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DOI-FWS grant application closes on Feb. 17

F23AS00035_FY 2023 Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program grant opened on Oct. 20.


What releases are upcoming from the National Park Service on Oct. 21

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Oct. 21.


Decision: Changes coming to how Campbell Tract is managed

News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Anchorage Field Office signed a decision on the Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for the Campbell Tract on Sept. 30. The Campbell Tract was reserved for use by the BLM as an administrative site in 1982 and designated a special recreation management...


News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office and Friends of a Legacy (FOAL) partnered in October to remove saltcedar on public and private land in the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) east of Cody.


News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Fire restrictions have been lifted for Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Campbell, Converse, Crook, Platte, and Sheridan counties.


Summer rains help keep Rio Grande flowing

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Careful management of limited water supplies and steady rainfall through much of the summer are being credited for helping keep the Rio Grande flowing.


Reclamation lowers Lake Mohave water level to aid with annual razorback sucker harvest

News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River, and the drawdown is part of annual river operations which are...


There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 20.


BLM to burn slash piles

News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to burn slash piles within the Cody, Lander and Worland field office areas this fall and winter. These pile burns will reduce accumulated slash from previous mechanical thinning projects.


News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Campbell Creek Science Center (CCSC) is joining with the National Park Service, Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists, and other partners to celebrate International Archaeology Day.


BLM West Desert District rescinds seasonal fire restrictions in majority of district

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District rescinded fire prevention order UTW002-2022-01 today on BLM-managed lands within Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah and Wasatch counties. Fire prevention order UTW002-2022-08 went into effect today on BLM-managed lands on West Mountain and Lake Mountains in Utah County. The public is encouraged to continue to use their “fire sense" to help prevent wildfire.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - President Biden signed the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act yesterday, designating the Blackwell School site in Marfa, Texas, as part of the National Park System. This designation will permanently protect the site for future generations and help tell the history of Texas school districts that established separate elementary schools for Mexican American children through the practice of de facto segregation. .


News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - On Nov. 1, 2022, the Bureau of Land Management will implement a new mobile based geofence system for obtaining daily lottery permits to hike in the stunning recreation area known as Coyote Buttes South, within the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The BLM is implementing...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that, for the first time in the agency’s history, it will require formal consultation with the Native Hawaiian Community. New policies and procedures, subject to formal consultation, will further affirm and honor the special political and trust relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian Community.


Agency Information Collection Activities; Grazing Management: Range Improvement Agreements and Permits Materials discussed on Oct. 18 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management is growing its partnership with the Utah Department of Natural Resources for the Watershed Restoration Initiative by committing approximately $3.8 million of funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for habitat restoration, watershed...


BLM to conduct prescribed fire at Dos Palmas Preserve to prevent wildfire risk

News Release: Palm Springs, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to 133 acres of public land with prescribed fire in the Dos Palmas Preserve in eastern Riverside County to prevent wildfire risk.


News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management invites mountain bike riders and hikers to come outdoors and enjoy the beautiful fall colors peaking on the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, when the Bureau of Land Management and Lassen Rural Bus offer a special shuttle service, Saturday, Oct. 22, between Susanville and Westwood.


News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Due to the lack of adequate snow cover in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area, the summer off-highway vehicle (OHV) limitations will remain in effect until October 31.