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Throughout the winter season, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will implement three prescribed fires, depending on weather conditions.
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The Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office has announced a two-year segregation of more than 4,400 acres of public land in Maricopa and Yuma Counties to allow for the consideration of two proposed utility-scale solar energy projects
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The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper reopened Thursday after a brief closure for maintenance on Wednesday.
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Annual seasonal closure of wildlife winter range goes into effect on December 1 for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the City of Durango
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The Bureau of Land Management California announces the selection of Sherri Lisius as the Bishop Field Manager.
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The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office is seeking volunteers in the Basin, Worland and Thermopolis areas to assist with the Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.
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The Bureau of Land Management is planning a prescribed burn at the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker. The burn is scheduled between Dec. 12, 2022 and Mar. 30, 2023, weather permitting.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to the third pre-scoping virtual public workshop on the proposed Greenlink North Project to be held via Zoom December 13.
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During a visit to the Sonoran Solar Energy Project today – a project on public lands expected to power 91,000 homes – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Laura Daniel-Davis announced new efforts to support solar energy development on public lands across the West and help meet the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious renewable energy and conservation goals.
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As part of efforts to meet the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035, as well as Congress’ direction in the Energy Act of 2020 to permit 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal production on public lands no later than 2025, the Bureau of Land Management proposes to offer two geothermal lease sale parcels in Millard County, Utah, totaling approximately 3,045 acres, on Jan. 24, 2023.
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The Bureau of Land Management welcomes Chad Krause as the new field manager for the Newcastle Field Office. As field manager, Krause oversees the management of 287,900 acres of BLM-managed surface and 1.7 million acres of federal mineral estate across Crook, Weston, and Niobrara counties in northeastern Wyoming, as well as BLM-managed public lands and mineral estate in Nebraska.
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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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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.
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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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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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Annual winter closures go into effect Dec. 1 on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Montrose area to reduce stress on wintering wildlife and prevent road damage
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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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The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Central Coast Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposed supplementary rule to manage recreation at the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coastal National Monument.
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This holiday season, permits are available for cutting trees on Bureau of Land Management public lands in the San Luis Valley and Royal Gorge field offices through Dec. 24, 2022.
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A 30-day public comment period is open for a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Plan of Operations Amendment (Plan) for the Valmy Development of the Marigold Mine.