2004

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October 2004

• BLM scoping notice available on proposed pipeline; comments wanted, open house planned
• Martin's Cove Lease Signed
• Pinedale Anticline Working Group: 8 different news releases
• BLM to Hold Coal Lease Sale
• Trail Center Sets Winter Hours: Plans Annual Holiday Event
• New BLM Buffalo Field Office Manager Announced
• Two trails closed to motorized use on Little Mountain
• McCullough Peaks wild horses available for adoption in November - public viewing info added 10/15/04
• BLM Rock Springs Reviews Final Preparation For Firehole Basin Prescribed Burn
• BLM Rock Springs Issues West Flank (Wild Bunch) 3-D Geophysical Project Decision Record
• BLM oil and gas sale over $9 million, State of Wyoming to get half
• BLM celebrates National Fire Prevention Week; Open House planned Oct. 8
• Trails Center Plans Special Autumn Event: Facility Prepares for Winter Hours of Operation

September 2004

• BLM Rock Springs Postpones Scheduled Firehole Basin Prescribed Burn
• Partial Closure of Poison Spider OHV Park
• State Director Selects New BLM Field Manager
• BLM Announces Results of September Coal Lease Sale
• Travel Alert: Three Dam Road temporarily closed
• BLM Releases Decision Record for Scotty Lake EA
• BLM Rock Springs Works With Hunters In Preparation of Prescribed Burn
• Hunter Information Available at BLM Casper Field Office
• Kemmerer BLM Office Issues Hams Fork 3-D Geophysical Scoping Notice
• BLM Rock Springs Office Invites Public To Public Lands Day Celebration
• Final McCullough Peaks travel management plan available
• Thirty-day extension granted on EA comment period for Lysite water well proposal
• Trails Center waives admission fees in celebration of NPLD
• BLM and ROTC celebrate NPLD
• New Hands on the Land program begins in Wyoming
• BLM Middle Fork Decision Record Available
• BLM Lifts Pass Creek Fire Area Motor Vehicle Closure
• National Public Lands Day Designated “Fee-Free”
• Warren E&P, Inc. Asks For BLM Approval of Pacific Rim Shallow Gas Development Project
• Table Mountain Fence Project
• BLM to Hold Coal Lease Sale
• November BLM wild horse adoption scheduled; McCullough Peaks wild horses available to adopt
• BLM and CBNG Alliance host education fair
• BLM Announces Results of Coal Lease Sale
• BLM Seeks Public Input for Jolly Roger Environmental Assessment
• National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Seeks Volunteers

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August 2004

• Rawlins Area Prescribed Burns Planned
• BLM Rock Springs Informs Public of Big Firehole Basin Prescribed Burn
• BLM Ranger Rescues Bald Eagle
• Two events scheduled in Bighorn Basin for National Public Lands Day
• Kemmerer BLM Prepares for Ryan Creek Prescribed Burns in September
• Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Helps BLM Conserve Habitat
• Casper BLM burns slash piles at Muddy Mountain and Gothberg Draw
• BLM Invites the Public to Pryor Mountain Mustang Horse Show
• BLM Director Presents TPIA Award to Two Warren Bridge Campground Volunteers
• BLM to Hold Coal Lease Sale
• Local Volunteers to Pitch in at Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area on National Public Lands Day
  - Sweetwater Canyon 1 of 600 Coast-to-Coast Sites Targeted for Helping Hands on September 18
• Weekend Fires Flare
• Proposed Lysite Mountain water well considered on BLM-administered public lands; EA now available
• BLM Pinedale Encourages Public Comment on Lake Mountain 3-D Geophysical Project Scoping Notice
• BLM Rock Springs Issues Dickie Springs Placer Gold Exploration Scoping Notice
• Wyoming's Big Show Hosts Finale of Aug. 12, 2004 Tri-State Wild Horse Show Series
• EA available on proposed McCullough Peaks wild horse gather and fertility control
• Rock Springs Issue Decision Record for Simpson’s Gulch 3D Geophysical Project
• Pinedale Extends Public Comment Period For Questar Year-Round Drilling Proposal
• Pinedale BLM Hosts PAWG Meeting on Aug. 11, 2004 in Sublette County Library
• Fire Crews Battle Gravel Pit Fire
• Road Closure Announcement Green Mountain West Loop Road Temporarily Closed
• Scotty Lake Coalbed Natural Gas Pilot Project EA for Public Comment
• Right-of-Way Application for Gas Plant Camp Road
• BLM oil and gas sale over $4 million, State of Wyoming to get half
• BLM Employees Receive Awards for Saving Co-Worker's Life
• Fifteenmile wild horse gather rescheduled for early August

