The Bureau of Land Management under the Trump administration has followed through on its promise to give states greater flexibility on protecting greater sage grouse. On Friday a 204-page draft […]
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BLM Calculates Costs of Wild Horse Options
The Bureau of Land Management sent to Congress late this past week a report outlining four options for reducing the wild horse and burro population in 10 Western states to […]
Every Kid in a Park Program to Be Expanded to Eureka
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] The Battle Mountain District, visited 4th graders at the Battle Mountain Elementary School on April 19 to give a classroom presentation and distribute Park […]
BLM Recruiting Summer Wildland Firefighters and Camp Crew Workers
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District Office which manages fire suppression for the Eastern Nevada Agency (ENA) of the Bureau of Indian Affairs […]
Wild Horse Issue Needs a Compromise Solution
Let the caterwauling continue. The headline over a press release by a group calling itself the American Wild Horse Campaign reads, “80+ Organizations Oppose Trump Administration Plan to Slaughter America’s […]
BLM generates $131,245 from oil and gas lease sale
The Bureau of Land Management generated $131,245 during its quarterly oil and gas competitive online lease sale March 14. Twenty parcels totaling 35,502.86 acres in Elko and Eureka Counties received […]
Mt. Hope Mine Hits Another Snag
Opponents of the Mount Hope Molybdenum Mine near Eureka scored a win when a federal appeals court vacated the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of the mining project. The ruling […]
Centuries-old technique used to restore fire damaged lands
ELY — Bureau of Land Management Ely District firefighters are using a centuries-old technique to sow bitterbrush seed along the east bench of Nevada’s Schell Creek Range to increase shrub cover on public lands […]
Eureka County responds to sage grouse plan
In September, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service (USFS) approved and adopted new regulatory schemes under their Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA). Based on […]
Public lands debate continues
There are many in the western United States dedicated to taking back much of the public land the BLM has long had control of. The American Lands Council is […]



