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BLM seeks additional public input on dispersed camping proposal for Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges

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.


Bureau of Land Management seeks proposals to fund natural resource projects

About $3 million in funding is available for natural resource projects that restore and improve public lands across western Oregon.


Public scoping period opens for Resource Management Plan amendment allowing e-bike use, new route designations within Campbell Tract

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.


BLM offers rewards for information in the shooting of two wild horses on the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area

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.


BLM to host virtual public meeting for Greenlink North project March 29

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 Southwest District RAC sheep grazing sub-committee to meet April 5

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.


The Winnemucca District Office welcomes a new district manager

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.


Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument now accepting 2023 Artist-In-Residence Applications

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.


BLM plans prescribed burn at Deer Haven

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.


BLM announces next steps in consideration of Mosey Solar Project

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


The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office seeks public comment for the September 2023 oil and gas lease sale

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 to host wild horse and burro event in Swanzey, New Hampshire

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.


Bureau of Land Management New Mexico issues notice for oil and gas lease sale

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.


Bureau of Land Management Wyoming seeks feedback on proposed oil and gas lease sale

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.


BLM suspending adoptions, public visits to Litchfield corrals

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.


BLM seeks public comment for the Wabuska Geothermal Exploration Project

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 approves Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility Project

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 comment on Pryor horse herd management plan

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 To Host Wild Horse and Burro Event in Liberty, Kentucky

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 Burns District Announces Recreation Fee Changes Beginning April 1

After decades of maintaining the same price, the Bureau of Land Management will increase overnight camping fees at six campgrounds in eastern Oregon.