News from March 2023
BLM To Host Wild Horse and Burro Event in Liberty, Kentucky
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangelands, on March 23-25, 2023, at the Central Kentucky AG Expo, 678 S. Wallace Wilkinson Blvd, Liberty, KY 42539
BLM seeks comment on Pryor horse herd management plan
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
A public comment period has started --on a proposed amendment to the Billings Field Office Resource Management Plan to address genetic diversity in the Pryor Mountain wild horse herd. Comments must be received by April 14, 2023.
BLM approves Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility Project
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management has approved a right-of-way grant for continued operation of the existing Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility in Riverside County.
BLM seeks public comment for the Wabuska Geothermal Exploration Project
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Stillwater Field Office is initiating a 30-day scoping public comment period seeking input regarding a proposed geothermal power plant.
BLM suspending adoptions, public visits to Litchfield corrals
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is suspending public visits and adoptions from its wild horse and burro corrals in Litchfield, Calif., due to the presence of Streptococcus equi, or strangles, a contagious bacterial infection affecting a small number of horses at the facility.
Bureau of Land Management Wyoming seeks feedback on proposed oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
In accordance with congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 47 oil and gas parcels totaling 46,327.60 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale.
Bureau of Land Management New Mexico issues notice for oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office issued two final environmental assessments and the sale notice for the May 2023 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Swanzey, New Hampshire
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event April 21-22, 2023, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Cheshire Fairgrounds, 247 Monadnock HWY, Swanzey, New Hampshire.
The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office seeks public comment for the September 2023 oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
Consistent with direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office released an environmental assessment analyzing 18 parcels comprising 31,807.99 acres for the proposed September 2023 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. Fourteen of these parcels cover 26,853.94 acres on public lands managed by the BLM Richfield Field Office with an additional four parcels totaling 4,954.05 acres on National Forest System lands administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDA Forest Service) Fishlake National Forest.
BLM announces next steps in consideration of Mosey Solar Project
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management announced next steps in its consideration of the proposed Mosey Solar Project, a planned 500-megawatt installation in Clark and Nye counties. T
BLM plans prescribed burn at Deer Haven
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct a prescribed burn in the Deer Haven area, approximately 15 miles northwest of Cañon City, south of High Park Road, and west of County Road 69 in northern Fremont County.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument now accepting 2023 Artist-In-Residence Applications
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is pleased to announce applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Artist-in-Residence program, sponsored through partnership with the Escalante Canyons Art Festival and Glen Canyon Conservancy. Applications must be received by midnight April 10, 2023.
The Winnemucca District Office welcomes a new district manager
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management, Nevada has selected Sam Burton as the new Winnemucca District Manager. Mr. Burton previously served as the Field Manager for Helium Operations in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico, Amarillo Field Office.
BLM Southwest District RAC sheep grazing sub-committee to meet April 5
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold the second meeting of a sub-committee formed to study domestic sheep grazing in bighorn sheep habitat on April 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
BLM to host virtual public meeting for Greenlink North project March 29
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to the fourth pre-scoping virtual public workshop on the proposed Greenlink North Project to be held via Zoom March 29.
BLM offers rewards for information in the shooting of two wild horses on the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management, American Wild Horse Campaign, Onaqui Catalogue, the National Mustang Association and Red Birds Trust are offering a $22,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the killing of two wild horse stallions shot on the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area, located 60 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Public scoping period opens for Resource Management Plan amendment allowing e-bike use, new route designations within Campbell Tract
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced in the Federal Register Notice a 30-day public scoping period for an environmental analysis for Campbell Tract, a 730-acre Special Recreation Management Area in Anchorage.
Bureau of Land Management seeks proposals to fund natural resource projects
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
About $3 million in funding is available for natural resource projects that restore and improve public lands across western Oregon.
BLM seeks additional public input on dispersed camping proposal for Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office announces a second comment period for feedback on a proposal to limit camping to designated sites in a portion of the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Special Recreation Management Area northwest of Moab, Utah.
BLM to offer 1,064 acres for solar lease auction
By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 27, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management announced today it is auctioning 1,064 acres of public land for solar energy production in the De Tilla Gulch area of Saguache County, Colorado.