News from December 2022
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
Tis the season! Looking for an outdoor experience to celebrate the holidays? How about cutting down your own Christmas tree? Christmas tree permits for the Bureau of Land Management Klamath Falls Field Office can be purchased ONLINE starting now.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office issued a decision approving the Exploration Plan of Operations for the Antler Operations Exploration Project proposed by Antler Operations Inc. (Antler), as analyzed in Environmental Assessment No. DOI-BLM-AZ-C010-2022-0017-EA.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to address the waste of natural gas during the production of oil and gas on federal and Tribal lands.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Redding Field Office will conduct prescribed burning projects in the Swasey Recreation Area through Dec. 9.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Humboldt River Field Office invites birders of all experience levels to join us in counting birds around Winnemucca on Sunday, December 18, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is accepting applications for temporary seasonal firefighters.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District is offering Christmas tree permits until December 23, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands under its administration from December 10 through December 11, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Dec 4, 2022
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:
