Press Releases

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments of 16 members to Montana's three citizen-based resource advisory councils (RACs), which advise the Bureau of L

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's October 18 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $6,812,693.

The BLM realigned its field offices' boundary in Lewis and Clark County on October 1.

The calendar says that summer is over, but the weather says there's still time for camping.

Bonus bids for a total of 32,180 acres (19,292 acres in North Dakota and 12,788 acres in South Dakota) at the Bureau of Land Management's July 12 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $66,259,

Our cool wet spring is giving way to warmer, drier conditions. Smokey Bear and your wildland firefighters would like to remind everyone to use extreme caution while recreating on public lands.

Bonus bids for a total of 14,458.22 acres (13,459.91 acres in M.T. and 998.31 acres in N.D) at the Bureau of Land Management's May 10 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $5,228,927.50.

Kate Kitchell is the new associate state director of the Montana/Dakotas Bureau of Land Management. She replaces Howard Lemm, who retired in July 2010.

Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas today announced the addition of Melodie A. Lloyd as director of communications to its State office in Billings.

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's February 15 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $2,080,635.

The Bureau of Land Management has lifted suspensions on all of 45 Montana oil and gas leases.

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's December 9 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $36,339,587.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments of 16 members to Montana's three citizen-based Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the Bureau of L

Jamie Connell will be installed as State Director for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana and the Dakotas on November 8 by the agency's national director, Robert Abbey.

A federal oil and gas lease sale will be held December 9 at the Bureau of Land Management's  Montana State Office in Billings.

Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey has named Jamie Connell as the agency's new state director for Montana and the Dakotas.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourages the public to submit comments on eight environmental assessments issued today that analyze oil and gas leasing decisions for 57 suspended Montana leas

Our cool wet spring is giving way to warmer, drier conditions. Smokey Bear and your wildland firefighters would like to remind everyone to use extreme caution while recreating on public lands.

Gene Terland, State Director for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana and the Dakotas, has retired.

Matthew Dillon, Director of the Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center in Lovell, Wyo., is a 2010 recipient of the Bureau of Land Management's national "Making a Difference" award.

Under a settlement agreement expected to be filed in U.S.

Bonus bids at the Bureau of Land Management's January 26 oil and gas lease sale in Billings totaled $8,589,410.