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Wyoming

BLM Worland Issues Decision for Hot Springs County Bentonite Project

The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office has issued a decision authorizing the expansion of a bentonite mining project in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.

Wyoming

BLM Lander Begins Trail Planning at Johnny Behind the Rocks

The BLM Lander Field Office requests public input as it conducts master trails planning in the Johnny Behind the Rocks (JBR) non-motorized trail area to implement decisions made in the Lander Resou

Wyoming

Muddy Mountain Road Closes for Winter

The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office announced today that Muddy Mountain Road will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 1 for the winter.

Wyoming

BLM Issues Decision on Proposed Trail System

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is issuing a decision on a proposed trail system right of way that will create new non-motorized recreation opportunities on the Red Grade parcel 30 minutes sout

Wyoming

National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Presents Annual Railroad Exhibit: “Wyoming's Ghost Trains"

The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NTHIC) is hosting its annual model railroad exhibition this December.

Wyoming

Proposed Parcels for February 2017 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Posted

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office has posted its proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, 2017.

Wyoming

BLM Offers Christmas Tree Permits for Sale

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now offering Christmas tree permits for sale.

Wyoming

BLM Rawlins to Host Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Development Review Team Meeting

The Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office will host a meeting of the Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Development Review Team at 10 a.m., December 6, at 1300 N. Third St., Rawlins, Wyoming.

Wyoming

BLM Partners with the University of Wyoming to Study Wild Horse Movement in the Adobe Town Herd Management Area

BLM released its decision to gather and collar up to 30 wild mares within the Adobe Town Herd Management Area (ATHMA) as part of collaboration with the University of Wyoming to study wild horses.

Wyoming

BLM Seeks Public Comments on May 2017 Oil and Gas Lease Parcels

News Release
BLM Wyoming High Desert District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2016
Contact: Tony Brown, 307-352-0215

Wyoming

BLM to Conduct Hadsell Watershed Prescribed Burn

The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District will conduct a prescribed burn along the foothills of the south side of Green Mountain in an area known as the Hadsell Pasture, north

Wyoming

BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets Over $9.4 Million

The Bureau of Land Management generated $9.4 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the BLM's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction on November 1, in Cheyenne.

Wyoming

BLM Worland Hosts Informational Meeting for Hot Springs County Bentonite Project

The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office will host a public informational meeting on November 10 in Thermopolis to discuss a proposed expansion to a bentonite mining project in Hot Spring

Wyoming

Fortification Creek RMPA Monitoring Meeting Scheduled

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office (BFO) will host a Fortification Creek Planning Area (FCPA) Monitoring meeting on Nov.

Wyoming

BLM to Burn Slash Piles in Casper Field Office

The Bureau of Land Management will be burning slash piles on Muddy Mountain, Casper Mountain and in the Esterbrook area.

Wyoming

BLM Wyoming Celebrates the Federal Land Policy and Management Act's 40th Anniversary

Everyone is invited to help Bureau of Land Management Wyoming celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), Friday, Oct.

Wyoming

Caution Advised on Fifteenmile and Other Public Roads

The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office advises travelers on roads crossing public land to use caution as heavy precipitation has caused road damage and washouts.
 

Wyoming

Celebrating “the lands that give us so much" on National Public Lands Day

A beautiful October day coupled with a great group of area residents and BLM Worland Field Office staff resulted in a fun and successful National Public Lands Day event at the Castle Gardens Recrea

Wyoming

BLM Cody Hosts Additional Public Meeting for Resource Management Plan Implementation

The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office will host a public meeting on October 11 in Lovell to discuss implementation of the approved Cody Resource Management Plan.
 

Wyoming

BLM Issues Decision on the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project

Cheyenne, Wyo. – Today, after thorough environmental analysis, the BLM issued its decision on the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project.

Wyoming

BLM Appreciates Community Support During Fire Season

As a very busy fire season winds down in Wyoming, the BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District thanks the local communities for their support.
 

Wyoming

BLM to Conduct Prescribed Burns this Fall

The Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District tentatively plans to conduct three prescribed burns and two slash pile burns within the Cody and Worland field office areas this fall

Wyoming

BLM Casper Field Office Moves from Full to Partial Fire Restrictions

Due to recent moisture and subsiding fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is removing the full fire restrictions that were put into place in late July for Natrona, Converse, Platte and Goshen

Wyoming

BLM Worland Seeks Input on Analysis of Hot Springs County Bentonite Project

BLM Worland Seeks Input on Analysis of Hot Springs County Bentonite Project
 

Wyoming

Celebrate National Public Lands Day with the BLM Cody Field Office

The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office, in collaboration with Park County Weed and Pest and Greater Yellowstone Coalition, is celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, Sept