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GILLETTE — Due to dry conditions and increasing fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is placing stage 1 fire restrictions on BLM-administered public lands in five eastern Wyoming counties: ...
Wyoming is backing an effort by Utah to wrest ownership of U.S. Bureau of Land Management land from the federal government, arguing that states could “develop the land to attract prospective ...
CHEYENNE – The Bureau of Land Management is urging the public to help combat illegal dumping on public lands, a widespread issue that degrades natural resources, threatens wildlife and imposes ...
Wyoming will sell a 1-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) parcel of pristine land bordering Grand Teton National Park to the U.S. government for $100 million after Gov. Mark Gordon signed off on a ...
Wyoming lawmakers have given two years for the Grand Teton National Park to buy the Kelly Parcel for $100 million. But the pristine land has become a bargaining chip for other things, too.
The BLM manages roughly 10% of all land in the United states and roughly and approximately 30% of its minerals. In Wyoming, the BLM manages 18.4 million acres of the state’s 62 million acres.
A land trade was considered but rejected after Gelov said he was not interested. Under the BLM’s proposal, the land will be sold to Gelov for $1,020, as determined by an appraisal.
The request for a preliminary injunction was made in a case before a Utah federal court. The states of Utah and Wyoming are asking a federal court to issue an order blocking the Bureau of Land ...
Congress in 2005 approved leasing up to 1.9 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming for oil shale development together with other lands holding tar sands.