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July 2004

• Trails Center plans second anniversary celebration - updated with Schedule of Events link
• Free Fire Wood Permits Available from BLM Buffalo Field Office
• BLM Issues Record of Decision on Desolation Flats
• Custom Saddle to be Awarded at Wild Horse Working Competition
• Local Family Competes in Wild Horse Working Competition
• Wyoming Honor Farm to Participate in Wild Horse Competition in Rock Springs
• BLM Releases DR/FONSI for Wind Dancer Natural Gas Development Project
• Geophysical Exploration Activities Planned on Public Lands North of Wamsutter
• BLM Seeks Volunteers for the Pinedale Anticline Task Groups
• BLM works with lessees on drought conditions
• Scoping begins on the Westside Irrigation District land conveyance project; two open houses planned
• More time granted on comment period for Elizabeth B. Eggert Nature Tract
• Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting Scheduled
• Cheatgrass – What is Wyoming doing about it?
• Public meeting to discuss year-round drilling proposal
• BLM Pinedale to Review Questar Request for Year-Round Drilling Proposal in Anticline
  - updated with links to scoping notice and proposal letter
• Wild Horse and Burro Adoption to be Held at Frontier Days
• BLM Invites the Public to Enjoy, Participate In 2nd Annual Wild Horse and Burro Festival
• Pyramid Peak Fire Evening Update – July 18, 2004
• Pyramid Peak Fire Evening Update – July 17, 2004
• Pyramid Peak Fire Evening Update – July 16, 2004
• Pyramid Peak Fire Morning Update – July 16, 2004
• North Minnies Gap Fire
• Pyramid Peak Fire Evening Update – July 15, 2004
• Pyramid Peak Fire Morning Update – July 15, 2004
• Pyramid Peak Fire Update – July 14, 2004
• Road Closure Announcement - Green Mountain West Loop Road Temporarily Closed
• Adopt a Champion
• Jack Morrow Hills Final EIS Released
• Federal Oil and Gas Sale To Be Held August 3
• BLM Pinedale Sets Pinedale Anticline Working Group Adaptive Management Advisory
  Committee Meeting Dates
• BLM Rock Springs Issues West Flank (Wild Bunch) 3-D Geophysical Project Scoping Notice
  
• BLM establishes CAZ in Powder River Basin
• BLM Revises Mining Fees
• Fireworks Banned on Public Land

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June 2004

• Access to BLM Office Closed on Sunday, July Fourth, For Safety and Security Reasons
• BLM Announces Results of Coal Lease Sale
• Upcoming Fire Season
• Pennock Mountain Prescribed Burn
• BLM Releases Wind Dancer Natural Gas Development Project EA for Public Comment
• BLM to Hold Coal Lease Sale - updated 06/23/04
• BLM To Host ‘Fix It Clinic’ and Wild Horse Adoption
• Elizabeth B. Eggert Nature Tract EA available for comment
• Senator Thomas, BLM Deputy Director to speak at Little Mountain-Devil's Canyon Ranch Acquisition Dedication
• Media Advisory: Rebecca Watson, Asst. Secretary for Lands & Minerals, DOI, will be visiting Wyoming
• Media Advisory: BLM Makes Final Preparations for the 2004 National Fluid Minerals Conference
• Muddy Mountain Firewood and Post and Pole Sale
• Wild Horse Hearing Scheduled
• BLM Director Recognizes Rawlins Range Team at Wyoming Stock Growers Association Meeting
• BLM Director Recognizes Rawlins Group’s Contribution
• Wyoming to Receive $14,627,836 from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program
• Land exchange proposed between BLM and 7L Livestock Company
• BLM Rock Springs Issues 10-Mile Rim Final Environmental Assessment
• BLM oil and gas sale over $10.5 million, State of Wyoming to get half
• West Hay Creek Final EIS Available
• Rock Springs Wild Horse Adoption
• Trails Center Volunteer Coordinator Wins National BLM Award - updated information and photo
• Devon Energy Receives BLM Award
• Installation ceremony planned for Worland BLM Field Manager Bill Hill
• Media Advisory: BLM Rock Springs Prepares for National Trails Day Celebration/Presentation of BLM Director’s Four C’s Awards
• Pony Express Re-ride to Stop at Historic Trails Center
• Media Advisory: Fire Information

