BLM

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management permit is valid for trees located on BLM-administered lands only.

The project, headed by Aethon Energy Management and Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Co., would span 512 square miles.

The road stays open each winter for snowmobile use on designated state trails.

The horses will either be available for adoption through the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program or sent to privately run pastures.

Then-Acting BLM Director Casey Hammond said in Idaho in July the Trump administration won't pursue lethal measures such as euthanasia or selling horses for slaughter.

The BLM regulates oil and gas leases and development on the land it oversees.

Leasing is the first step in the process to develop federal oil and gas resources, and it does not authorize drilling.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a stage-1 fire restriction for federally managed land in Natrona County Wednesday.

Seven structures have been lost in the fire, which is listed at 19,525 acres and is 24 percent contained.

Currently, 369 personnel are working the fire, including five hotshot crews and one attack crew.