Bureau of Land Management

BLM to Move Headquarters to Colorado

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Land Report Editors

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced plans to move its headquarters from Washington, DC, to Grand Junction, Colorado, so top officials can be closer to the land managed by the agency. The BLM oversees approximately 388,000 square miles of…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction, headquarters
Posted in Colorado, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, West

Go West, Bureau of Land Management

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Land Report Editors

According to the Interior Department, officials are scouting a new location for BLM headquarters nearer the terrain it manages: 388,000 square miles, 99 percent of which can be found in a dozen Western states. Look for an announcement in September…

Tagged with: BLM headquarters, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Idaho, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Utah, West

Public Lands Primer

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Not all public lands are created equal. That is especially the case out West where almost half the land – 47 percent – is owned by Uncle Sam. Text by Ken Mirr Four or five years ago, I listed a…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Ken Mirr, Mirr Ranch Group, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Yellowstone National Park
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Public Land, Recreation, Water

Madeleine Pickens Presents Eco-Sanctuary Plan to BLM

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

Madeleine Pickens is no ordinary horsewoman. A lifelong equestrian, she has led numerous champions into the winner’s circle, including the Hall of Fame Thoroughbred Cigar, winner of 16 consecutive races. Now she is championing a new cause: America’s wild horses. “Wild horses…

Tagged with: BLM, Boone Pickens, Bureau of Land Management, Eric O'Keefe, Ken Salazar, Madeleine Pickens, wild horses
Posted in Conservation, Equestrian, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, West

Interior Department to Allow Firearms in Parks and Refuges

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

On Friday the Interior Department ruled that Americans will be able to carry concealed weapons in some federal parks and wildlife refuges. The announcement overturns a decades-old Reagan Administration regulation that required all guns brought into national parks and wildlife…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, firearms, Interior Department, National Park Service, NPS, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics

Idaho Ranchers Challenge Taylor Grazing Act

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2007 When the U.S. Supreme Court convened in October, the men (and woman) in black did not discuss landowner water rights. And for a pair of longtime Idaho ranchers–and perhaps other landowners–no news might mean…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Joyce Livestock, LU Ranch, Supreme Court, Taylor Grazing Act
Posted in Cattle, Federal Policy, Joseph Guinto, News Desk, Regional News, Topics, West

How Safe Are the Nation’s Wildlife Refuges?

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED JULY 2007 The White House accelerated funding for its Healthy Lands Initiative this year, allocating some $3 million to the Bureau of Land Management. The money must be spent on restoring or maintaining natural habitats on…