In The Spotlight

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BLM Utah Hiring Wildland Firefighters for 2013 Fire Season

BLM Utah is advertising openings for seasonal wildland firefighter and dispatcher positions across the state.  The jobs being advertised are temporary seasonal appointments for the 2013 fire season.  Appointment length depends on needs and funding but cannot exceed 1,039 hours—excluding overtime and training—during one service year.  All applicants must be United States citizens and at least 18 years of age by the time of appointment. 

Click here for a list of available BLM-Utah positions. 

BLM and Forest Service Approve Versatile 170-Mile Transmission Line for Southern Utah

Officials from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service have signed Records of Decision (ROD) approving a right-of-way across federal land for the Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2 – 345-Kilovolt Transmission Line Project.   In response to anticipated load growth in southwestern Utah, the project will provide approximately 600 megawatts of electrical capacity—enough energy to power 584,000 American homes—upon completion. In support of the Obama administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy, this transmission line could provide clean wind energy projects in Utah with transmission capacity in the future.  Through construction, the project is also expected to boost the local economy by creating up to 255 jobs.

The signing of the RODs for this project will allow Pacificorp (doing business as Rocky Mountain Power) to construct, operate, and maintain a single-circuit, alternating-current, 345-kV overhead transmission line.  The transmission line would run approximately 170 miles from the existing Sigurd Substation near Richfield, Utah to the existing Red Butte Substation in Washington County, Utah.  The requested right-of-way width for construction and operation of the line on Federal lands is 150 feet.