The Latest Breaking News from Bureau of Land Management

A judge has rejected a federal agency's plans for managing some public lands in the West, including a major coal mining area of Wyoming and Montana

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that the state has reached a settlement with the federal government to halt new oil and gas leases on public lands in Central California until the potential risks to public health and the environment are adequately assessed.

Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating some potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda in the blue-leaning, Western swing state of Nevada

Outpouring of grief for Spencer Webb, 22, who died at a popular cliff-jumping area

U.S. officials are asking for outside help as they craft definitions of old growth and mature forests under an executive order from President Joe Biden

Firefighter groups are applauding steps taken by the Biden administration this week to temporarily raise wages for the men and women on the front lines of the nation’s largest wildfires

Federal officials and tribal nations have formally reestablished a commission to jointly govern the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah

BOISE, Idaho — The director of the Bureau of Land Management visited Boise last week to learn about fuel breaks and visit the National Interagency Fire Center as the agency works toward gaining a handle on the cycle of megafires.

The Wild Horse facility in Cañon City, Colorado is quarantining their animals after the breakout of a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease broke out, the Bureau of Land Management announced Monday.

The Biden administration reversed a Trump administration plan that allowed the government to lease more than two-thirds of the country’s largest swath of public land to oil and gas drilling, writes CNBC. The Bureau of Land Management’s decision will shrink the amount of land available for lease in the National Petroleum Reserve in…

SEATTLE — In Seattle’s Seward Park, President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to inventory mature and old-growth trees, reflecting a high-profile and intensifying global focus on the role that forests can play in combating climate change.