Public Input & Actions

The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Wildland Fire Service will begin prescribed fire operations throughout eastern Fresno, western Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura counties as weather, fuel, and air quality become favorable. Operations will start as early as Oct. 28 and will continue throughout the fall and winter. These treatments are carefully planned to reduce hazardous fuels, protect nearby communities, and restore native ecosystems. Information about specific upcoming and active burns is available online.

The BLM has completed a wild horse gather in the Sulphur Herd Management Area in western Utah. The BLM gathered 257 wild horses starting Oct. 2 and concluding Oct. 17.

The Bureau of Land Management, in coordination with the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, has eased fire restrictions, effective Monday, Oct. 26, on public lands managed by the Bishop Field Office. Fire restrictions were initiated on June 22 to curb the wildfire risk. Recreational target shooting and campfires are once again allowed on public lands with a valid campfire permit, unless otherwise posted.

The Bureau of Land Management, in coordination with the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, has eased fire restrictions, effective Monday Oct. 26, on public lands managed by the Bakersfield and Central Coast field offices. Fire restrictions were initiated on May 15 to curb the wildfire risk. Recreational target shooting and campfires are once again allowed on public lands with a valid campfire permit, unless otherwise posted.

The BLM Vernal Field Office has approved two horizontal oil wells for Uinta Wax Operating LLC on split-estate lands and renewed a 10-year Special Recreation Permit for Notellum Outfitters hunt guide operations.

The fire prevention order and associated closure for the Bureau of Land Management-administered lands on the Roseburg District is rescinded as of October 26, 2026.

Local residents, anglers, and families could soon see improved access to the Yellowstone River via a new fishing access site near Terry in Prairie County.

To protect the long-term health of wild horses and the rangelands they depend on, the BLM has approved a new management plan for the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area in Utah's San Rafael Swell region.

The Bureau of Land Management has rescinded the closure of area in the area of the Riddle Mountain HMA Emergency Gather on lands administered by the BLM Burns District, Oregon.

The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office is announcing the availability of the proposed bentonite Mine Plan of Operations submitted by American Colloid Company for the Sims Project, located in Big Horn County, Wyoming.

The BLM has converted Union Pacific's right-of-way for a Carbon County communication site and approved eight horizontal oil wells for Uinta Wax Operating LLC's Womack project on split-estate lands.