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Wyoming
An abandoned well with vegetation growing through it

BLM invests in restoring abandoned wells in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Wyoming
Wild horses on East Pershing Complex range land.

BLM proposes wild horse gather in Wyoming’s White Mountain area

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management invites input on a proposed wild horse gather in southwest Wyoming’s White Mountain Herd Management Area.

National Office, Wyoming
Seymour antelope mascot sits with a book in front of a replica tipi.

Visit the Trails Center for 'Storytime with Seymour Antelope'

Wyoming
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center sign with cloudy sky in background.

Trails Center announces winter youth program series: Pioneering Frugality

Wyoming, High Plains DO
A bald eagle flying over a bare hill.

Volunteers count 436 eagles in the Powder River Basin during midwinter survey

Buffalo, Wyo. – Ninety volunteers spent the morning of Jan.

Wyoming
Wyoming Resource Advisory Council

Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming Resource Advisory Council to host meeting

CASPER, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in person in Casper on Jan.

National Office, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana-Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming
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

Wyoming
Oil Rig Eastern Montana-Dakotas District

BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Wyoming
Image of two oil and gas pumps.

BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Wyoming, Casper FO
Snow covered Muddy Mountain access road, Dec. 15, 2020.

Muddy Mountain Road closing for the season

CASPER, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office will close Muddy Mountain Road for the winter on Sunday, December 31.

Wyoming
Slash piles burn amidst snow covered ground.

BLM Casper to burn slash piles in Natrona County

Wyoming
Silhouette of a pumping oil rig at sunset.

BLM announces oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Rawlins FO
Rawlins Gen-Tie Line

BLM seeks public comment for proposed gen-tie electric line project

RAWLINS, Wyo.

High Desert DO
A deer standing in deep snow

BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices announce big game winter range closures

Wyoming
Model trains in foreground with replica town in background.

Trails Center hosts annual holiday model train display

Wyoming
Pinedale Mountains

Pinedale Anticline Project Office sets deadline for 2024 project applications

PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) is soliciting project applications for potential 2024 funding.

Wyoming
Oil and gas rig in front of a sunset.

BLM oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $3,405,179

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 37 parcels covering 35,353.86 acres in Wyoming.

Pinedale FO
Bald Eagle

BLM Pinedale seeks volunteers for bald eagle survey

PINEDALE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office is seeking volunteers to assist with a national mid-winter bald eagle survey on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.

Rawlins FO
BLM fire crews conduct controlled burns to help reduce the potential for large-scale wildfires on Colorado ranges.

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

RAWLINS. Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office this Fall and Winter.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
A dirt trails curves along the side of a brushy slope with a view of rolling hills in the background.

New hiking, horseback trail complete at Johnny Behind the Rocks

LANDER, Wyo. — Construction is complete on a new trail at the Bureau of Land Management-administered Johnny Behind the Rocks (JBR) Trail System southeast of Lander.

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
Small boulders mark the border of a gravel parking area.

BLM approves Outlaw Trails plan

CODY, Wyo.—A plan for an official trail system at the Outlaw Trails area north of Cody has been approved by the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office.

Wyoming
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BLM Christmas tree permits available

Pinedale FO
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

PINEDALE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District (HDD) plans to conduct slash pile prescribed burns on lands managed by the Pin

Wyoming
Christmas tree in foreground with a covered wagon behind it.

Trails Center announces annual 'Holiday on the Homestead' celebration

Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
Several wild horses of various colors stand in an open sagebrush landscape.

Bait trap gather to begin in McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area

CODY, Wyo.