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BILLINGS, Mont. – The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 9,102 acres that may be included in a September 2025 lease sale in Montana and North Dakota. The comment period ends Mar. 3, 2025. The parcels the BLM is analyzing, as well as maps and instructions on how to comment are available on the BLM’s ePlanning website at:https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2035530/510 Leasing is the first step in the process to...

North Central Montana District Bureau of Land Management HAVRE – A grazing permit operator and BLM employees from the North Central Montana District earned special recognition Aug. 16 for their actions to prevent a BLM dam near Harlem, Montana, from potentially failing during the unusually high-flow spring runoff season in 2023. Sonya Germann, BLM-Montana/Dakotas state director, presented the State Director's Award for Safety to Frank Baldik, BLM grazing permit operator; Abby Hall, rangeland m...
(MALTA, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision today for a bison grazing proposal involving seven allotments in Phillips County, Montana, held by American Prairie, which allows for bison grazing on six of the seven allotments. The Telegraph Creek, Box Elder, Flat Creek, White Rock, French Coulee, Garey Coulee and East Dry Fork allotments – a total of approximately 63,500 acres of BLM-administered lands – currently provide 7,969 animal unit months of permitted use. One common allotment grazed with another livestock opera...