Spokane, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (EWRAC) will meet in Moses Lake, Washington, on Monday, February 9, 2015. The meeting will be held at the Washington State Potato Commission office located at 108 S. Interlake Road in Moses Lake. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and conclude by 4:00 p.m. A public comment period is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m., and the meeting is open to the public.
Spokane, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District is seeking public nominations for three open positions on the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM and U.S. Forest Service on public land issues. Nominations to serve on the RAC must be submitted by March 14, 2013.
Spokane, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has lifted the regulated fire closure on public lands administered by the BLM in eastern Washington. The termination of the regulated fire closure will be effective October 10, 2014 at 12:01 a.m. in the following counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima.
Spokane, Wash. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S.Army Yakima Training Center (YTC) are joint lead Federal agencies in the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that will address potential effects of a proposal by Pacific Power to construct new transmission lines in Grant, Kittitas, and Yakima Counties, Washington.
Spokane, WA. - Please save the date for a public discussion of the newly established San Juan Islands National Monument. Join the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with our State Director and District Manager, in welcoming our interim Monument Manager. In preparation for next steps with the National Monument, the BLM will host open discussions and answer questions with local communities.
Spokane, WA. - Ellensburg - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be replacing bridge decking on the Umtanum footbridge in the Yakima River Canyon from Tuesday, April 2 through Friday, April 6, 2012. The Umtanum footbridge is located at BLM's Umtanum recreation site, at milepost 16 on Canyon Road (Highway 821), between Ellensburg and Yakima, WA. The footbridge will be closed on an intermittent basis while the new decking is installed, but will be open for brief periods during the day to allow visitors to cross.
SPOKANE, WA -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District has prepared an environmental assessment that describes the effects of approving a plan of operations for mining of barite ore. The previously mined 18-acre site is located on Flagstaff Mountain, which is about three miles southwest of the town of Northport, Washington, in Stevens County.