During that process, BLM determined that 1.2 million acres of public land had wilderness characteristics. It ultimately added protections for about 417,000 acres.

The legislation mandates that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) sell more than 2 million acres over the next five years, with a total of 258 million acres now ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Bureau of Land Management is announcing new free map resources are available to help the public access its lands. The Free National Mobile Map Package Program has maps in ...

Sheep move through BLM land near Shoshone, Idaho. 56.7 million acres of BLM rangeland fail to meet the agency’s land health standards, primarily owing to livestock grazing. Bureau of Land Management ...

He’s been a critic of federal land ownership, supporting the Beehive state’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to wrest 18.5 million acres of BLM land from federal control.

The public lands measure requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to identify up to 0.75% of their land holdings across 11 states to be sold for housing and community needs.

This land is primarily managed by the United States Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Wilderness Society provided a map, seen below, that illustrates what local public ...

What land is eligible for sale under the bill? The provision would mandate the sale of 0.50% to 0.75% of BLM land and National Forest System land in 11 western states for housing development.

For two hours, people brought up their concerns to BLM, the city and CMP. A map of the proposed gun range in West Mountain. (Map: Bureau of Land Management) And at some points, it got a little heated.