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December Environmental study will further consider energy corridors in the West (12-18-06) Clarks Bay will open for winter use (12-18-06) South Dakota Field Office continues slash burning (12-13-06) Firewood available near Sturgis, South Dakota (12-13-06) Public asked to comment on coal lease environmental assessment (12-4-06) Time to apply for fire jobs (12-1-06) November Workshops offered to explain new NILS GeoCommunicator features (11-29-06) Results of November 28 oil and gas lease sale (11-29-06) Results of timber sales southeast of Dillon (11-21-06) Miles City Field Office selling Christmas tree permits (11-16-06) Public asked to comment on proposed road improvements and pipeline (11-15-06) Western Montana Resource Advisory Council to meet November 29 (11-15-06) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council to meet November 15 (11-9-06) Garnet Ghost Town cabins available for rent (11-9-06) Terry rancher receives stewardship award (11-7-06) Gene Terland to be installed as Montana State Director (11-6-06) Dillon Field Office authorizes snowmobile ride (11-6-06) October Dakota RAC appointments announced (10-31-06) Montana RAC appointments announced (10-31-06) Central Montana RAC's November meeting postponed (10-23-06) Dillon-area hunters--get a discounted car wash and help stop the spread of weeds (10-23-06) Kipp campground is full (10-20-06) Dillon Field Office has bear-resistant panniers for loan (10-19-06) South Dakota Field Office lifts fire restrictions (10-18-06) Missoula Field Office implements food storage guidelines (10-18-06) Miles City Field Office has tips for hunters (10-19-06) Rangeland health assessments available for Butte Field Office (10-13-06) Windmills improve fish habitat (10-12-06) Volunteers repair Barton Gulch cabin for National Public Lands Day (10-12-06) Fort Meade prescribed burns planned for next week (10-06-06) National Public Lands Day event draws volunteers to project north of Terry (10-6-06) Firewood available in Johnny's Gulch October 14 and 15 (10-6-06) October 4 oil and gas sale results (10-5-06) Preliminary alternatives released for Butte Resource Management Plan (10-4-06) Fourteen Pryor wild horses adopted in September (10-4-06) Butte Field Office plans fall prescribed burns (10-2-06) September South Dakota Field Office plans prescribed burns (9-25-06) Gene Terland named Montana/Dakotas BLM state director (9-19-06) 17-Mile Clean-up rescheduled (9-19-06) Some fire restrictions eased (9-19-06) Do you really own the minerals under your land? (9-18-06) South Dakota Field Office has firewood permits for sale (9-15-06) Malta Field Office to prepare resource management plan, sets scoping meetings (9-13-06) Fire danger extreme, restrictions still in effect (9-11-06) 17-Mile to be closed to shooting during cleanup-volunteers needed (9-06-06) Pryor Mountain wild horses available by sealed bid adoption (9-6-06) Fire restrictions for BLM lands in Park and Gallatin counties (9-6-06) National Public Lands Day event scheduled for September 30 near Terry (9-5-05)   August BLM to auction 40 acres on outskirts of Glasgow (8-30-06) Conditions are right for wildfires (8-29-06) Western Montana RAC to meet September 7 in Dillon (8-29-09) Toston Dam Recreation Area to be open for Labor Day weekend (8-23-06) 17-Mile Recreation Area to be discussed at public meeting (8-21-06) Fire danger still high despite recent moisture; restrictions in effect (8-15-06) Lewistown Field Office has hunting areas for persons allowed to hunt from vehicles (8-15-06) Eastern Montana RAC to meet August 29 (8-15-06) Reward offered for information (8-7-06) Current central and eastern Montana fire restrictions (8-7-06) Road into North Mocassin Mountains may be closed periodically (8-4-06) VFW offers campsites near Sturgis (8-4-06) Additional fire restrictions for southcentral Montana (8-3-06) Additional fire restrictions for eastern Montana (8-3-06)   July Fire restrictions for South Dakota (7-31-06) July 25 oil and gas sale results (7-26-06) South Hills Motorcycle Area also closed to motorized vehicle use (7-21-06) Fire restrictions for Eastern Montana (7-18-06) BLM recreation areas closed to motorized vehicles (7-18-06) Stage 2 fire restrictions begin in some areas of southcentral Montana on July 21 (7-17-08) July 19 Eastern Montana RAC meeting cancelled (7-17-06) Plans for Clark on the Yellowstone not affected by wildfire in area (7-13-06) Very dry conditions in northcentral Montana (7-11-06) Fire restrictions for southcentral Montana (7-10-06) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council to meet July 19 in Billings (7-10-06) Reward offered for information on equipment theft (7-10-06) Contact BLM to gather firewood in slash piles in Little Rocky Mountains (7-5-06) Central Montana RAC to meet