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The Bureau of Land Management is kicking off its planning process for managing Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument with several public hearings.

Doug Vilsack will oversee the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Colorado office, the federal agency announced Wednesday.

A new lawsuit hopes to reverse the Bureau of Land Managment's recent approval of oil and gas lease sales on public lands across eight western states, including nearly 120,000 acres in Wyoming, in part to protect public health. 

Visitors to some Utah campgrounds may see some new fees next year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. 

The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service signed an agreement with the Five Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission that allows the three entities to co-manage the Utah monument.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has acquired over 35,000 acres of land in Natrona County in what the federal agency said is the largest land purchase in Wyoming history.

Montana's oil and gas industry welcomes the continuation of lease sales on federal lands, but it could still be tough economically, industry representatives say.

The U.S. Department of Interior announced it is making only 20 percent of eligible acreage for oil and natural gas production available for leasing on federal lands to comply with a federal court order.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will start to gather some wild horse in Wyoming this week to manage what the federal agency says is burgeoning herd numbers.

Despite a January presidential order pausing all oil and gas leases on public lands, the federal government has restarted the process of leasing 6,600 acres of Utah wildlands.