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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment period on the agency's plan to withdraw 10 million acres of public lands from mining in six western states to protect greater sage grouse habitat.

BOISE, Idaho (KTVB) - The Bureau of Land Management is putting together a rehabilitation plan for land burned by the Soda Fire.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Wild horse advocates are calling for a federal investigation into an emergency mustang roundup in southern Nevada where government officials say more than two dozen had to be euthanized due to severe starvation.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The nation's top Interior Department official is heading a delegation of schoolchildren to a scenic national area outside Las Vegas on Wednesday to highlight a federal "Every Kid in a Park" campaign.

TWIN FALLS, Id. (KMVT-KSVT) The Twin Falls County Commissioner accepted two grants totaling $132,000 for two important county programs.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has released the initial plan for a new wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management once again violated federal laws when it issued grazing permits instead of analyzing how grazing could harm sage grouse in four allotments in south-central Idaho.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A citizen advisory panel is recommending that the federal government consider sterilizing some wild horses and burros that freely roam across miles of federal land in the West. Members of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board say the Bureau of Land Management should consider the step to protect range lands and control booming populations of mustangs in 10 Western states...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has chosen a preferred route for a 1,100-mile high-voltage transmission line expected to run through southern Idaho and southern Wyoming. The Times-News (http://bit.ly/T3t1Ux) reports the proposed route for the Gateway West Transmission Line project has been hotly debated in several counties, in part because it could span large amounts

(KLIX)- Recent Fires have exposed a number of Archaeological sites this summer in Idaho. Bureau of Land Management officials are asking people to let them be if you come across them on public land. Many artifacts are protected under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act...

(KLIX)-Mandatory evacuations have now been ordered in areas around the Cave Canyon Fire early Friday morning. The Twin Falls and Cassia County Sheriffs offices have notified people living in the Rock Creek area and anyone south of Foot Hills Road...

(KLIX)-Mandatory evacuations have now been ordered in areas around the Cave Canyon Fire early Friday morning. The Twin Falls and Cassia County Sheriffs offices have notified people living in the Rock Creek area and anyone south of Foot Hills Road...

(KLIX)- An estimated 30,642 acres of land has been burned in the South Hills. According to fire officials crews have made progress battling the Cave Canyon Fire. The flames could be seen from Twin Falls at night as the fire made its way westward...

SHOSHONE – Multiple fires around the Twin Falls Bureau of Land Management District kept crews busy Sunday night. The largest of the those fires is the East Hollister. It is estimated at approximately 500 acres with containment set for 10 a...

People will have more time to weigh in on a planned land swap between the federal government and state aimed at consolidating territory within federally-protected wilderness in Idaho's Owyhee canyon lands.  The Bureau of Land Management announced this week the comment period will run until Aug...

(KLIX)- More fires started up yesterday spreading resources out across southern Idaho. Lightening sparked a fire Northeast of Minidoka. The Wapi Fire charred roughly 160 acres as of Wednesday afternoon. Several fire engines as well as aircraft are fighting that blaze...

(KLIX)- The Kinyon Road Fire is about 75 percent contained as of Tuesday evening. Bureau of Land Management officials say full containment is expected later this morning. Full control could happen by the weekend. So far it has burned roughly 216,000 acres south of Castleford...

(KLIX)-The Laidlaw fire has burned 8,100 acres of the Shoshone Field Office, south of the Bear Den Butte Wilderness Study Area and is estimated to be contained tomorrow at 1800.  No structures are threatened, resources include one dozer, seven engines, and air support...

(KLIX)- As of Monday the Kinyon Road Fire has burned more than 190,000 acres. It is expected to burn more than 200,000 acres before it is extinguished. Fire crews have been battling the blaze since Saturday afternoon. On Monday a national Type II Team has moved in to relieve local resources...

(KLIX)-Fire crews are cleaning up a fire just south of Kimberly near the Rock Creek Community. Bureau of Land management fire spokes person Kyli Gough says their crews were called in by Rock Creek Rural fire to assist around noon. Several engines along with air tankers helped put out the blaze that roughly burned more than 100 acres on private land...