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Missing Man Last Seen In Wild Basin Area of Rocky Mountain National Park

On Monday, May 1, park rangers were notified of a missing man in the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park. Kevin Sypher was last seen on Sunday afternoon, April 30, in the Sandbeach Lake parking area near the Wild Basin Entrance Station


Yellowstone National Park reminds boaters, anglers to clean, drain and dry

Boating and fishing season begins in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday, May 27 and ends Oct. 31.


Phase One of Sandy Wildfire Evacuation Plan Initiated

Active fire behavior was observed today on the Sandy Fire as it continued to grow.


National Park Service Accepts Donation of Winslow Homer Watercolor Painting

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site has accepted a Winslow Homer watercolor painting, Waiting for the Boats (1882), into its museum collection.


Project 1966: Hike Every Trail in the National Park

Join a ranger and hike all the trails in Indiana Dunes National Park.


Blue Ridge Parkway begins Price Lake Dam bridge repair project

Work has begun to repair the Price Lake Dam bridge, at milepost 296 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.



Emergency Closure of Teton Reservoir Road

Due to hazardous high-water conditions, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field Office is closing the Teton Reservoir Recreation site until further notice.


BLM’s Huckleberry Recreation site to offer limited camping this summer due to construction

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Coeur d’Alene Field Office has temporarily paused taking reservations through Recreation.gov for overnight camping at the Huckleberry Recreation Site due to site improvement work.


What’s happening at the Trails Center: May 20-21

Get ready for a summer full of fun and engaging weekend programs at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center.


BLM issues emergency temporary closure of Fortuna Pond due to flooding

To ensure public safety, the Bureau of Land Management, Yuma Field Office, has issued an emergency temporary closure of the Fortuna Pond recreational area located north of Yuma


Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management crews will be felling hazard trees along two sections of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail on Thursday and Friday, May 18 and 19.


The BLM to conduct prescribed fire at Lake Mathews Reserve

Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to three acres of public lands with prescribed fire in the Lake Mathews-Estelle Mountain Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat Reserve in western Riverside County.


BLM Litchfield Wild Horse Corral reopens for public visits, adoptions, purchases

The Bureau of Land Management has reopened its Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corral near Susanville for public visits and wild horse and burro adoptions and sales, after a temporary closure was needed to allow a group of animals to recover from illness.


Access to Shaffer Mountain Road will be restricted during power line project

Public access to the Shaffer Mountain Road near Litchfield in Lassen County will be temporarily restricted, as the Lassen Municipal Utility District completes a project to underground a power line serving the communication site on the mountaintop.


BLM plans temporary closure of two recreational shooting sites for hazardous fuel reduction project

To ensure public and worker safety, the Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close the Baldy Mountain and Saddleback Mountain recreational shooting sites for up to seven days during a hazardous fuel reduction project.


BLM’s Blackwell Island Recreation Site in Coeur d’Alene to open May 25

Boating season on Lake Coeur d’Alene is on the horizon and on May 25, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) popular Blackwell Island Recreation Site will reopen for the season


BLM to host Wild Horse and Burro Event in West Columbia, South Carolina

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 May 18-20, 2023, at the South Congaree Arena, 395 Oak St, West Columbia, S.C. 29172.


BLM acquires western Idaho land to preserve critical wildlife habitat

The Bureau of Land Management has purchased 390 acres of land in western Idaho, located 11 miles west of Midvale, from The Nature Conservancy using funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.


Steve Leonard selected as new Kremmling Field Manager

The Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest District Office welcomes Steve Leonard as the new Field Manager for the Kremmling Field Office.