The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers 247.3 million acres of public lands in the United States, which is one-eighth of the country's total landmass. The BLM was formed in 1946 by combining the General Land Office and Grazing Service to more efficiently manage federal lands and resources. It focuses on managing public lands for uses like energy development, recreation, grazing, and conservation. Over time, the BLM has grown to over 10,000 employees and generates billions of dollars each year from activities on its lands.

1. Bureau of Land Management
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2. ★ The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United
States Department of the Interior.
★ They administer more than 247.3 million acres of public lands in the
United States.
★ That constitutes one-eighth of the landmass of the country.
What is Bureau of Land Management
(BLM)?

3. ∗ Most BLM public lands are located in 12 western states:
∗ Alaska
∗ Arizona
∗ California
∗ Colorado
∗ Idaho
∗ Montan
∗ Nevada
∗ New Mexico
∗ Oregon
∗ Utah
∗ Washington
∗ Wyoming
∗ The General Land Office and the Grazing Service.
∗ Land owned by different federal government agencies. The yellow represents
the Bureau of Land Management's holdings.
Who were the major players that made
it possible?

4. Why was the organization founded to
begin with?
★ President Harry S. Truman formed the organization in
1946. He combined the General Land Office and the
Grazing Service to make the Bureau of Land Management.
★ By combining this office and service, money, time, and
work could have been saved and become more efficiently
executed.
★ The federal government manages approximately 700
million acres of subterranean minerals both beneath and
also directly on private lands.

5. ∗ Some of their responsibilities are to control public land resources for variety uses for
energy development, livestock grazing, recreation, and timber harvesting.
∗ Protecting wildlife of natural, cultural, and historical resources many of them are
founded in the BLM’s 27 million-acre National Landscape Conservation System.
∗ Manages the National Landscape Conservation System, including 16 national
monuments, 21 national conservation areas and similarly designated areas, and 221
wilderness areas.
∗ To assist the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for use
What were the original responsibilities?

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BLM in Washington and Oregon

7. ∗ America's Great Outdoors initiative - to manage the land and its resources as well as
to come together as Americans into the outdoors.
∗ New Energy Frontier - renewable energy development. Such as solar, wind, and
geothermal energy on nationally public lands.
∗ Cooperative Landscape Conservation - to get to know the conditions of the BLM’s
landscape at a board level
∗ Youth in the Great Outdoors - to encourage the youth and their families to visit, explore,
and learn about the public lands BLM has to offer.
∗ Climate Change - the climate that is affecting public land and the lives of the people
responsible to inform future management decisions.
BLM is focusing on the following
priorities

8. ∗ Within their notable use of test logging systems, they eventually
became a center for watershed, landscape, and ecosystem
research.
∗ Over time the department grew, now there is a large number of
10,000 employees in a full time position that are crucial part of
the Bureau of Land Management.
∗ More people are spending some kind of money on or by helping
creating an interest on land owned by the BLM than ever before.
∗ $5 Billion dollars came from people, events, and companies on
BLM land in the year of 2012 alone.
How has it evolved over time?

9. ∗ For the past six years BLM has been working to facilitate
clean energy.
∗ renewable energy generation and transmission
projects.
∗ This includes 29 utility-scale solar facilities, 11 wind
farms, and 12 geothermal plants.
∗ The 2016 President’s Budget requests $29.4 million for
Renewable Energy Management.
BLM Increased Energy Production

10. ∗ The BLM is proud to manage some of the world’s best
mountain bike trails.
∗ More than one million visitors used mountain bike trails
located on BLM public lands last year.
∗ Online tool features interactive maps for 20 of the nation’s
most popular trails on public lands.
∗ The BLM will develop additional online tools that will help
ensure that the public has informed and open access to the
incredible recreational opportunities that can be found on our
nation’s public lands. (The maps can be accessed at www.blm.gov/mountainbike.)
BLM Outdoor Recreation

11. BLM’s Mountainbike
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12. ∗http://www.blm.gov/flpma/organic.htm
∗http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/About_BLM.html
∗ https://www.doi.gov/
∗ http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2015/october/nr_10_02_2015
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∗ www.blm.gov/mountainbike
∗ https://youtu.be/nQGo9fgHfxA
∗ http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/wo/Communications_Directorate/20
15_congressional.Par.38772.File.dat/BLM%20FY%202016%20Budget%20R
equest%205.13.15.pdf
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