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Thanks to widespread rain and cooler temperatures, Bureau of Land Management Medford District officials are reducing public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands in southern Oregon.
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News Release: Carson City, Nev - On Oct. 23, Brady Owens began a 120-day detail as the BLM Sierra Front Field Manager.
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News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close a two-mile section of the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail to protect public safety while crews remove trees that were damaged in the Hog Fire of 2020. The access restriction is expected to begin Monday, Oct. 31, and will continue until November 26.
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The McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas in Utah will have a new manager.
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The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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3D Elevation Program (3DEP) grant opened on Oct. 27.
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News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - An Environmental Assessment was prepared to analyze a Desert-Land Entry application. The Desert Land Act allows individuals to apply for a desert-land entry to reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and semiarid public lands.
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With colder weather approaching, people may start thinking about gathering firewood.
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To protect nationally-significant Tribal and cultural resources dating back thousands of years, the Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office is proposing to close the American Falls Archaeological District (Archaeological District) and a portion of the Lake Channel area to rock climbing and off-highway vehicle use in southern Idaho.
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The Bureau of Land Management Alaska today announce the recent signing of a multi-year, self-governance funding agreement to transfer a portion of the BLM’s cultural resource activities and functions to Kawerak, Inc., a Tribal non-profit consortium representing 20 Tribal governments in the Bering Strait Region.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has removed all fire restrictions and emergency closures on lands administered by the BLM, Roseburg District.The signed order is available online at: https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2022-06/orwa-fpo-rbg-062322.pdf.This order shall go into effect at 1:00 p.m.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office issued a decision approving the DW Ranch Road Aggregate Mining and Reclamation Project, as analyzed in the Environmental Assessment.
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News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Thanks to widespread rain and cooler temperatures, Bureau of Land Management Medford District officials are reducing public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands in southern Oregon. Starting Oct. 23, 2022 at 12:01 a.m., BLM-managed lands in Jackson and Josephine Counties will move to a low fire danger level.
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News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has removed all fire restrictions and emergency closures on lands administered by the BLM, Roseburg District.
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News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - With colder weather approaching, people may start thinking about gathering firewood. Firewood permits are required to gather firewood from public lands across lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Winnemucca District. Woodcutting areas can be found in Humboldt and Pershing counties, as well as portions of Lander, Churchill, and Washoe counties.
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News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Battle Mountain District Office, Tonopah Field Office is announcing the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to address potential environmental consequences associated with excess wild horses within and outside of the Stone Cabin Complex located in Nye County, Nevada. The preliminary 10-year Wild Horse Gather EA will be available for public review and comments from October 25 to Nov. 23, 2022.
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News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska today announce the recent signing of a multi-year, self-governance funding agreement to transfer a portion of the BLM’s cultural resource activities and functions to Kawerak, Inc., a Tribal non-profit consortium representing 20 Tribal governments in the Bering Strait Region. Kawerak represents nearly one-quarter of the federal lands managed by the Anchorage Field Office.
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Pennsylvania will be receiving $244 million to help pay for cleaning up legacy pollution sites and abandoned mines.
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News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - To protect nationally-significant Tribal and cultural resources dating back thousands of years, the Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office is proposing to close the American Falls Archaeological District (Archaeological District) and a portion of the Lake Channel area to rock climbing and off-highway vehicle use in southern Idaho.
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News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office issued a decision approving the DW Ranch Road Aggregate Mining and Reclamation Project, as analyzed in the Environmental Assessment.