News published on Federal Newswire in February 2023

News from February 2023


BLM has openings for campground hosts in Northern California

The Bureau of Land Management is offering opportunities to live and work in beautiful public land settings, in four Northern California volunteer camp host positions


BLM takes measures to protect endangered species at Panoche Hills

The Bureau of Land Management is taking measures to protect habitat for the endangered blunt-nose leopard lizard by temporarily limiting vehicle access to the Panoche Hills Recreation Area in Fresno and San Benito counties.


Bureau of Land Management approves wireless broadband communication facility near Laughlin

The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office approved the application submitted by InterConnect Towers, LLC to construct and operate a wireless broadband communication facility along State Route 163.


BLM plans pile burning in Cloverdale area of west Redding through March 3

Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be burning piles of branches and brush on public lands in the Cloverdale area of west Redding beginning Thursday, February 23, and continuing through Friday, March 3.


Additional Lands Withdrawn to Protect Zortman-Landusky Mine Reclamation Site

The Bureau of Land Management announced a Public Land Order today to protect more than 900 additional acres at the Zortman-Landusky


BLM Colorado Resource Advisory Councils announce March meetings

The Bureau of Land Management Northwest, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) will hold a series of meetings on March 29 and 30, 2023, in Glenwood Springs, CO.


BLM seeks comments on placer gold mine expansion proposal

Bureau of Land Management Baker Field Office opened a 30-day public comment period through March 23, for a proposed placer gold mining operation on about 100 acres of public land in southwestern Baker County.


BLM welcomes input on proposed recreation site fee increases

The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal to set or increase fees at several campgrounds and recreation sites in Beaver and Iron counties in Utah.


Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on proposed Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments to inform development of an environmental assessment and regional mitigation strategy for the proposed Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada.


BLM plans prescribed fires in Eddy and Chaves counties

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to conduct several prescribed fire operations beginning the week of Feb. 20 through the end of April.


Prescribed burn planned in Socorro County

During the week of Feb. 27 through March 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with Holloman Air Force Base, are planning a prescribed burn in Socorro County. Personnel will concentrate their efforts on Red Rio Bombing Range, located on White Sands Missile Range approximately 18 miles west of Carrizozo. 


BLM plans prescribed burn in Otero County

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in conjunction with Holloman Air Force Base, is planning a prescribed burn within Otero County in southern New Mexico the week of Feb. 27 through March 3, 2023. 


Local contractor selected to thin pinyon-juniper northwest of Ely, Nevada

A local vendor is selectively removing pinyon pine and juniper trees from approximately 690 acres of the public lands in Smith Valley, about 25 miles northwest of Ely, Nev.


BLM Bakersfield Field Office seeks public input for off-highway vehicle grants

The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office wants to hear your ideas on how to ensure off-highway vehicle trails are safe and well maintained on public lands throughout Central California at a virtual public meeting on Monday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.


Bureau of Land Management New Mexico seeks feedback on proposed oil and gas lease sale

In accordance with congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office started a 30-day scoping period to receive public input on 12 parcels totaling 915.59 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale.


Dave Pals named new BLM Moab Field Manager

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to welcome Dave Pals as the new field manager for the Moab Field Office. Pals brings experience in natural resources management, geology, and knowledge of the Moab area to his new role.


BLM Las Cruces District seeks applicants for Artist-in-Residence Program

The Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District announce a call to artists to apply for the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Artist in Residence Program to take place May 1-31.


BLM announces prescribed burn at Dripping Springs Natural Area

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area near Las Cruces, N.M. The Dripping Springs prescribed burn is planned for the week of Feb. 27 through March 3


National Parks Named in Honor of Women

News Release: USS Triton Sail Park is located alongside the Columbia River in Richland, Washington. The USS Triton was the first vessel to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth in 1960 powered by nuclear reactor technology developed for the Manhattan Project. Beginning in 1968, the Triton was the first...


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.