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Top of Page December Volunteers needed for Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey Accident Causes Bridge Closure In McCullough Peaks Area BLM Firefighting Opportunities Now Available On-Line Newcastle Fire Defense Zone Nominated for Excellence in Ecosystem Management Award Pinedale BLM Issues Notice of Availability for the Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Project SEIS PAWG Air Quality Task Group to Meet Jan. 24, 2007 Pinedale BLM Sets 2007 PAWG Meeting Schedule BLM Seeks Public Input on Oil and Gas Development in Heart Mountain Area BLM Offers Christmas Tree Permits BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets nearly $11.9 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half Christmas colt to be raffled off for LCCC horse judging team BLM Buffalo Field Office receives Best Management Practices Award BLM Sells Christmas Tree Permits Rawlins BLM Releases Final EIS for Comment: Atlantic Rim Coalbed Natural Gas Development Top of Page November Teamwork Results In New BLM Trailhead Complex Muddy Mountain Road Closes for Winter Open House Spotlights Sheep Mountain / BLM Land Exchange BLM Pinedale limits industry exceptions to winter wildlife stipulations Activity Plan Affects Travel In BLM’s Little Mountain Area NHTIC Sets Holiday Hours: Plans Annual Holiday Event Don Simpson named BLM Wyoming Assoc. State Director BLM to Host Listening Sessions on Progress of Oil and Gas Pilot Program BLM Announces Waiver of Fees for Veterans and Member of U.S. Armed Forces on Veterans Day Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for Dec. 5, 2006 BLM denies application for cell phone tower on public lands Rock Springs Corrals Reduces Adoption Fee For Certain Wild Horses in November & December Top of Page October Buffalo Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns Eagle Butte West Draft EIS Available: Public Hearing set for November 14, 2006 PAWG Water Resources Task Group Schedules Nov. 28 Meeting in Sublette County Library PAWG Air Quality Task Group Set to Meet Dec. 7 in Sublette County Library Nov. 6 PAWG Meeting Introduces All Nine Members Public Invited to View BLM Pinedale Project Commitments Public Input Sought By BLM On Powerline Right-Of-Way Request Trails Center Helps Host Equality State Book Festival with Special Presentations and Free Admission Decision Reached On BLM Travel Management Areas BLM prepares EIS on Coal lease application: Scoping meeting set for November 1, 2006 BLM Reminds Public To Preserve Historic Artifacts JIO Releases Draft Reclamation Criteria for Public Review BLM Seeks Public Input on Wildlife Exception BLM Reminds Public of Prescribed Burn Top of Page September Bridge Razing set for Paint Rock Creek Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for Oct. 3, 2006 Casper Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns BLM Plans Prescribed Burn Wild Horse Viewing Area Dedicated for Public Lands Day Cooler, Wetter Weather Ushers In Prescribed Burning Season Casper BLM Celebrates National Public Lands Day with “No Fee” Day; Encourages Public to Visit Local BLM Sites on Saturday, September 30 Hunting on Muddy Mountain Kemmerer BLM Reminds Hunters to Be Safe, Stay on Existing Roads Upcoming BLM Prescribed Burns Newcastle BLM Office Holds Open House: Public invited to meet new Field Office Manager Vi Hillman BLM hosts National Public Lands Day Event at Welch Management Area BLM Lifts Partial Fire Restrictions BLM Plans October Prescribed Burn in Mesa BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Sweetwater, Lincoln and Sublette Counties Fire Restrictions Rescinded on BLM Lands McCullough Peaks National Public Lands Day Event BLM Sets Sept. 26 PAWG Meeting in Sublette County Library National Public Lands Day event planned for Gebo/Crosby Historic Site Hunter Information Available at BLM Casper Field Office Rock Springs BLM Reminds Hunters to Be Safe, Stay on Existing Roads Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming BLM to host public open house meetings on Hiawatha EIS Rawlins BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions Volunteers needed for National Public Lands Day Event Public Input Sought on Proposed Geophysical Project BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area BLM Seeks Public Comment on Hiawatha Regional Energy Development EIS Hunters - Know Before You Go Top of Page August BLM Plans October Prescribed Burn in Salt Wells Grazing Allotment BLM and USGS release CBNG Report Lander Field Office Recognizes Volunteers BLM Employees Reach Out During Cheyenne Frontier Days Media Invitation: Please Join Us At This Awareness Program! Casper BLM Issues Decision Record and FONSI for Trapper’s Route Recreation Area Management Plan Outlaw 2 Fire Update 3 Outlaw 2 Fire Update 2 BLM Pinedale Issues Partial Fire Restrictions for Sublette and Teton Counties Effective Noon, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 Fire Update: Outlaw 2 Fire Smoke in Casper Causing Worries in Local Residents BLM Recognizes Lance Oil and Gas Company and Big Horn