Basic Desert Survival Class Offered by Desert Institute at Joshua Tree NP on Oct 21st

Learn the essential “big four” skills needed to safely explore the sometimes harsh and often challenging desert landscape. Tony Nester, expert and author of Desert Survival Tips, Tricks and Skills, will teach the physical skills and mental processes that will prepare participants to discover some of the most beautiful and most dangerous habitats of the [...]

Death Valley Current Conditions - Some Roads 4×4 Only Due to Flood Damage

Death Valley National Park Morning Report — Friday, October 5, 2007Weather Forecast Today — Partly sunny and cooler. High in the mid 80s. A 20% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon with areas of blowing dust. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.Tonight — Mostly cloudy and colder with [...]

Navajo Loop Trail Reopens in Bryce Canyon

The mysterious hoodoos and fantastic colored shapes of Bryce Canyon are more accessible again - weather permitting - with the recent reopening of the Navajo Loop Trail. This path, Bryce’s most popular below-the-rim route, is open again following a 14-month closure due to significant rock fall.The 1.5-mile-long Navajo Trail closed on May 23, 2006, when [...]

Thursday Hikes at Santa Rosa Mountains

Enjoy a healthy and informative 1-2 hour hike up into the Santa Rosa Mountains and enjoy majestic views of the valley below. Destinations vary based on participants’ interests and abilities. These easy to moderate hikes will explore local areas via the Art Smith, Hopalong Cassidy and Randall Henderson Trails. Participants should wear appropriate clothing and [...]

Visitor Fatality Near Boulder Islands in Lake Mead NRA

A boater who was passing the Boulder Islands on Lake Mead early on the morning of September 29th saw a man waving for help from one of the islands. The man told the boater that he and a friend had had a boating accident the previous evening and that his friend was still missing. The [...]

Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Commemorate 10th Anniversary of Abandoned Mine Cleanup Program

The Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service carried out commemorative activities to recognize 10 years of progress in cleaning up abandoned mines on Federal lands on September 26th.In Silverton, Colorado, BLM and Forest Service officials joined representatives of community groups, local and state governments, and other Federal agencies to mark the 10th anniversary [...]

DOE Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors

WASHINGTON, DC - October 2, 1007 - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Kevin M. Kolevar today announced the Department’s designation of two National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (National Corridors) — the Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor, and the Southwest Area National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor.  [...]

Desert Advisory Council Tours Mine Reclamation and Proposed Solar Development Sites

The BLM Desert Advisory Council visited Needles for its fall meeting and toured sites ranging from a new campground to proposed solar projects to now closed gold mines being reclaimed.The council’s September 28th field tour was followed by its formal meeting at the new Needles Field Office on Highway 95. The next meeting is planned [...]

Adoption of 75 American Mustangs Nets Nearly a Quarter Million Dollars

Mustang “Hail Yeah” Fetches $50,000 Adoption Fee at Extreme Mustang MakeoverFort Worth, Texas, September 23 - When trainer Ray Ariss went off pattern during the “horse course” of the Extreme Mustang Makeover, giving him a zero for that portion of the competition, his hopes for representing his hometown of Norco, Calif., and displaying the talents [...]

BLM Offers Burros for Adoption at Longears Cele Bray tion Oct 13th

Wild horses and burros, healthy and ready to train, will be offered for public adoption Saturday, Oct.13, during the annual Longears Cele’bray’tion, a fun-filled donkey and mule show at the Tehama County Fairgrounds in Red Bluff.The Bureau of Land Management will offer 20 wild horses ranging in age from under 2 to about 4 years [...]

BLM Report on Natl Public Lands Day Homestead Valley Improvement Project

September 22, 2007 - Homestead Valley Improvement Project - Despite the unfavorable weather forecast, the temperature was perfect and the skies were clear. Registration began at 7:00 a.m. where over 70 people gathered in the parking lot of the Mojave Pizza Parlor ready to roll up their sleeves and lend a hand on public [...]