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May 2004

• BLM Seeks Comments on Final EIS for Desolation Flats
• Trails Center Volunteer Coordinator Wins National BLM Award
• Recreational Permits Available at Casper BLM Office
• Casper BLM Celebrates NTD with Two Events
• Casper BLM Conducts Aerial Inspections
• Wild Horse Adoption and Clinic Upcoming
• Memorial Day Weekend Fire Awareness
• Muddy Mountain Road Opens For Memorial Day Weekend
• BLM Announces National Trail Days Events
• BLM Releases Public Scoping Notice for Hanna Draw Coalbed Natural Gas Pilot Project EA
• Pinedale BLM Approves LaBarge 3-Dimensional Geophysical Exploration Project
• Media Advisory: Public Scoping for Martin's Cove Lease EA
• Media Advisory: BLM National Fluid Minerals Conference
• 2004 Rangeland Health Standards
• Postponed Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming
• Travel Alert: Portion of Platte Pipeline Road temporarily closed
• BLM Surveying Jobs Available
• Comment Period Extended on Huxtable Quarry Project
• BLM Begins Seasonal Road Closures on Steamboat Mountain Road

• Environmental Assessment Available for Public Review

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April 2004

• BLM Approves Drilling in Red Rim Pod
• Public Input Sought on Cave Gulch Natural Gas Project
• EA, Draft McCullough Peaks Travel Management Plan Available for Review and Comment
• State, BLM Enter Into Historic Partnership
• Wild Horse Adoption Postponed
• BLM Hosts Vendor Registration For Upcoming Fire Season
• BLM Launches New Land Survey Website
• BLM Rock Springs Invites Public to Coincidental Development Meeting April 15, 2004
• BLM oil and gas sale over $2.5 million, State of Wyoming to get half
• BLM hosts open house on Huxtable Quarry Project
• Mosier Gulch Picnic Area Closed for Summer
• State Director Selects New BLM Field Manager

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March 2004

• Wyoming Honor Farm Wild Horse Adoption Upcoming
• BLM Rock Springs Closes Horse Corrals For April 5th for Annual Facility Maintenance
• TRAVEL ALERT: Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Temporarily Closed
• Kemmerer BLM Prepares for Ryan Creek Prescribed Burns in Mid-April
• Prescribed fire projects planned for southern half of Bighorn Basin
• BLM Prepares for Prescribed Burns Starting in April
• Trails Center Returns to Summer Hours
• Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for April 6
• Unadoptable Wyoming Wild Horses Find New Home (with photos)
• BLM Approves Barrett Corporation's Modified Cooper Natural Gas Project
• Lander Man Sentenced for Dumping Car on Public Land
• Newcastle BLM burns slash piles in West Plum Creek Area
• Newcastle BLM Reviews Grazing Allotments
• Cooperative, Informational Session Planned for Management of Public Lands on Little Mountain
• Deadline Nears For Public Comment on 10-Mile Rim Draft Environmental Assessment

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February 2004

• BLM Buffalo Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns
• Open house planned for proposed fuels/prescribed fire projects; update on current ones
• New Exhibit on Display at Trails Center
• Prescribed fire project proposed
• BLM seeks public comment on Howard Ranch 3-D Project
• Range meetings set for end of February
• Members Appointed to National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
• BLM oil and gas sale over $7.1 million, State of Wyoming to get half
• BLM Rock Springs Provides Ten Mile Rim Draft Environmental Assessment for Public Review
• Modified Cooper Reservoir EA available for comment

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January 2004

• Media Advisory - Casper BLM burns slash piles on Muddy Mountain EEA
• Federal Oil and Gas Sale Scheduled for February 3
• Lander Man Arrested For Damaging Public Lands
• BLM Employee Receives Public Lands Award - Picture's added March 2004
• Upper Green River SRMA Recreation Project Plan and EA
• Grazing Rule Draft Environmental Impact Statement Public Meeting to be Held in Cheyenne
• BLM Hosts Open House on new APD Processing
• Open house planned for public input on Eggert nature tract along the Bighorn River
• January means Bighorn Basin eagle counting
• Casper Field Office Plans Prescribed Burns
• Coalbed Natural Gas Environmental Assessment Remand
• Pinedale BLM to Implement Mesa Seasonal Vehicle Closure

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