Environmental Consultants: Awards Presented at Annual PAW meeting in Casper Pinedale BLM Sets Public On-site Meeting for Aug. 30 Public input sought on BLM Little Mountain Activity Plan Jackson Canyon Fire - Evacuations Lifted; Final Update Jackson Canyon Fire Update Jackson Canyon Fire Update Poison Spider Fire Update 3 Jackson Canyon Fire Update Poison Spider Fire Update 2 Powder River Fire Jackson Canyon Fire, Casper, Wyoming Poison Spider Fire Update Jackson Canyon Fire, Casper, Wyoming Fire Prevention/Education Team To Have Presence At State Fair Wildfire Prevention Program Offered At National Historic Trails Center - pdf Final Overton Fire Update BLM Invites Public to First National Public Lands Day Event in Kemmerer Fire Update One: Overton Fire Jonah Interagency Office Approves First Round of Mitigation Projects BLM Seeks Input on Brokenback/Upper Nowood Access National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Celebrates 4th Anniversary: Native American storyteller offers special presentations BLM Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming at Wyoming State Fair Fire Prevention Team Established to Promote Wildfire Awareness in WY Public Comment Sought on Stewart Point Drilling Projects BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets nearly $6.2 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half Top of Page July More Wildfires in Southwest Wyoming - includes video footage Wild Horse Hearing Scheduled BLM Releases Brown Cow II POD CBNG Development Project EA for Public Comment Trails Center Celebrates Ezra Meeker Centennial with Free Day Beels Named Associate Field Manager for BLM-Buffalo Field Office Twenty Mile and Sawmill Fire Update Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for Aug. 1, 2006 Fire Activity Picks Up in Southwest Wyoming - includes video footage 4th Annual Wild Horse & Burro Festival Champions Casper BLM Releases Draft RMP for Comment: Public Meetings Scheduled in August BLM places partial fire restrictions in Kemmerer Field Office Area Cheyenne school helps BLM name wild horses BLM Issues Record of Decision for JMH CAP/Green River RMP Amendment BLM recreates old west General Land Office at Cheyenne Frontier Days Pinedale Field Office Portrays Wardell Buffalo Trap in Green River Rendezvous Parade Kemmerer BLM Issues Decision Record/EA for Jonah Bridger to Opal Natural Gas Pipeline Project BLM places partial fire restrictions in Buffalo Field Office Area Jonah Interagency Mitigation and Reclamation Office (JIO) Reviews First Round of Project Applications Toll Free Phone Line to Assist Public Land Management Top of Page June Rock Springs BLM Responds to Little Bitter Creek Fire BLM to Remove Bug Killed Trees in Scab Creek Campground BLM Fire Crew Digs In On Interpretive Trail Project City, State, BLM Cooperate on Tree Removal BLM Rock Springs Now Selling Firewood Permits Access to BLM Office Closed on July Fourth for Safety and Security Reasons BLM Announces Fireworks Areas BLM Casper Field Office Issues Partial Fire Restrictions Fire Season Approaches BLM Releases Trapper’s Route Recreation Area Management Plan for Public Comment BLM Issues Firewood Permits in Muddy Mountain Area BLM Contributes to Successful 17th Annual Cheyenne Family Fishing Day Notice of Road Closure BLM Issues Fire Restrictions Scoping Announced for Coalbed Natural Gas Pilot Project near Riverton BLM Casper Field Office Temporarily Closes Goldeneye Reservoir Ongoing Study to Help BLM Refine Sage Grouse Efforts: Initial findings confirm natural gas development may displace bird populations BLM places partial fire restrictions in Rock Springs Field Office Area BLM Casper Field Office Holds Small Lot Sale PAWG Cultural/Historical Task Group sets June 26 Meeting Pinedale Anticline Working Group Sets Tour for June 27 2006 Wildfire Season Briefing Seismic Project To Begin NEPA Hot Sheet Available Online Trails Center hosts Pony Express Riders: Facility offers free admission the afternoon of June 12th BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $4.4 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half Rock Your World! NHTIC Celebrates American Antiquities Act Anniversary with Special Exhibit Red Lakes National Trails Day Cleanup Event - All Volunteers Welcome BLM’s Rawlins Energy Pilot Office Hosts Government/Industry Conference Kemmerer BLM Selects Corum Graves Site Restoration As Its 2006 National Public Lands Day Project Top of Page May Jonah Interagency Mitigation and Reclamation Office (JIO) Now Accepting Project Applications through June 30th BLM Hosts Open House to Welcome New Field Manager Casper BLM Celebrates NTD on Muddy Mountain Maysdorf Coal DEIS Available for public review: Public Hearing set for June 13, 2006 Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for June 6, 2006 BLM Wyoming to implement Wildland Fire Use program BLM to host wild horse, burro adoption BLM Announces Scoping on Fortification Creek POD Muddy Mountain Road Opens For Memorial Day Weekend Buffalo BLM Celebrates NTD at Poison Creek Trail in Bighorns: Volunteers Needed BLM, LDS Church and ACLU Settle