Planning and NEPA

Monday, February 9, 2026

Person in a white hard hat and neon yellow safety vest pointing towards a rocky cliff face at a mining or excavation site.

Applying science on Wyoming’s public lands

For more than five years, Morgan Hill has supported responsible mineral development as a geologist with BLM’s Rock Springs Field Office, managing solid minerals programs across Wyoming’s High Desert District.

Friday, February 12, 2021

Two men stand in front of a sod home built of drift wood and whale bones with the Arctic ocean in the background

An archaeologist’s spirit drives BLM's Joe Keeney’s inclusive approach to discovering, protecting, and preserving the past

Archaeology work in 2021 is not like movies depict with action, adventure, even knife and gun fights.&n

Monday, October 26, 2020

No bandwidth, no problem for large NEPA Studies

Those who can’t download our robust environmental studies can now get them in the mail faster and easier on wafer cards that can save taxpayers an average of $5,517.75 per analysis over printing and mailing hard copies.

Monday, September 14, 2020

Bureau’s ‘NEPA Register’ makeover is more than skin deep

Make yourself heard faster and easier on BLM land use plans following a major upgrade to the NEPA register.

Friday, August 28, 2020

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Podcast: NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process

The best laid plans don't happen by accident, and they require some very skilled planners to lay them out.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

An Alaska Inupiat representative from Kaktovik gives public comments at the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program EIS Scoping Meeting in Anchorage

BLM continues to receive robust response on Leasing EIS

An estimated 175 people attended the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program environmental impact statement scoping meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. The comments were substantive, ranging in topics from socioeconomic impacts to concerns about the environment.