Press Releases

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Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

Bureau of Land Management seeks Public Comment on a Proposal to Lease Land to Clark County School District for a Middle School

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to lease 30 acres of public land to the Clark County School District

Winnemucca DO, Carson City DO

BLM seeks public input for Dodge Flat Utility and Road Crossing Project EA

The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, Sierra Front Field Office has prepared the Dodge Flat Utility and Road Crossing Project, Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) to analyze t

Nevada, Carson City DO

BLM to resume Pine Nut Mountain HMA wild horse gather

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Sierra Front Field Office will resume the Pine Nut Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) wild horse gather operations near Carson City, Nev.

Nevada, Carson City DO

BLM seeks public input for Bell Mountain Exploration Corporation EA

CARSON CITY, Nev.

Nevada, Battle Mountain DO

BLM seeks comments on public lands nominated for geothermal leasing

Tonopah, NV – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tonopah Field Office (TFO) and Mount Lewis Field Office (MLFO) are seeking public review of an Environmental Assessment (EA

Nevada, Ely DO

BLM accepting comments on Environmental Assessment for Nevada November oil and gas lease sale

ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada is opening a 30-day public comment period on its preliminary Environmental Analysis (EA) for the proposed Nov.

Nevada

Final Record of Decision, Special Recreation Permit Approval moves Burning Man 2019 forward

RENO, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management in Nevada has published the final Record of Decision and Special Recreation Permit approval for Burning Man 2019.

Nevada, Ely DO

BLM concludes Triple B Complex wild horse gather

ELY, Nev.

Nevada

BLM to hold oil and gas lease sale September 10, 2019

RENO, Nev. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a competitive oil and gas lease sale on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.

Nevada, Carson City DO

Fire restrictions in Western Nevada to begin July 13

Due to drying vegetation, increasing daytime temperatures and several human-caused fires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District Office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-Western

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

BLM to host public meetings on proposed Gemini Solar Project

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District will host two public meetings during the public comment period to provide information and gather public input on the Solar P

Nevada, Winnemucca DO

BLM concludes gather of excess wild burros near Empire and Porter Springs

WINNEMUCCA, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has concluded a wild burro gather near Empire and Porter Springs, Nev.  This operation by BLM’s Winnemucca District, was

Nevada, Elko DO

California Trail Interpretive Center presents annual temporary exhibit, “Through Our Own Eyes: A Native American Youth Art Exhibition”

The California Trail Interpretive Center presents its fourth annual exhibit that features paintings by Native American students from Owyhee Combined School, located in the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada.
Nevada, Ely DO

BLM to conduct wild horse gather in eastern Nevada

ELY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin a wild horse gather near Ely, Nevada on or about July 8, 2019.

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

Southern Nevada Fire Restrictions Announced

LAS VEGAS – On July 1, the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Clark County, Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District, National Park Service, U.S.

Nevada, Winnemucca DO

Coordinated initial attack effort minimizes multiple fires’ spread

WINNEMUCCA, NV – On June 25th interagency fire resources responded to multiple fire starts in Pershing County along State Route 400, four miles south of Mill City.

Nevada, Southern Nevada DO

In compliance with SNPLMA, BLM proposes to sell 893 acres in Las Vegas Valley

LAS VEGAS – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comments on a proposal in compliance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (S

Nevada, Battle Mountain DO

BLM Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Gemfield Gold Mine Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada

Tonopah, NV – The Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah Field Office (TFO), has published a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) associate

Nevada, Elko DO

BLM Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Rossi Mine Expansion Project in Elko County, Nevada

ELKO, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Halliburton Energy Services’ proposed Rossi Barite

Nevada

Final Environmental Impact Statement Sets Stage for 10-Year Renewal of the Burning Man Special Recreation Permit

WINNEMUCCA, NV – The Burning Man event would continue to be held at current attendance levels for the next decade at Nevada’s Black Rock National Conservation Area under the Bureau