Latest Bureau of Land Management News
Nevada wildfire causes rail and power outages, but crews halt flames' progress
WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — A wildfire has forced the suspension of rail service in northern Nevada and left about several thousand rural residents without power. But fire officials said Tuesday that night crews had halted the progress of the flames, which charred more than a square...
Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican leaders made good Tuesday on a decade-old vow to launch a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S. government over much of the federal lands that dominate the state. The state's attorney general said he asked to file a...
Bureau of Land Management shrinks proposed size of controversial Idaho wind farm project
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink its size by nearly half and move it farther from a national historic site. The proposed Lava Ridge wind farm has...
