Bureau of Land Management

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Cooperating agency on trail project

Cyclists and pedestrians in southwest Las Vegas will get a car-free route along Blue Diamond Wash. Clark County broke ground Tuesday on a 15-foot-wide paved trail from Durango Drive to Hualapai Way.

Updated 2 hours ago

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Ran the lease sale and will review bids before issuing leases

The Bureau of Land Management sold 16 geothermal leases covering 33,362 acres of California public land on Oct. 27, drawing about $3.7 million in winning bids. Two companies, Chocolate Mountain Resources and Oso Rojo, accounted for more than 75% of the receipts with bids in Inyo County.

Updated Nov 2

New Capabilities

Auctioneer and lease administrator

The Bureau of Land Management accepted $4.83 million in winning bids for geothermal leases on 60 parcels of Nevada federal land at its October 20 auction. Thirty-two bidders registered, up from 22 a year earlier, and 18 of them placed bids on 186,641 acres across ten counties.

Updated Oct 29

Built World

As of May 2026: Permitting Authority

For seventeen years, the idea of connecting New Mexico's powerful winds to California's power-hungry cities remained stuck in regulatory limbo. On September 1, 2023, construction finally began on SunZia, a $11 billion project that will become the largest clean energy infrastructure build in American history—a 550-mile high-voltage transmission line paired with the Western Hemisphere's biggest wind farm.

Updated May 27

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Wrote the rule, then reversed it; now running leasing under the new baseline

BLM's rollback of the 2024 NPR-A protections isn't new news—but today is when it becomes real. As of December 17, 2025, the rescission is officially in effect, wiping out the Biden-era rule that tried to hardwire stronger guardrails into how the Western Arctic gets developed.

Updated May 15