WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The Senate has confirmed Bob Abbey, a veteran state and federal expert on land policy, as director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
RENO, Nev., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Geothermal leases for more than 105,000 acres of land in Nevada sold for $28.2 million.
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- An inspector general's report calls on U.S. government agencies to secure abandoned mines to protect the public from environmental hazards and accidents.
LAS VEGAS, July 25 (UPI) -- U.S. officials said the deaths of 71 wild horses last summer in Nevada came from naturally occurring nitrates.
DENVER, June 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has declared a moratorium on development of new solar power projects on government land in six western states.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- While gasoline prices rise, the United States has an abundance of currently unavailable energy, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is being accused of focusing on oil drilling and ignoring the affect such drilling might have on wildlife.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., asked the government to postpone a mineral-lease auction that includes the Colorado entrance to Dinosaur National Monument.
Salazar asked the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to postpone Thursday's scheduled auction of lea
ALBUQUERQUE, April 22 (UPI) -- New Mexico officials Friday filed a lawsuit challenging a federal decision to allow oil and gas leasing on Otero Mesa in the southern part of the state.
Gov. Bill Richardson and Attorney General Patricia Madrid joined a group of ranchers and hunters in a
WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that environmentalists could not sue to force the Interior Department to protect Utah wilderness from off-road vehicles.