July 12 and 13 (7-5-06) June Toston Dam recreation site to be temporarily closed (6-30-06) BLM Issues Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Decision (6-29-06) BLM to hold wild horse adoption in Minot, North Dakota, July 8 (6-23-06) American Colloid Company proposes bentonite mine expansion in Carbon County (6-21-06) Department of Interior announces PILT payments for Montana (6-21-06) Department of Interior announces PILT payments for North Dakota (6-21-06) Department of Interior announces PILT payments for South Dakota (6-21-06) Agencies extend comment period on wind farm near Glasgow (6-19-06) Ongoing study to help BLM refine sage grouse efforts (6-13-06) Undaunted Stewardship helps in interpretive trail development (6-5-06) BLM & MSU Propose Enclosures in Whitetail Basin Area (6-2-06) May 31 oil and gas sale results (6-1-06) Friday Nights at the Pillar schedule released (6-1-06) May BLM schedules public hearing on use of motorized vehicles in gathering of wild horses (5-31-06) Zortman/Landusky water treatment report available for review and comment (5-30-06) BLM schedules field trip to Zortman and Lundusky fuel reduction projects (5-30-06) BLM considers request for public access site on Yellowstone River near Bundy Bridge (5-26-06) Pompeys Pillar National Monument opens for season May 27 (5-24-06) Dillon Field Office considers request to expand special recreation permits (5-23-06) Seasonal restrictions on Missouri River begin May 27 (5-22-06) Dillon Field Office to analyze grazing allotments (5-22-06) Missoula Field Office asks for comments on timber salvage (5-22-06) Snowshoe Fire Now Controlled (5-18-06) Early Season Fire at Red Rock Lakes Refuge (5-16-06) BLM to conduct prescribed burn near Laurel on Friday (5-11-06) BLM and Fish, Wildlife and Parks propose moving prairie dog colony (5-11-06) Elk Creek burn may begin on Friday (5-10-06) Holter and Hauser lakes recreation sites open May 12 (5-8-06) Miles City Field Office hosts Outdoor Education Day (5-1-06) Deadline nears for appeals of Dillon RMP route designations (5-1-06) April Missoula Field Office prescribed burn starts Friday (4-28-06) Missoula Field Office prepares for prescribed burns north of Potomac (4-24-06) Dillon Field Office considers special recreation permits (4-24-06) Wild horse and burro adoption in Missoula May 6 (4/20/06) Snow postpones Sturgis pre-bid conference (4/20/06) Dillon Field Office considering trail ride permit (4/19/06) Dillon Field Office releases record of decision/approved resource management plan (4/17/06) Dillon Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns (4/10/06) Public asked to comment on environmental assesssment of fertility control on Pryor wild horses (4-7-06) BLM schedules fuel reduction pre-bid conferences (4/6/06) March March 28 oil and gas lease sale results (3/30/06) Reward offered for historic gravesite vandalism (3/29/06) Scoping underway for Bowdoin natural gas project (3/28/06) Lewistown Field Office plans spring prescribed burns (3/23/06) BLM hosts split estate listening sessions (3/22/06) BLM seeks public comments on proposed vermiculite mine (3/22/06) Shepherd Ah Nei OHV area temporarily closed (3/21/06) Clark on the Yellowstone volunteer training scheduled (3/15/06) Central Montana Resource Advisory Committee to meet April 5 and 6 in Lewistown (3/14/06) BLM schedules public meetings on Spring Creek coal lease by application (3/13/06) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council to meet in Miles City (3/13/06) BLM offers reward for vandalism in southwest Montana (3/10/06) Butte Field Office plans burns near Whitehall and Townsend (3/6/06) Hays Missouri Breaks RMP meeting rescheduled (3/3/06) February Missoula Field Office plans prescribed burns (2/27/06) BLM plans more burning near Roundup (2/24/06) Glasgow Field Station moving (2-15-06) BLM schedules split estate listening sessions (2-15-06) Miles City Field Office to burn debris piles in Moon Creek area (2-14-06) Miles City Field Office to burn debris piles at Howrey Island (2-14-06) Billings Field Office to conduct burns (2-14-06) Latest schedule for Upper Missouri River Breaks RMP meetings (2-13-06) Upper Missouri River Breaks RMP meeting in Winifred rescheduled (2-13-06) Western Montana RAC meeting scheduled for February 22 (2-8-06) Nomination period open for Dakotas Resource Advisory Councils (2-8-06) Nomination period open for Montana Resource Advisory Councils (2-8-06) Beaverhead County wants to acquire shooting range (2-8-06) January 31 oil and gas sale results (2-1-06) January BLM reschedules meetings on Upper Missouri River Breaks RMP (1-6-06) Miles City schedules meeting on Pines Hills fuel reduction project (1-12-06) Public meetings rescheduled for Upper Missouri Monument RMP (1-11-06) BLM begins Hoodoo planning process, schedules open houses (1-3-06)