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October

10/14/04 BLM Lunch-Time Lecture Series Returns in Kanab Oct. 21

10/13/04 BLM Shows its Fall Colors--Wild Horse and Burro Center to hold special open house and adoption of colorful horses

10/8/04 Public Comment Period Extended on BLM’s Price Draft Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

10/8/04 BLM’s Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet October 20

10/7/04 Pelican Lake Boat Ramp Closure October 18 Thru November 5

10/7/04 BLM Fulfills Service First Promise

10/5/04 BLM and States Develop Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies

10/5/04 Secretary Norton Announces New Appointment to BLM Resource Advisory Council in Utah

10/1/04 Accessing the NILS Land & Mineral Use Records

September

9/23/04 Operation Dangling Dino--BLM to Airlift Rare Hadrosaur Skeleton from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

9/21/04 Dinosaur Skull Gets Helicopter Lift Out Of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

9/21/04 Friends of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Established

9/16/04 Another Chance to Visit BLM Excavation of Dinosaur Mummy

9/11/04 Secretary Norton Signs Order Withdrawing Nearly 200 Miles of Utah Recreational Riverways from New Hard Rock Mining Claims

9/9/04 Utah BLM has Record-Breaking Oil and Gas Lease Sale

9/9/04 Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton to Sign Hard Rock Mining Withdrawal of Nearly 200 Miles of Utah Recreational Riverways (Media Advisory)

9/9/04 Draft Environmental Impact Statement Focuses on Wind Energy Development on BLM–Administered Public Lands

9/8/04 Final Phase of Prescribed Fire on Salt Creek Mesa

9/8/04 National Public Lands Day Volunteers to Improve Area’s Public Lands

9/3/04 Volunteers Needed for National Public Lands Day Event

9/2/04 Utah BLM to Hold September Oil and Gas Lease Sale

9/1/04 Recent Wildfire Puts Fuel Reduction Project To The Test

9/1/04 BLM Invites Public to Excavation of Dinosaur Mummy

August

8/31/04 Bullhog Takes a Bite Out Of Wildfire Risk in Salt Lake County

8/26/04 Secretary Norton Announces Designation of 18 Utah Communities as Take Pride in America® Cities

8/24/04 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee to Meet September 28-29

8/16/04 Two 3D Seismic Exploration Projects--Announcement of Availability of Draft EA Documents

8/6/04 Local BLM Employee Receives Director's 4 Cs Award

8/3/04 BLM Offers Reward to Find Persons Vandalizing Famous Rock Art in San Rafael --Agency rushes in leading rock art conservator to repair damage August 7-8

8/3/04 BLM Celebrates New Exhibits at Big Water

8/3/04 BLM 2004 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Summer Lecture Series Spotlight Adaptation and Survival

8/3/04 Emery County Receives BLM National Award

July

7/29/04 BLM Approves West Tavaputs Plateau Drilling Program

7/28/04 5th Annual UWHBFC Trail Ride at the Salt Lake Wild Horse & Burro Center August 20-21

7/23/04 Court Finds no Fault in BLM’s Analysis of Seismic Project

7/20/04 BLM Releases Draft Plan for Cameo Cliffs Recreation Area

7/19/04 Cannonville Visitor Center Exhibits Celebrate Human Experience

7/16/04 BLM releases Price Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan--Public urged to comment and attend public meetings

7/15/04 BLM Receives Grant Funds for Uintah Basin Trail System

7/12/04 Table Mountain Fire at 800 Acres--Expect Containment Today

7/8/04 Garder Canyon Stewardship Project EA Announcement of Availability

7/2/04 Limited Number of Large Airtankers Recalled to Service

7/1/04 Exhibits and Excursions Highlight GSENM Festivities

June

6/30/04 Officials Urge Caution Over Holiday Weekend, Hot, dry weather and fireworks - a poor combination

6/30/04 BLM Revises Mining Claim Location and Annual Maintenance Fees

6/28/04 June Oil and Gas Lease Sale Largest Ever in Utah

6/25/04 BLM Seeks Public Comment on Fire Planning Amendments

6/24/04 Utah BLM to Offer 281,253 Acres in Oil and Gas Lease Sale June 25

6/17/04 Utah to Receive $19,136,869 from Interior Under Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program

6/15/04 BLM Celebrates the Opening of New Interpretive Exhibits at Three Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Visitor Centers

6/7/04 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 2004 Summer Lecture Series Begins

6/4/04 Wild Horses and Burros to Find Homes in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho--Public invited to Adoption and Horse Gentling Demonstration in Tremonton June 12

May

5/28/04 Free Family Fun for All--BLM Invites the Community to the 9th Annual John Jarvie Ranch Family Fest June 19

5/25/04 BLM Announces National Volunteer Award Winners Who Are "Making a Difference" on Public Lands

5/24/04 Interior Secretary Norton Announces $1.9 Million in Grants To Support 11 Cooperative Conservation Projects in Utah

5/24/04 Grade School Students visit wild horse at Price Field Office

5/20/04 BLM Hosts Open House to Discuss Wild Horse Population Numbers

5/17/04 Utah Wildfire Academy May 17 – 22, 2004

5/17/04 BLM’s Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet June 9-10

5/17/04 Memorandum of Understanding Will Advance Goal of Increased Wild Horse and Burro Adoptions

5/14/04 Night Time AdventuresBLM Brown Bag Season Finale Programs focus on Nocturnal World

5/12/04 BLM receives record amount of nominations in June Oil and Gas Lease Sale

5/10/04 Uintah County Buckskin Hill Shooting Range Complex Public Meeting

5/7/04 Red Hills Middle School Students Journey Into The Past

5/7/04 BLM Releases Environmental Assessment for Colorado River Non-motorized Bridge and Bike Path along Highway 128

