/tags/bureau-of-land-management Bureau of Land Management en-US Copyright Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:13:40 GMT /local-news/2025-09-10/trump-slash-public-lands-rule-energy-development President Trump’s Department of the Interior wants to rescind the "Public Lands Rule" – saying it stands in the way of “legitimate” uses of land, including mining, grazing, energy development, and recreation. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:13:40 GMT /local-news/2025-09-10/trump-slash-public-lands-rule-energy-development Bryce Dix /local-news/2025-08-25/oil-and-gas-forecast-for-new-mexicos-san-juan-basin-going-going An updated Bureau of Land Management report offers a mixed outlook for oil and gas production in the state’s second largest drilling basin Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:18:09 GMT /local-news/2025-08-25/oil-and-gas-forecast-for-new-mexicos-san-juan-basin-going-going Jerry Redfern /local-news/2025-08-12/environmental-review-caja-del-rio-transmission-line After a yearslong environmental review process and overwhelming public opposition, the National Nuclear Security Administration has given their green light to move forward with a controversial transmission power line project on the Caja del Rio plateau. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:08:54 GMT /local-news/2025-08-12/environmental-review-caja-del-rio-transmission-line Bryce Dix /local-news/2025-06-25/new-republican-land-sell-off-plan-surfaces The changes, spurred by an advisory ruling that warned the land sale provision likely violated Senate rules, came quickly after mass protests from communities across the country. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:07:25 GMT /local-news/2025-06-25/new-republican-land-sell-off-plan-surfaces Bryce Dix /local-news/2025-06-23/hundreds-in-santa-fe-voice-their-opposition-towards-proposed-public-land-sales Hundreds of people rallied in Santa Fe on Monday against proposals to sell public lands and national monuments in New Mexico. The rally coincided with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s appearance at the Western Governors’ Association. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:13:48 GMT /local-news/2025-06-23/hundreds-in-santa-fe-voice-their-opposition-towards-proposed-public-land-sales Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2025-06-17/land-sandias-sold-congressional-plan Congressional Republicans are proposing to sell off millions of acres of public land in the West over the next 5 years. Some of that land includes parcels just outside of Albuquerque in the Sandia Mountains. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:37:58 GMT /local-news/2025-06-17/land-sandias-sold-congressional-plan Bryce Dix /local-news/2025-04-07/cattle-damage-new-mexico-public-rivers-wetlands A newly released report shows widespread livestock grazing is destroying streamside habitats in New Mexico and Arizona. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:27:03 GMT /local-news/2025-04-07/cattle-damage-new-mexico-public-rivers-wetlands Bryce Dix /local-news/2024-11-20/tent-rocks-reopens-under-pueblo-management Before the pandemic, the site was getting more than 100,000 visitors a year, disrupting Pueblo life. After the monument closed for the pandemic, Cochiti Pueblo and the BLM sat down to negotiate a new way for visitors to come. More than four years later, a trial period begins. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:02:52 GMT /local-news/2024-11-20/tent-rocks-reopens-under-pueblo-management Alice Fordham /local-news/2024-04-22/environmentalists-prepare-to-defend-new-blm-rule-against-legal-challenges The BLM has always leased land for things like oil and gas and grazing. Now it will sell leases for conservation, too. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:22:31 GMT /local-news/2024-04-22/environmentalists-prepare-to-defend-new-blm-rule-against-legal-challenges Alice Fordham /local-news/2024-04-18/blm-withdraws-more-than-4-000-acres-of-sacred-lands-around-placitas-from-mineral-leasing The new rule by the Bureau of Land Management will protect land considered sacred by Pueblos — and used by wildlife — from development by gravel miners. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:45:38 GMT /local-news/2024-04-18/blm-withdraws-more-than-4-000-acres-of-sacred-lands-around-placitas-from-mineral-leasing Alice Fordham