Latest Bureau of Land Management News

A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids

Jan. 08, 2025 14:30 PM EST

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the state has challenged as too restrictive and at odds with a 2017 law aimed at opening the refuge's sweeping...

A drop in groundwater could mean big trouble for a tiny snail as Nevada lithium project presses on

Jan. 02, 2025 08:06 AM EST

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opponents of the nation's largest lithium mine under construction want U.S. officials to investigate whether the project in Nevada already has caused a drop in groundwater levels that could lead to extinction of a tiny snail being considered for endangered species protection. ...

Authorities seek help finding those responsible for damaging a petroglyph panel in Utah

Dec. 28, 2024 15:56 PM EST

JENSEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah are asking the public to help it determine who damaged a petroglyph panel with illegally installed climbing bolts. The bolts were found east of Jensen in Uintah County on what's called the Pregnant Sheep panel, KSL-TV reported. ...

Wyoming governor approves $100 million sale of state land to join Grand Teton National Park

Dec. 27, 2024 19:51 PM EST

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) parcel of pristine land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million after Gov. Mark Gordon signed off on a deal Friday that ends the state's longstanding threats to unload it to a...