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2006 News Releases
2007 News Releases

December

• Record of Decision Signed for Coal Bed Natural Gas Plan (12/30/2008)
• Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) Available for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (12/30/2008)
• Bench Watershed Assessment Ready For Public Review (12/19/2008)
• New Montana RAC Members Announced (12/16/2008)
• New Dakotas RAC Members Announced (12/16/2008)
• Shepherd OHV Riders Need 2009 Permit  (12/10/2008)
• BLM Issues Bowdoin Natual Gas Project Decision  (12/5/2008)
• Southwest Montana Travel Map Available (12/3/2008)
• Burning Planned for Pine Hills (12/3/2008)
• Crosby Brings Lewis and Clark to Lewistown Students (12/2/2008)

November

• Scoping Begins on Coal Lease Application (11/20/2008)
• BLM to Begin Pile Burning (11/12/2008)
• Open House in Camp Crook to Discuss Fire Project (11/10/2008)
• Results of November Oil and Gas Sale (11/5/2008)
• Proposed Mine Expansion Approved (11/4/2008)
• Volunteers Spruce Up Kipp Recreation Area (11/3/2008)

October

• Sleep With the Ghosts at Garnet this Winter (10/30/2008)
• Woodhawk Allotment EA Available for Public Review (10/24/2008)
• BLM FSEIS to be Released Soon (10/23/2008)
• BLM Approves CBNG Projects (10/1/2008)
• South Dakota Field Office to Conduct Prescribed Burns (10/9/2008)

September

• Prescribed Burns Planned Near Butte, Divide, and Wise River (9/29/2008)
• Prescribed Burns Planned Near Helena/Marysville, Clancy, and Townsend (9/29/2008)
• Proposed Butte Resource Management Plan Available for Public Review (9/26/2008)
• Ruby Creek Road to Undergo Repairs (9/25/2008)
• Public Asked to Comment on Lime/Ruby Salvage Project (9/24/2008)
• No Entrance Fee at Pompeys Pillar National Monument Sept. 27 (9/24/2008)
• North Fergus Watershed EA Available for Public Review (9/19/2008)
• Garnet Ghost Town To Be Closed Another Week (9/18/2008)
• Volunteers Needed for National Public Lands Day Event (9/18/2008)
• Comment Period Extended on Grazing EA (9/18/2008)
• Prescribed Burns Planned South Of Potomac And West Of Helmville (9/15/2008)
• Garnet Ghost Town Closed Sept. 15-19  (9/11/2008)
• Be Bear Aware (9/11/2008)
• Fire Restrictions Dropped in Yellowstone and Surrounding Counties (9/8/2008)
• Upper Arrow Creek Watershed EA Available for Public Review (9/5/2008)
• Infested Trees Removed from Great Divide Ski Area (9/4/2008)
• Havre-area Grazing Leases Analyzed (9/2/2008) 

August

July 

• Stage I Fire Restrictions Ordered for Daniels and Sheridan Counties (7/23/08)
• Cactus Fire at 90 Percent Containment (7/22/08)
• BLM Sets Public Meetings on Coal Lease Application (7/21/08)
• Southwest Montana Area Fires 100 Percent Contained (7/21/08)
• Endurance Ride at Fort Meade (7/21/08)
• Progress Continues on Fires in Western Montana (7/21/08)
• Cactus Fire Prompts OHV Trail Closure (7/20/08)
• Wildfire in Tobacco Roots (7/19/08)
• Fire Burning near Delmoe Lake (7/19/08)
• Cactus Fire Grows to 620 Acres (7/19/08)
• Cactus Fire Forces Evacuations (7/19/08)
• Wild Horse and Burro Adoption in Billings August 9-10 (7/17/08)
• Some Mining Claim Files Temporarily Unavailable (7/15/08)
• BLM Schedules Scoping Meetings Regarding Future Development 
  of Federal Coal in North Dakota (7/14/08)
• Devil's Elbow Campground Boat Ramp Closing for Upgrades (7/14/08)
• The Surly Surveyor Coming to Garnet Ghost Town (7/14/08)
• Visit the “Remarkable Rock” During Clark Days at Pompeys Pillar National Monument (7/8/08)
• Bowdoin Natural Gas Project EA Available for Review (7/7/08)
• Volunteers Needed for Flea Beetle Collection Day (7/7/08)
• Beaverhead West Watershed Environmental Assessment Available For Review (7/3/08)
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Proposal to Modify Two Access Routes (7/1/08)

June

• Help Prevent Wildland Fire (6/30/08)
• BLM Invites Comments on Proposal to Excavate Holes along Dyce Creek (6/27/08)
• Flooding Closes Half of Ruby Campground (6/25/08)
• BLM's Glasgow Office Completes Move (6/20/08)
• Results of June Oil and Gas Lease Sale (6/17/08)
• BLM Seeks Comments on Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Management Area Plan and Preliminary Environmental Assessment (6/11/08)
• Volunteers Needed at Fort Meade Recreation Area (6/10/08)
• Downed Trees Block Segment of Limekiln Trail (6/5/08)
• Unauthorized Use and Vandalism Continue at Shepherd Ah Nei OHV Area (6/2/08)

