Bureau of Land Management
WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sgamma, a long-time oil and gas lobbyist who was President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management, abruptly withdrew her nomination on Thursday, the day of her planned confirmation hearing. Sgamma’s decision was announced... Read More
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management on Friday opened a 30-day public comment period on a proposal to include 13 oil and gas parcels, totaling 12,111 acres, in an upcoming lease sale in Colorado. The solicitation for public... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment for a proposed resource management plan associated with the development of a 200-MW solar farm in Washoe County, Nevada. NextEra Energy Resources, the developer of the project, has proposed... Read More
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on its draft environmental assessment for a proposed solar energy project on public and private lands in eastern Riverside County, California. If approved, the Sapphire solar project... Read More
MILES CITY, Mont. — Though coal mining will continue for the foreseeable future at two Montana mines, those leases will not be renewed under a plan published by the Bureau of Land Management. Last week the agency issued a supplemental... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management has updated its roadmap for solar energy development across the West with the aim of making the siting and permitting of projects on public lands more efficient. In rolling out the new roadmap,... Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. — The Bureau of Land Management announced a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering nine parcels in Oklahoma and New Mexico brought in $22,530,735. The sale, conducted on Nov. 30, covered a total of 553.59 acres.... Read More
RENO, Nev. — The Bureau of Land Management opened a 30-day public comment period on Monday on two parcels of land totaling 2,330 acres that may be included in an upcoming oil and gas lease sale in Nevada. The parcels... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management is extending the public comment period on the proposed new protections for about 13 million acres of pristine wilderness in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. The new deadline for commenting on the... Read More
LAS VEGAS — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed 300 MW solar energy farm with battery storage that if approved would be located on roughly 2,500 acres about 30 miles northwest of Las Vegas.... Read More
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Bureau of Land Management on Monday announced that competitive oil and gas lease sales in Michigan and Louisiana will be held online on Thursday, June 29, 2023. The agency will offer one parcel in Michigan... Read More
WASHINGTON — Regulators are a step closer to making their final determinations regarding a closely-watched wind project proposal in Idaho. Magic Valley Energy LLC — an affiliate of New York-based energy infrastructure company LS Power — is seeking the Bureau... Read More
WASHINGTON — Several oil and gas associations have written the Bureau of Land Management saying a proposed rule on waste prevention would duplicate regulatory efforts already being undertaken by other federal agencies.The concern was voiced in comments submitted on the... Read More
WASHINGTON — What may seem like a minor initiative was passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week, but a proposed bill to create a pilot program promoting the use of native plants at the National... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office is calling for parity on federal methane emission requirements for oil and gas companies. The GAO issued recommendations on Friday for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Bureau of Land Management to cut down... Read More
CEDAR CITY, Utah — Minersville Solar Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Chicago-based sustainable energy developer Invenergy, has been awarded leases to develop a massive solar farm on about 4,800 acres of public land in Utah’s Escalante Desert. According to the... Read More
WASHINGTON - The Interior Department announced Friday that it has decided to move the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management back to Washington, D.C., while continuing to maintain its Colorado office as a “Western headquarters.” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland... Read More
About Gardner: Gardner’s family has called Colorado home for five generations. Gardner’s love for Colorado took him to Colorado State University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and later to Boulder, where he earned his law degree at the University... Read More
WASHINGTON - Federal employees overseeing public lands in the U.S. were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period ending in 2017, a sign of increased tensions between the employees and anti-government groups, the Government Accountability Office... Read More
