Tag: BLM

April 12, 2019

Is every year ‘the year of the bird?’

If you follow the lunar new year, the year of the pig has recently begun. But should it really be the year of the bird? OK, the National Geographic Society...

March 28, 2019

BLM releases final changes to sage-grouse plans

The Bureau of Land Management has finalized changes to its management plans for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation on public land in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, completing a process...

February 28, 2019

BLM to return some horses to range in Oregon

Last fall, the Bureau of Land Management gathered 845 wild horses and burros from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in central Oregon as part of a sterilization research project. The...

December 13, 2018

BLM unveils revisions to sage-grouse conservation plans

The Bureau of Land Management has released the final environmental impact statement and proposed plan amendments for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation on public land in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah...

October 24, 2018

Forest Service proposes changes to sage-grouse plans

The U.S. Forest Service has released proposed changes to land management plans in five Western states intended to better protect greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), along with a draft environmental impact...

October 17, 2018

TWS offers recommendations for wild horse management

TWS submitted  written testimony to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board during its meeting last week in Salt Lake City. The advisory board provides guidance to the Bureau...

October 1, 2018

Outdoor rec a major economic driver in the West, study finds

Outdoor recreation on Bureau of Land Management land in the West generates hundreds of millions of tax dollars and accounts for $1 billion in salaries and wages, according to a...

September 4, 2018

BLM plans wild horse population control research

The Bureau of Land Management has released an updated draft environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for plans to test a sterilization technique on wild horses (Equus...

August 22, 2018

Changes in leadership at Interior

Many top leadership positions within the Interior Department and other departments are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. So far, 345 key positions appointed by the President...

July 3, 2018

USFS follows BLM to amend greater sage-grouse plans

The U.S. Forest Service has followed the example set by the Bureau of Land Management by releasing a supplemental notice of intent to draft environmental impact statements for potential amendments...