needed for Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey

As part of a national survey effort, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office (BFO) is seeking volunteers to assist with the 2017 Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey on Saturday, Janua

Wyoming

BLM Kemmerer Big Game Winter Ranges Closed

The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office is notifying the public that BLM-administered public lands in the Slate Creek, Rock Creek and Bridger Creek big game winter ranges will be closed

National Office

BLM Finalizes Move to 100 Percent e-Filing of Drilling Permit Applications

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) took a significant step today in its multi-year effort to improve the efficiency and transparency of the permitting process for oil and gas drilling