Press Releases

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Nevada

BLM Ely District Office has Christmas tree-cutting Permits on Sale

Ely, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management, Ely District Office has begun selling permits for Christmas trees and has extended a program to give free Christmas tree permits to fourth graders.

Utah

BLM Utah Initiates Planning Process for Recreation Management Plan

PRICE, Utah –The Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office (BLM), Utah State Parks, and Emery County are proposing to create a cooperative management agreement for the management of recreation r

National Office

BLM Updates Oil and Gas Leasing Process To Add Online Land Nominations

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today launched its third initiative this year to modernize its oil and gas program by automating the way members of the public and industry nominate

Nevada

All aboard! California Trail Interpretive Center Seeks Volunteers to Create a Model Train Exhibit

All aboard! California Trail Interpretive Center Seeks Volunteers to Create a Model Train Exhibit
California

BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Fort Ord Supplementary Rules

MARINA, Calif.

New Mexico

Public Invited to Attend Focus Group Meetings in Las Cruces

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District is hosting two focus group meetings to discuss recreation use and management in the 496,330-acre Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monume

New Mexico

BLM Offers Guided Hikes in Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District is hosting two guided hikes in the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (Monument) on November 19 and December 17, 2016.

New Mexico

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Holiday Closures and Fall/Winter Hours

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (Monument), including the Slot Canyon, Cave Loop, and Veterans’ Memorial Loop Trail and the Veterans’ Memorial Scenic

Colorado

BLM to begin bait-trapping Sand Wash wild horses

CRAIG, Colo.

Montana-Dakotas

Docks removed for season at Holter, Hauser lake sites

(BUTTE, Mont.) – The boat docks at the Bureau of Land Management campgrounds at Holter and Hauser lakes are moving to dry land for the season.

Utah

High on Life Defendant Agrees to Pay Fines for Bonneville Salt Flats Violations and is Banned from Public Lands

SALT LAKE CITY – Members of the Canadian lifestyle company High on Life appeared before US Magistrate Judge Mark Carman on Nov.

Utah

BLM Offers Holiday Tree Permits for Non-commercial Uses in Utah

Salt Lake City – The holiday season is coming and thousands of people will be finding their trees on public lands this year.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah will begin selling non-co

Arizona, Utah

Arizona Strip: Christmas Tree Permits Available Beginning Second Week of November

For Immediate Release                           

Nevada

BLM Seeks Comment on Las Vegas Valley Environmental Assessment

Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is inviting review and comment on the Las Vegas In-Valley Area Multi-Action Analysis Environmental Assessment

California

BLM Proposes Recreation Improvements at the Headwaters Forest Reserve

ARCATA, Calif.

California

Fire Restrictions Lifted by Bishop Field Office, Inyo National Forest

BISHOP, Calif.

New Mexico

Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Event in Navasota, Texas

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Navasota, Texas, November 18-19, 2016.

New Mexico

BLM Announces an Additional Public Scoping Meeting on Verde Transmission Project

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced an additional public scoping meeting on the Verde Transmission Project (Project), following two previous meetings held in October in Española and S

Idaho

BLM to Hold Tours of Soda Fire Rehabilitation Treatments

The Bureau of Land Management's Boise and Vale Districts will conduct two public tours of Soda Fire rehabilitation treatments.  The tours will take place on 

Wyoming

BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $9.4 Million

The Bureau of Land Management generated $9.4 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the BLM's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction on November 1, in Cheyenne.

Utah

November 2015 Lease Sale Rescheduled for February 2016

Salt Lake City—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah today rescheduled the postponed November 2015 oil and gas lease sale for Feb.

Wyoming

BLM Worland Hosts Informational Meeting for Hot Springs County Bentonite Project

The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office will host a public informational meeting on November 10 in Thermopolis to discuss a proposed expansion to a bentonite mining project in Hot Spring

Nevada

BLM Seeks Public Comment on Robinson Mine Expansion Preliminary Environmental Assessment

Ely – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office is asking the public to review and provide comment on a proposal to expand the Robinson Mine located on private and