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Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District are planning to conduct prescribed burning at Mittry Lake Wildlife Area, about 12 miles north of Yuma and near Walter’s Camp, about 26 miles south of Blythe, California, along the California side of the lower Colorado River in Imperial County, between November and March, as weather and fuel conditions allow.
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BLM Invites Public Input on Proposed Redmond Project
The Bureau of Land Management is offering people the opportunity to provide input on the City of Redmond’s request to lease BLM public lands. The lease would accommodate expanding the City's wastewater treatment facility and associated wetland complex.
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3,600 acres in the Big Hole River area conserved for public access
Approximately 3,600 acres of pristine wildlife and riparian habitat in Montana’s popular Big Hole region is now in public ownership, thanks to a conservation collaboration by the Bureau of Land Management, a landowner, and conservation organizations.
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BLM plans prescribed burning projects in Swasey Recreation Area
The Bureau of Land Management Redding Field Office will conduct prescribed burning projects in the Swasey Recreation Area through Dec. 9.
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BLM increases harvest limit for the Fortymile Caribou Federal Subsistence Hunt
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Interior Field Office increased the Fortymile caribou federal subsistence hunt on federal public lands in Game Management Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F. Effective midnight on Dec. 2, 2022, the federal subsistence hunt includes a harvest limit of two caribou for the remainder of the winter hunt season that ends on March 31, 2023.
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The public is Invited to the 123rd Christmas Bird Count!
The Humboldt River Field Office invites birders of all experience levels to join us in counting birds around Winnemucca on Sunday, December 18, 2022.
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BLM extends public scoping period for the Copper Rays Solar Project Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendment
Bureau of Land Management has extended the public scoping period for the Copper Rays Solar Project Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendment after receiving several requests due to concerns about the scoping period overlapping several major holiday periods.
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BLM Ely District accepting seasonal firefighter applications
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is accepting applications for temporary seasonal firefighters.
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BLM Southwest District to offer Christmas tree permits through December 23
The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District is offering Christmas tree permits until December 23, 2022.
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Temporary closure of certain public land for the 2022 SNORE Laughlin Rage at the River OHV Race
The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands under its administration from December 10 through December 11, 2022.
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ICYMI: Comer Joins “Hannity,” Vows to Have Twitter Employees Responsible for Censorship of Laptop Story Before Oversight Committee
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) joined “Hannity” on Fox News to discuss Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop and the Biden family’s business schemes.
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Barrasso, Rodgers Press DOE about Damage Caused by Biden’s SPR Drawdown
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader John Barrasso (R-WY) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm raising concerns about potential damage to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) due to President Biden’s unprecedented drawdowns and DOE’s mismanagement of the national security asset.
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Barrasso Calls on DOE to Thoroughly Review Security Clearance Processes Following Theft by Senior Official
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm calling for a thorough review of the department’s security clearance processes.
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Barrasso Opening Statement at Business Meeting to Consider Nominations
Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nominations of:
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Barrasso Opening Statement on Energy, Mining, & Drought Bills
Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a legislative hearing to examine and receive testimony on a number of energy, public lands, and water bills.
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Manchin Statement On Announcement Of Alaska Offshore Lease Sale
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Energy Ocean Management’s (BOEM) announcement that Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 will take place on December 30, 2022
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Manchin, Committee Advance Energy Nominees and Consider Pending Legislation
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee favorably reported three pending nominations to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Mr. David Crane to be Under Secretary of Energy for Infrastructure, Mr. Jeffrey M. Marootian to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Mr. Gene Rodrigues to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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Chair Grijalva Celebrates New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, Actions on Tribal Consultation and Co-Management
House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on President Biden’s designation of the nearly 450,000-acre Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and the administration’s announcement of several new actions to support Indian Country at today’s White House Tribal Nations Summit.
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Chair Grijalva, Rep. Porter Seek Documents on Another Incident of Potential Bribery under the Trump Administration
House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland requesting documents regarding a second incident of potential bribery between senior officials in the Trump administration and real estate developer Mike Ingram.
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BLM extends public scoping period for the Copper Rays Solar Project Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendment
News Release: Las Vegas -Bureau of Land Management has extended the public scoping period for the Copper Rays Solar Project Environmental Impact Statement and Resource Management Plan Amendment after receiving several requests due to concerns about the scoping period overlapping several major holiday periods. The public scoping period now closes on Jan. 13, 2023.
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