BLM Central California District

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has selected Jeff Horn to serve as the new Mother Lode Field Manager in El Dorado Hills. His career in public service and natural resources has spanned more than 30 years, and he now embraces the challenge of overseeing management of more than 230,000 […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management announces fire restrictions are effective Wednesday, June 28, for public lands managed by the Mother Lode, Ukiah and Bishop field offices, primarily located in Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glen, Lake, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Central California Resource Advisory Council will meet virtually on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, from 1 to 5 p.m. The public is welcome to participate but must register in advance.   The council will be briefed on a business plan for the South Yuba Campground near […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments on a plan to expedite fuels reduction treatments and fire protection efforts near high fire-risk areas on public lands in 44 counties throughout California and northwest Nevada. The statewide Wildland-Urban Interface fuels treatments programmatic Environmental Assessment (EA) aims to facilitate projects on approximately 900,000 acres of public […]

The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is seeking public input on a draft business plan to expand amenity fees for recreation and services at the South Yuba Campground in Nevada County. The BLM has prepared this plan recognizing that nature and recreational opportunities on public lands are essential to the health, well-being […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed fire operations in the ‘Inimim Forest located east of North Columbia in Nevada County. Understory and pile burn operations are scheduled to start this week and may continue periodically through the spring. Timing of the burn operations will depend on weather […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – A flock of nearly 900 sheep have arrived at the Bureau of Land Management’s Cronan Ranch to start their summer of reducing wildfire threat by grazing on troublesome yellow starthistle and medusahead plants. A sheep herder will manage the flock, moving them across 1,000 acres with assistance from herding dogs and […]

Due to dry conditions and high wildland fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is increasing seasonal fire restrictions beginning on Thursday, July 1 and will remain in effect until further notice.  The increased restrictions include no campfires, barbeques, or open fires, regardless of whether in a developed campground. Portable stoves […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management announces seasonal fire restrictions, including temporary limitations on target shooting, effective May 21. The restrictions are for public lands managed by the Central Coast, Mother Lode and Ukiah field offices due to dry conditions and wildland fire danger. These seasonal restrictions are in addition to […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and University of California Cooperative Extension have released yellow starthistle rosette weevils to combat the invasive weed, yellow starthistle, at the Magnolia Ranch day-use recreation area in El Dorado County. This is the first time the weevils have […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. September 17, 2020 – Nevada County residents are invited to participate in the annual tire amnesty event Sept. 21-25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.  Residents of Nevada County, who have bald tires, flat donut replacements or worn out snow studs can bring them to this event for disposal. The […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. July 30, 2020 – Chris Heppe grew up playing in the streams and forests of the Sierra Nevada foothills in Nevada City. It is his love of water, wildlife and their habitat that lead him on a lifelong career in federal service to remote corners of the world. But Heppe’s path […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. February 25, 2018 – The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is planning several construction improvement projects to heighten outdoor recreational options on public lands in El Dorado County this year. “For a short-term inconvenience, we will gain even more great outdoor recreational opportunities in the heart of the […]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. May 1, 2017 – In the coming weeks, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will start burning small brush piles to get rid of fire fuel to improve public safety, and as a result, residents of the Cameron Park area near the BLM Pine Hill Preserve may start seeing and smelling […]