5/6/04 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Opens Virtual Visitor Center on Web

5/5/04 BLM Releases Environmental Assessment for West Tavaputs Plateau Drilling Program

5/3/04 Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting Scheduled

5/3/04 BLM Offers Tours of Kanab Archaeological Exhibit for Utah Prehistory Week

April

4/30/04 Day Use Fee to Increase at Little Sahara Recreation Area During High-Use Holidays

4/16/04 BLM Brown Bag Programs Focus on Fossils Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

4/16/04 Uinta Basin Oil & Gas Cleanup Day--28 Oil, Gas, & Mining Industry & Government Agency Workers Cleanup 26 Highway Miles

4/12/04 Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

4/12/04 BLM Launches New Land Survey Website

4/9/04 U.S. Court of Appeals Issues Permanent Stay Against Lower Court Ruling on Interior’s Internet Access

4/8/04 BLM Offers Yearling Wild Horses For Adoption

4/4/04 Seismic project strikes the right balance

4/1/04 Fire Officials Stress Caution When Burning Outdoors

March

3/26/04 Bureau of Land Management Internet Service Restored

3/24/04 BLM Web Sites Still Unavailable Due to Court Imposed Shutdown

3/23/04 Public Comment Period on R.S. 2477 Claim Extended

3/19/04 BLM Approves Stone Cabin Project--Three Dimensional Seismic Survey on West Tavaputs Plateau

3/10/04 BLM Strengthens Role of Local, State, and Tribal Partners in Planning

3/5/04 Ground Breaking for Escalante Interagency Visitor Center/Science Complex

3/5/04 Kanab High School and BLM Set Up Weather Station

3/5/04 Brown Bag Programs Explore Rocky Riddles in Devil's Garden

3/5/04 BLM Requests Nominations for the 2004 Fluid Minerals Reclamation and Sustainable Development Awards

3/5/04 BLM Seeks Nominations For Utah's Resource Advisory Council

3/3/04 Federal Agencies Announce Guidelines to Aid Wildfire Prevention and Restoration of Healthy Forests and Rangelands

February

2/25/04 Norton Briefs President Bush on Interior Department’s Cooperative Conservation Programs; Announces $25.8 Million in Grants to Assist Conservation Efforts for Imperiled Species on Private Lands

2/20/04 2004 Federal Grazing Fee Announced

2/19/04 Utah Conducts Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale--February sale is largest grossing sale in Utah history with $6.3 million in bids

2/17/04 Seventy-foot Log Jam Makes Hiking in Black Hole of White Canyon Dangerous

2/14/04 Natural Gas Pipeline Environmental Assessment Available

2/10/04 BLM Announces Open House to Discuss the Knolls Off-Highway Vehicle Area Management Plan

2/9/04 BLM’s Utah Statewide Resource Advisory Council to Meet

2/9/04 First Utah RS 2477 Application Available For Public Review

2/6/04 BLM Extends Time on Commercial Recreation Permits

2/5/04 Members Appointed to National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

2/3/04 Apex Fire Rehabilitation Increases Noise Over St. George

2/2/04 BLM Names New Vernal Field Office Manager

2/2/04 BLM Proposes $1.7 Billion for FY 2005 Budget To Enhance Multiple-Use Management through Conservation Partnerships

January

1/30/04 BLM, Public Lands Council Sign Agreement to Promote Cooperative Monitoring of Rangeland Conditions

1/29/04 BLM Schedules Public Hearing to Discuss the Use of Helicopters & Motorized Vehicles in the Gathering of Wild Horses

1/28/04 BLM Plans Fuels Reduction Project Near Fillmore

1/27/04 BLM takes "hard look" offering 81,000 acres and deferring 111,000 acres at February oil and gas lease sale

1/21/04 Monument Advisory Committee Up and Running

1/15/04 Annual Audubon Event Soars on The Wings Of Success

1/5/04 BLM to Analyze Questar’s Field Development Proposal In Uintah Basin

1/5/04 SUWA Fails in Oil and Gas Lease Case; BLM to Offer More Parcels in February

1/2/04 BLM Announces Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement On Proposed Grazing Rule; Sets Public Meetings on Impact Statement

December

12/22/03 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Advisory Committee to Meet January 6-7

12/15/03 Seasonal Fire Employment with the Bureau of Land Management in Utah - Opening 12/15/2003 - Closing 04/02/2004

12/11/03 Volunteer Birders Needed for Christmas Bird Count

12/9/03 Utah BLM holds Geothermal Lease Sale

12/5/03 BLM Hosts Annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count

12/5/03 Interior Secretary Announces Proposed Grazing Rule That Would Improve Grazing Management, Help Continue Public Lands Ranching

November

11/25/03 Fillmore BLM Bids Farewell to Three Long Time Employees

11/25/03 Utah Conducts November Oil and Gas Lease Sale

11/25/03 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Announces Applications Available for Special Recreation Permits

11/21/03 National Recreation Reservation Service: National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management & Bureau of Reclamation
Join Interagency Service for Campground Reservations

11/19/03 BLM Salt Lake Wild Horse and Burro Center Holds Special Adoption Just in Time for the Holidays

11/19/03 Wildfire Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Efforts--BLM Uses Helicopters to Reseed Before Snowfall

11/17/03 Utah BLM Sets Quarterly Oil and Gas Lease Sale For November 24

11/13/03 Utah BLM Honors Resource Advisory Council Members and Partners

11/12/03 Norton Finalizes Real Estate Appraisal Reform

11/10/03 Moab & Monticello Field Offices Seek Public Input At Salt Lake City Open House

11/6/03 BLM To Sell Holiday Tree Permits--$1 and $5 Permits Available