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December

• Agencies request comments on proposed endurance race in southwest Montana (12/20/07)
• Dakotas BLM to host planning open house  (12/20/07)
• BLM proposes treatment of pine beetle at Great Divide Ski Area (12/20/07)
• BLM proposes pine beetle project south of Anaconda (12/20/07)
• Apply now for seasonal positions with BLM in Ennis area (12/19/07)
• Dillon BLM plans to permit snowmobile ride (12/19/07)
• Apply now for seasonal jobs with Missoula BLM (12/19/07)
• Apply now for seasonal jobs with Butte BLM (12/17/07)
• Apply now for seasonal jobs with Dillon BLM (12/17/07)
• Supplemental Air Quality Analysis available for public review and comment (12/14/07) 
• Dillon Field Office watershed assessments ready for public review (12/12/07)
• Montana BLM employees receive fire program award (12/11/07)
• Apply now for seasonal jobs (12/3/07)

November

• Dillon road closures to coincide with hunting seasons (11/29/07)
• Record bid received at November oil and gas lease sale (11/27/07)
• Christmas tree permits available (11/27/07)
• BLM names new Billings Field Officer manager (11/20/07)
• BLM to burn slash piles near Lead and Sturgis (11/20/07)
• Draft Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Evaluation available for public comment (11/19/07)
• Scoping meeting scheduled for Dakotah Cement project-comment period extended (11/19/07)
• Western Montana RAC to meet November 28 (11/13/07)
• Dakotas RAC appointments announced (11/13/07)
• Montana RAC appointments announced (11/13/07)
• South Dakota Field Office still offering firewood (11/6/07)
• Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council to meet Nov. 14 (11/2/07)
• BLM reduces services at campgrounds until spring (11/2/07)
• BLM releases Record of Decision for Golden Sunlight Mine (11/2/07)
• Public meetings scheduled regarding proposed conveyor project (11/1/07)

October

• South Dakota FO to begin prescribed burning (10/30/07)
• Judith/Moccasin project meeting scheduled (10/15/07)
• Havre BLM completes grazing assessment (10/12/07)
• BLM plans burn in Upper Horse Prairie (10/10/07)
• Sleep with the ghosts at Garnet this winter (10/10/07)
• Limekiln Trail completed (10/1/07)
• Fire restrictions end in Yellowstone and surrounding counties (10/1/07)
• Miles City BLM seeking information on vandalism (10/1/07)
• Volunteers turn out for NPLD event (10/1/07)

September

• Free entrance to Pompeys Pillar September 29 (9/27/07)
• Lewistown area fire restrictions rescinded (9/25/07)
• Volunteers needed for Ft. Meade National Public Lands Day (9/24/07)
• BLM Approves Sheep Mountain Right-of-Way Near Clancy (9/21/07) 
• Fire restrictions lifted along Rocky Mountain Front (9/20/07) 
• Prescribed burns planned in South Dakota (9/19/07)
• Volunteers needs for Missoula NPLD event (9/17/07)
• Stage I fire restrictions continue in Yellowstone and surrounding counties (9/17/07)
• Lewistown BLM schedules Judith Mountain field trip (9/11/07)
• BLM to conduct North Pine prescribed burn (9/13/07)
• Some fire restrictions lifted in northcentral Montana (9/13/07)
• Miles City BLM sets National Public Lands Day event (9/12/07) 
• Fire restrictions lifted in much of southeastern Montana (9/12/07)
• Fire Restrictions Eased or Lifted in South-Central Montana (9/10/07)
• Comment Period on Draft Butte Resource Management Plan Extended to October 9 (9/5/07)
• Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council to Meet September 18 in Alzada (9/5/07)
• National Public Lands Day Set for September 8 at Schnell Recreation Area (9/5/07)

August

• Pompeys Pillar September Schedule (8/31/07)
• BLM offers helpful tips for hunters and campers (8/30/07)
• White Sandy Campground to close September 10 for the season (8/29/07)
• BLM to transfer acreage to Beaverhead County for shooting range (8/29/07) 
• Conditions right for wildfire (8/28/07)
• Whitaker Bridge to be closed for repairs (8/28/07)
• Wild horse adoption in Livingston September 8 (8/27/07)
• BLM Resource Advisory Council to meet in Dillon (8/21/07)
• Departure Point Campground re-opens (8/21/07)
• Public comments on grazing proposal needed by August 31 (8/20/07)
• Log Gulch recreation site re-opened (8-17-07)
• South Dakota FO plans tree thinning project near Lead (8/15/07)
• Tie Creek Road closed for fire operations (8/13/07)
• BLM lands along Rocky Mountain Front closed due to fire (8/10/07)
• Holter Lake Recreation Area re-opens Thursday (8/8/07)
• Comment period on Draft Butte Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement to close soon (8/6/07)
• South Dakota RMP process begins--public meetings scheduled (8/1/07)