Martin’s Cove Lawsuit BLM Hosts PRB Coal Review Open House: Meeting set for May 31 at Gillette CAM-PLEX Hillman Named BLM Newcastle Field Manager A River Runs Through It May 16th Pinedale Anticline Working Group Meeting is Postponed Water Leaks Close BLM Kemmerer Field Office Top of Page April BLM Kemmerer to Host Wildland Fire Use Public Meeting May 1st Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming Pinedale BLM Employees Offer Scholarship to Local Students Dennis Stenger Officially Sworn in as Pinedale BLM Field Manager BLM Seeks Nominations for the Pinedale Anticline Working Group BLM Issues Public Scoping Notice for Pipeline Corridor Expansion Project BLM Begins Steamboat Mountain Seasonal Road Closures on May 1 BLM Rock Springs to Host Wildland Fire Use Public Meeting April 27th Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and BLM sign agreement to improve habitat, reduce fire danger in the Upper Green River valley Rock Springs BLM Host Public Hearing on May 10 for the Draft EA Pit 14 Coal LBA Project Ross Named BLM Lander Field Manager BLM Seeks Public Comment on Moxa Arch 3-D Geophysical Project EA Reclamation Task Group to Meet April 18, 2006, in Sublette County Library Lander BLM Plans Prescribed Burn Scoping Meetings Schedule for Overland Pass Pipeline Project Trail Center Closed on Easter Sunday Rock Springs BLM Prepares for Willow Tree Springs Prescribed Burn BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $9.6 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half Top of Page March Rawlins BLM Announces Scoping Open House for Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Powder River Regional Coal Team to Meet Rock Springs BLM Announces Availability of Draft EIS: Pit 14 Coal Lease-by-Application Project Rawlins BLM Announces Scoping on Draft EIS for Overland Pass Pipeline Project Gold Mine Draw Draft EA Available: Public Hearing Scheduled for April 11, 2006 Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for April 4, 2006 BLM to Hold Wyoming Session on Split Estate Issues BLM to Hold Small Lot Sale BLM Approves Plan to Produce Vast Wyoming Natural Gas Resource: State of Wyoming and Federal Employees to staff interagency office for project monitoring, habitat improvement and mitigation Rock Springs BLM Celebrates the Antiquities Act Centennial in South Pass Area BLM has Money Available for Rural Fire Departments BLM Casper Field Office Holds Small Lot Sale Upcoming BLM Prescribed Burns BLM Authorizes Pipeline Rights-of-Way BLM Issues EA/FONSI/DR for Monell Enhanced Oil Recovery Project Rawlins BLM Announces Scoping on Draft EIS for Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Rawlins BLM Announces Scoping of Geophysical Project Tear 3-D Geophysical Project BLM Road Closure Reminder Reclamation Task Group to Meet March 6, 2006, in Sublette County Library BLM Buffalo Field Office hosts Best Management Practices Workshop Top of Page February BLM Issues Decision on Clark 3-D Geophysical Project BLM Requests Public Input on Route Signs Rawlins BLM Hosts Public Meeting for Seminoe Road Natural Gas Development Draft Impact Statement BLM Sets Listening Sessions on Split Estate Issues Trails Center Plans Volunteer Training this March: Seeks Cashiers for Gift Shop and Admissions Desk BLM to Host United Blood Services Blood Drive BLM Hosts Buffalo Soldier Presentation Feb. 17, 2006 BLM Oil and Gas Sale Nets Over $6.8 Million, State of Wyoming to Get Half President’s FY 2007 Budget Request of $1.8 Billion for BLM Would Advance Environmentally Sound Energy Development Buffalo BLM Issues Decision Record and FONSI for Welch Management EA BLM and Forest Service Announce 2006 Federal Grazing Fee BLM Hosts Oil and Gas Open House and Wildlife Coordination Meeting: Meetings set for February 9, 2006 in Gillette Local Student “Mathletes” To Compete In Southwest Wyoming Math Contest Top of Page January Viva Naughton Cross Country Ski Trail is Now Open to Public Increase in Fees at Warren Bridge Campground Effective Today PAWG Transportation Group Schedules February, March Meetings in Sublette County Library Rawlins BLM Hosts Public Meetings First Week in February Volunteers Count 123 Eagles During Midwinter Survey: Three new eagle nests found PAWG Meets Tuesday, Jan. 31st In Sublette County Library Fire Awareness this Winter Rawlins BLM Hosts Public Meetings First Week in February Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for February 7, 2006 Pinedale BLM to Implement Mesa Seasonal Vehicle Closure Rawlins BLM to be Closed for Move to New Building National Public Lands Foundation Honors BLM Employees Pinedale BLM Releases Final EIS for Jonah Infill Drilling Project Proposal BLM Director Appoints Dan DuBray as Communications Director Stenger Returns to Wyoming As BLM Pinedale Field Manager BLM Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Vegetation Treatments on BLM-Managed Public Lands BLM Issues Environmental Assessment for Monell Enhanced Oil Recovery Project Volunteers needed for Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey BLM begins planning for vegetation treatments Top of Page