Press Releases


CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Truckee Fire started on July 3, at approximately 6:30 a.m., and is located 10 miles north of Fernley, NV, in Washoe County.

BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. – The Mill Fire, located 30 miles south of Battle Mountain, started on June 28 and has burned 479 acres.

ELY, Nev.--The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting sealed, written bids for the commercial harvesting of pine nut units in the BLM Battle Mountain, Elko and Ely districts.

Due to the historic wet winter and spring, drying vegetation, increasing daytime temperatures, and several human-caused fires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District Office; the N

RENO, Nev.—The Bureau of Land Management issued a statewide fire prevention order aimed at reducing the risk of wildfires by prohibiting the use of fireworks and certain types of ammunition and tar

RENO, Nev.—The 2017 Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada photo contest begins today in partnership with TravelNevada.  BLM Nevada will be accepting submissions for its annua

ELKO, Nev. – Learn the basics of Dutch Oven Cooking and enjoy songs about the California Trail and the Gold Rush at the California Trail Interpretive Center during July.

CALIENTE, Nev.--In keeping with the Administration’s goals of providing materials we rely on and use every day, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Caliente Field Office has resumed selling mineral

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Effective immediately, public lands east of Smith, Nevada, in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wilson Canyon Recreation Area, are closed to all forms of public access.

ELKO, Nev. – More than 100 wildland firefighters are on the scene of a wildland fire approximately 5 miles northwest of Jiggs, NV in Elko County.

ELY, Nev.-- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the monitoring and management of wild horses or burros on publ

ELKO, Nev. – Elko District employee Clint Mothershead has become the first BLM employee to receive a Smokey Bear Award since the program began in 1957.  

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, has completed a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Dodge Family Trust Color of Title Project.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Mineral County Parcels, October 2017 Geothermal Lease Sale.