July

• North Dakota RMP process begins--public meetings scheduled (7/31/07)
• BLM Invites Comment on Land Exchange Near Miles City (7/31/07)
• Results of July oil and gas lease sale (7/31/07)
• Stage I fire restrictions in effect in eastern Montana (7/27/07)
• Stage I fire restrictions on BLM-administered lands in South Dakota (7/24/07)
• Weather prompts fire restrictions and closures (7/23/07)
• Fort Meade Endurance Ride (7/23/07)
• BLM defers acres from July oil and gas lease sale (7/19/07)
• Cherry Creek restoration project nears completion (7/16/07)
• BLM finalizes Iron Mask Ranch acquisition (7/12/07)
• Holter Lake Campground to Close for Reconstruction  (7/12/07)
• BLM seeks comment on bentonite mine EA (7/11/07)
• Southcentral Montana goes into Stage 1 restrictions (7/10/07)
• Central Montana RAC to meet in Lewistown (7/9/07)
• Butte RMP meeting scheduled for Bozeman (7/9/07)
• Butte RMP meeting scheduled for Boulder (7/5/07)
• Butte RMP meetings scheduled for Butte and Divide (7/5/07)
• BLM to host Judith Mountain weeds evening (7/2/07)
• BLM permits available for local scoria pit  (7/2/07)
• Butte RMP meetings scheduled for Helena and Townsend (7/2/07)

June

• BLM to open SEIS air analysis comment period (6/28/07)
• Leave your fireworks at home! (6/27/07)
• South Dakota to Receive $2,684,423 from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program
• North Dakota to Receive $929,180 from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program
• Montana to Receive $17,186,456 from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program 
• "Noble Mustangs" to appear at Helena wild horse adoption (June 11, 2007)
• Public review period open on Draft Butte RMP and EIS (June 8, 2007)
• BLM issues decisions on oil and gas lease sale protests (June 1, 2007)

May

• Carbella Recreation Site Improvements Slated for Week of June 11 (5-31-07)
• BLM hosts meeting on proposed right-of-way near Clancy (5-31-07)
• Results of May oil and gas lease sale (5-31-07)
• Clark’s Bay day-use area to close June 4 for paving (5-30-07)
• Friday Night at the Pillar begins June 1 (5-30-07)
• Eastern Montana RAC to meet this week (5-29-07)
• BLM plans vegetation treatments in the Scratchgravel Hills (5-22-07)
• Public meetings planned for proposed Graymont Mine expansion near Townsend (5-22-07)
• BLM completes environmental review of the Tobacco Roots (5-14-07)
• Information meeting planned for proposed Big Hole River land exchange (5-11-07)
• BLM will evaluate two Dillion area watersheds (5-9-07)
• Holter and Hauser Lake recreation sites open May 11 (5-2-07)
• Western Montana RAC to meet (5-2-07)

April

• Agencies Seeking Public Comment on Proposed Revisions to Valley County Wind Energy Project (4-2-07)
• Prescribed Burns Planned North of Philipsburg (4-20-07)
• Lewistown Field Office hosts third Judith/Moccasin meeting (4-19-07)
• Wild horses and burros coming to Helena June 16 (4-19-07)
• BLM leases Spring Creek Mine coal tract (4-19-07)
• Volunteers need for Ft. Meade National Public Lands Day event (4-16-07)
• Pompeys Pillar National Monument to open for season (4-17-07)
• BLM completes environmental review of the Blacktail Watershed (4-16-07)
• Warm Springs Boat Launch temproarily closed for paving (4-16-07)
• Problems surface at Clancy OHV Area (4-13-07)
• Forest Service and BLM issue decision on leasing in Sioux Ranger District (4-12-07)
• Miles City Field Office announces rescheduled SEIS comment meetings (4-12-07)
• Billings Field Office seeks comments on Acton Travel Management Plan (4-11-07)
• Miles City Field Office hosts Archeology Day April 14 (4-11-07)
• BLM seeks comments on proposed concrete fish barrier (4-6-07)
• OHV operators encouraged to observe travel rules (4-2-07)

March

• Miles City public meeting on SEIS postponed (3-30-07)
• Results of March oil and gas lease sale (3-28-07)
• BLM installs new Miles City field manager (3-27-07)
• Butte Field Office Plans to burn near Clancy and Townsend (3-22-07)
• Butte Field Office seeks comment on proposed right-of-way near Clancy (3-22-07)
• Prescribed burn planned for west of Helmville (3-19-07)
• BLM Releases Decision on Coal Lease (3-16-07)
• Miles City Field Office Annouces Public Meetings on SEIS (3-15-07)
• BLM considers Park County request for gravel pit (3-15-07) 
• Dillon Field Office asks for public comments on road proposal (3-13-07)
• BLM plans burns in Fort Meade Recreation Area (3-8-07)
• BLM plans burns in southwest Montana (3-7-07)

February

• Miles City Field Office to burn timber piles (2-28-07)
• Dakotas Resource Advisory Councils nomination period open (2-20-07)
• Montana Resource Advisory Councils nomination period open (2-20-07)
• Eastern Montana RAC to meet February 22 in Billings (2-15-07)
• Western Montana RAC to meet February 21 in Butte (2-5-07)

January

• January Oil and Gas Lease sale results (1-31-07)
• Draft Supplemental Coal Bed Natural Gas EIS available (1-19-07)
• Time to apply for seasonal jobs (1-12-07)
• BLM fills two top positions in Montana (1-9-07)
• Interagency recreation pass available at BLM offices (1-4-07)