News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is making Christmas tree-cutting permits available to the public. Permits cost $5 each with a limit of 10 per purchaser.

The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a prescribed burn at the Blanca Wetlands, approximately 11 miles northeast of Alamosa, Colo.

The Bureau of Land Management will begin offering non-commercial tree permits to cut trees for the holidays, including pinyon pine and juniper trees, starting next week in Utah.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse adoption event on Nov. 4 – 5, offering approximately 60 wild horses gathered from the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area (HMA).

The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District will hold two public scoping meetings to involve the public in a proposed management plan for the Gold Butte National Monument.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposal for a parking area and northern trailhead at the Cotoni-Coast Dairies, an on-shore unit of the California Coastal National Monument on Santa Cruz County’s North Coast, in Davenport. Interested parties may submit written comments during the 30-day public input period ending on Nov. 28.

The Bureau of Land Management invites industry representatives and the interested public to a workshop on legal authorizations (also known as “rights of way”) for broadband installations on public land.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposal to develop a recreation and management plan for the Penrose Commons area of Fremont County, approximately 10 miles east of Cañon City.

The Black Rock Field Office has prepared and completed the final Environmental Assessment analyzing the impacts to construct, operate, and maintain the Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Project in Washoe County, proposed by Ormat Nevada Inc., 26 LLC.

The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office announces the availability of a draft environmental assessment analyzing the environmental effects of constructing and operating a communication facility west of Laughlin.

On the west side of Otero Mesa, between Alamogordo, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, lies McGregor Range and a one-of-a-kind grazing program made possible through a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) partnership with the Department of Defense, the public and coordinated resource management.

The Bureau of Land Management has initiated a 30-day public comment period for the Calf Creek Recreation Site Deferred Maintenance and Improvements Project Environmental Assessment to evaluate proposed improvements to the developed recreation site within Calf Creek Recreation Area in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Garfield County, Utah.

There were 116 press releases or notices published by the Bureau of Land Management in October.

News Release: SPARKS, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Truckee-Carson Irrigation District today broke ground on a $35 million construction project funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore safe, long-term operation of the Truckee Canal. The event marked the beginning of Phase 1 of a...

News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah-To protect cultural and natural resources and reduce wildfire intensity, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District and National Park Service (NPS) plan prescribed burns of cut and piled juniper. The treatment areas are located 75 miles south of St. George, Utah along BLM Road 1683, west of Mt. Dellenbaugh. Burning may occur over multiple days between October 2022 and April 2023 as weather and fuel conditions allow.