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**Notice of Cancellation** Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee

Utah, Paria River DO
Whitehouse Road Closure Map. Credit BLM Utah.

Update: Construction timeline shifts for Whitehouse Road Improvement Project

Update from previous news release published Feb. 6, 2024

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BLM seeks public comment for May 2025 oil and gas lease sale in Utah

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Whitehouse Road in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Credit BLM Utah.

Monument to begin improvements on Whitehouse Road

KANAB, Utah — The BLM is preparing to improve access to Whitehouse Campground and Trailhead in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

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Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Credit BLM Utah

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument announces summer hours for visitor centers

KANAB, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will transition to a summer schedule for the monument’s visitor centers beginning Mar.

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San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council meets in the Price Field Office

San Rafael Swell Recreation Advisory Council to host public meeting and field tour

PRICE, Uta

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View of Cedar Canyon from Red Hill

Public input welcome for Coal Creek Day Use Site Environmental Assessment

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Calf Creek at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

BLM announces February virtual meeting of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee

KANAB, Uta

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angled solar panels

BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout the West

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production in more Western states

Utah
Two burros facing each other.

BLM releases decision to gather wild burros in Utah’s Canyonlands Herd Management Area

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An owl on a tree branch.

BLM, RINS seek volunteers to monitor raptor nests

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A desert bighorn sheep with large horns looks out over public lands outside of Moab, Utah.

BLM implements new wildlife protections in Mineral and Hell Roaring Canyons

MOAB, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a

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BLM oil and gas lease sale in Utah nets $92,397

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Photo of tamarisk pile burn

Slash pile burning scheduled in Iron and Beaver Counties to reduce wildfire risk

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Special recreation permit out on public lands.

Moab Field Office adjusts special recreation permit application and review process

MOAB, Utah – To improve the management of permitted activities and events, the Moab Field Office is streamlining its application and review process for special recreation permits.

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The BLM seeks public comment on analysis of a proposal for exploratory drilling northwest of Moab

MOAB, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office seeks public input during a 30-day comment period on the

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Image of red rock and snow-covered mountains in the Red Cliffs National Area. Photo by John Kellam/BLM

BLM, FWS review potential impacts of Northern Corridor highway in Utah

ST. GEORGE, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S.

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Transmission lines on land managed by Bureau of Land Management.

BLM invites public input on 214-mile transmission line proposal in Utah and Nevada

The BLM is seeking public input on the proposed Cross-Tie 500-kV Transmission Project that would connect the Clover Substation in central Utah with the Robinson Summit Substation in east-central Nevada.
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A sunny hill with vegetation and trees.

Moab Field Office Releases Proposal for Mud Springs Trail System for Public Comment

The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office is releasing a draft environmental assessment for a 15-day public comment period covering the Mud Springs Trail System.
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A sunset with pink cliffs

BLM Utah seeks nominations for Resource Advisory Councils and Monument Advisory Committees

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it is seeking public nominations to four citizens’ advisory committees.

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A person dragging a cut tree across snow with a forest in the background.

BLM begins Christmas tree-cutting permit sales

SALT LAKE CITY —The Bureau of Land Management will begin offering non-commercial tree permits to cut trees for the holidays,

Utah, Green River DO
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BLM seeks comment on sale of public land in Emery County

PRICE, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management today announced a 45-day public comment period for a proposed sale of 80 acres of federal land in Emery County, known as Parcel 15.

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View of the proposed Dumas direct land sale parcel. Credit BLM Utah.

BLM seeks input on proposed direct land sale in Garfield County

KANAB, Uta

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California Condor

Paria River District invites citizen scientists to help collect data on feathered friends during Audubon’s 124th Christmas Bird Count

KANAB, Utah — On Dec. 14 and Dec.

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GSENM Winter Hours for Visitor Centers

BLM announces winter holiday hours for Visitor Centers, Paria Contact Station, Paria Canyon overnight permits

KANAB, Utah — The Bureau of Land Management Paria River District will transition to a winter operating schedule for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s four visitor cente