Public Input & Actions

The BLM has launched a publicly available web-based GIS mapping tool to help promote helium development and production on public lands. The interactive tool highlights areas on BLM-managed lands with helium concentrations.

Effective immediately, the Bureau of Land Management is transitioning to winter motor vehicle limitations in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area.

BLM Price Field Office approved a Special Recreation Permit for Gunnison Watershed School District, authorizing educational hiking, camping, and canyoneering for high schoolers in the San Rafael Swell and Muddy Creek.

The Pinedale Anticline Project Office Board of Directors will hold an in-person meeting on November 10, 2026. The meeting will be held in person with a virtual attendance option available through Microsoft Teams.

The BLM Vernal Field Office has authorized Anschutz Exploration Corporation to drill two horizontal natural gas wells and construct the Mikaela Well Pad with supporting infrastructure in Uintah County.

The Bureau of Land Management has rescinded all fire restrictions on lands administered by the BLM Medford District.

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.