May  

• Wet Weather Damages Limekiln Trail (5/30/08)
• Red Rock/Lima Watershed Environmental Assessment Available For Review (5/30/08)
• Garnet Ghost Town Offers Family-Style Wild West Fun (5/30/08)
• Deep Creek Pine Beetle Treatment Area Sold (5/27/08)
• Dry Creek Road to be Closed for Construction (5/27/08)
• Public Asked to Comment on Proposed Centennial Valley Land Exchange (5/27/08)
• Great Divide Pine Beetle Treatment Area Sold (5/27/08)
• Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center Institutes $2 Amenity Fee (5/20/08)
• Warm Weather Brings Opportunity To Burn East Of Missoula (5/19/08)
• Butte Field Office to Conduct Rangeland Health Assessments (5/16/08)
• Warm Weather Brings Possible RX Burn Window (5/16/08)
• Billings Field Office Asks for Public Input Regarding a Proposed Road Right-of-Way over Public Lands Near Belfry (5/16/08)
• Billings Field Office to Revise Land Use Plans (5/16/08)
• Resource Advisory Councils Schedule Combined Meeting (5/15/08)
• BLM Firefighters Receive Valor Award (5/14/08)
• BLM to Analyze East Bench, East Pioneers, and Rochester Basin This Summer (5/12/08)
• BLM Recreation Sites On Holter & Hauser Open Soon (5/8/08)
• Glasgow BLM Office Schedules Move (5/6/08)
• Havre BLM Office Schedules Move (5/2/08)
• Park County Withdraws Gravel Pit Request (5/2/08)
• Wild Horses & Burros Coming To Kalispell June 28 (5/1/08)
• BLM Seeks Input on Lakeview Ski Chalet Proposal (5/1/08)
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Shooting Safety Zone for North Hills Area (5/1/08)

April

• BLM Begins Scoping on Seismic Proposal (4/28/08)
• Volunteers Needed for Fort Meade National Public Lands Day (4/28/08)
• Pompeys Pillar Opens for the Season April 28 (4/23/08)
• Prescribed Burns Planned North of Philipsburg (4/22/08)
• Prescribed Burns Planned South of Butte, Clancy Area, and South Elkhorns (4/16/08)
• Prescribed Burns Planned South of Potomac and West of Helmville (4/16/08)
• BLM Hosts Pumpkin Creek Informational Open House (4/15/08)
• BLM Plans Prescribed Burn East of Melrose (4/11/08)
• Results of April Oil and Gas Lease Sale (4/9/08)
• Miles City BLM Hosts Archaeology Day (4/3/08)
• Grazing Assessment Available for Review and Comment (4/1/08)

March

• Madison River Shuttle Permits Required Starting May 1 (3/24/08)
• BLM Employee Receives National Award (3/20/08)
• Public Invited to Travel Planning Open House (3/18/08)
• BLM Seeks Public Comments On Mine Tailings Proposal (3/17/08)
• BLM Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Forest Treatments in South Dakota (3/10/08)
• Butte BLM Seeks Input On Weed Plan Revision (3/7/08)
• BLM Hosts Meeting in Stanfard on Rangeland Health Assessment (3/6/08)
• BLM Hosts Meeting in Roy on Rangeland Health Assessment (3/3/08)

February 

• Carr Recognized for BLM Work (2/28/08)
• BLM Seeks Nominations for Montana Reource Advisory Councils (2/28/08)
• BLM Seeks Nominations for Dakotas Resource Advisory Council (2/28/08)
• Miles City Field Office Complete First Phase of Land Exchange (2/26/08)
• Lewistown Field Office Hosts Open House on Rangeland Assessment (2/27/08)
• BLM Seeks Input On Wise River Area Vegetation Project (2/26/08)
• Agencies Evaluate Geophysical Exploration Proposal near Lima (2/25/08)
• Dillon BLM Plans Prescribed Burns Near Alder (2/22/08)
• BLM Seeks Public Input on Park County Request for Gravel Pit (2/22/08)
• Public Invited to Judith/Moccasin Projects Meeting (2/15/08)
• Western Montana Resource Advisory Council to Meet (2/14/08)
• Benes Named Lewistown Field Manager (2/14/08)
• Public Asked to Comment on Beartooth Powerline EA (2/12/08)
• BLM Invites Comments on Planned Improvements at Windy Point and Storey Ditch along Madison River (2/6/08)
• BLM Releases Final Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Evaluation (2/4/08)
• Upper Missouri RMP Protest Period Begins (2/1/08)

January                                                               

• Eastern Montana RAC to Meet Feb. 7 (1/31/08)
• Miles City BLM Hosts CBNG Air Quality Meeting (1/31/08)
• Upper Missouri RMP Comments Section Clarified (1/30/08)
• Results of January Oil and Gas Lease Sale (1/29/08)
• Shepherd Ah Nei OHVers Will Need Permit (1/29/08)
• Central Montana RAC to Meet in Lewistown (1/28/08)
• Upper Missouri River Breaks Proposed RMP Available for Review (1/25/08)
• Public Invited to Comment on Draft Proposal for Energy Corridors on Federal Lands  (1/22/08)
• Lewistown BLM to Burn Slash Piles (1/17/08)
• Information Meeting Planned For Proposed Interoperability Montana Project (1/14/08)
• Judith-Mocassin Travel Planning Group to Meet (1/14/08)
• BLM and Fish, Wildlife and Parks Host January Meetings on Madison River Special Recreation Permits (1/15/08)