Public Land Orders

Public Land Orders are issued by the Secretary of the Interior to implement, modify, extend or revoke land withdrawals under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA).  

Signed Orders are published in the Federal Register and can be viewed on the Government Printing Office’s online Federal Register. Each list below shows the date for each Order and the page number on which it appears in the Federal Register. 


June 20, 1942 - Dec. 26, 1950: 1 - 694

Jan. 16, 1951 - Dec. 30, 1960: 695 - 2250

Jan. 10, 1961 - Dec. 11, 1970: 2251 - 4975

Jan. 4, 1971 - Dec. 31, 1980: 4976 - 5806

Jan. 15, 1981 - Dec. 11, 1990: 5807 - 6825

Jan. 22, 1991 - June 4, 1998: 6826 - 7342

June 18, 1998 - May 14, 1999: 7343 - 7393

May 14, 1999 - June 2, 2000: 7394 - 7454

June 7, 2000 - March 25, 2002: 7455 - 7520

April 23, 2002 - October 1, 2002: 7521 - 7544

October 24, 2002 - April 25, 2003: 7545 - 7567

May 2, 2003 - August 14, 2003: 7568 - 7581

September 3, 2003 - January 15, 2004: 7582 - 7596

February 13, 2004 - October 6, 2004: 7597 - 7620

December 20, 2004 - August 10, 2005: 7621 - 7643

August 11, 2005 - July 6, 2006: 7644 - 7666

July 6, 2006 - June 7, 2007: 7667 - 7678

July 3, 2007 - July 31, 2008: 7679 - 7715

September 8, 2008 - May 26, 2009: 7716 - 7735

September 9, 2009 - September 21, 2010: 7736 - 7752

October 4, 2010 - January 9, 2012: 7753 - 7787

January 31, 2012 - December 3, 2013: 7788 - 7822

February 26, 2014 - April 26, 2016: 7823 - 7852

June 20, 2016 - October 9, 2020: 7853 - 7898