News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Anchorage Field Office signed a decision on the Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for the Campbell Tract on Sept. 30.


The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office and Friends of a Legacy (FOAL) partnered in October to remove saltcedar on public and private land in the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) east of Cody.


Fire restrictions have been lifted for Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Campbell, Converse, Crook, Platte, and Sheridan counties.


When we think about landscape conservation, we tend to think big – big problems that require big solutions.


 The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office will postpone the prescribed fire treatment on Animas City Mountain located within the Durango area until spring 2023.




The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) listed the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (Act) in 1990 due to habitat loss and fragmentation, excessive predation, and disease.





In Texas, nine major aquifers hold the groundwater that meets up to 60 percent of the state’s water needs.


The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that, thanks to substantial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it will invest about $2.8 million to collect a large swath of geophysical data focusing on critical mineral resources in northeastern Washington State.


U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor today completed her first official visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) where she met with Governor Albert Bryan and other island leaders to emphasize the agency’s commitment to the people of the territory.


On Friday, Oct. 21, Reclamation will expand fuels and vegetation management activities in the Auburn State Recreation Area.


The Bureau of Reclamation’s New Melones Lake Park Rangers and volunteers have participated in Sierra Nevada Alliance’s Great Sierra River Cleanup for about 10 years.


New Melones park rangers excitingly met with Tri County and Stanislaus Wildlife Care representatives last month at the Angels Creek Boat Launch.


It’s late evening and the warm summer breeze blows thick smoke across the incident command post. The red glow beyond the nearby ridgeline has grown brighter.


Careful management of limited water supplies and steady rainfall through much of the summer are being credited for helping keep the Rio Grande flowing.


The Department of the Interior today announced $210 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West through water storage and conveyance projects.