The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington,D.C.,the BLM oversees more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km2) of land,or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass.
The Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM) is a United States national monument protecting the Grand Staircase,the Kaiparowits Plateau,and the Canyons of the Escalante in southern Utah. It was established in 1996 by President Bill Clinton under the authority of the Antiquities Act with 1.7 million acres of land,later expanded to 1,880,461 acres (7,610 km2). In 2017,the monument's size was reduced by half in a succeeding presidential proclamation,and it was restored in 2021. The land is among the most remote in the country;it was the last to be mapped in the contiguous United States.
The General Land Office (GLO) was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States. It was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the United States Department of the Treasury. Starting with the enactment of the Land Ordinance of 1785,which created the Public Land Survey System,the Treasury Department had already overseen the survey of the Northwest Territory,including what is now the state of Ohio.
Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservative free market public interest law firm based in Lakewood,Colorado. Its lawyers argue cases on property rights and federal land management in the American West,as well as gun rights and other constitutional law cases.
The Economic Research Service (ERS) is a component of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a principal agency of the Federal Statistical System of the United States. It provides information and research on agriculture and economics.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance(SUWA) is a wilderness preservation organization in the United States based in Salt Lake City,Utah,with field offices in Washington,D.C. and Moab,Utah. The organization formed in 1983 and is a partner in the Utah Wilderness Coalition,a coalition of organizations nationwide that support federal wilderness designation for deserving public lands in Utah.
National Conservation Lands,formally known as the National Landscape Conservation System,is a 35-million-acre (140,000 km2) collection of lands in 873 federally recognized areas considered to be the crown jewels of the American West. These lands represent 10% of the 258 million acres (1,040,000 km2) managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM is the largest federal public land manager and is responsible for over 40% of all the federal public land in the nation. The other major federal public land managers include the US Forest Service (USFS),National Park Service (NPS),and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) is a United States federal law that governs the way in which the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management are managed. The law was enacted in 1976 by the 94th Congress and is found in the United States Code under Title 43. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act phased out homesteading in the United States by repealing the pre-existing Homestead Acts.
The United States Grazing Service (USGS) was established in 1934 as part of the Taylor Grazing Act. This act was designed to control the destruction of public land due to overgrazing,which had become a problem across western states like Colorado,Wyoming and Montana. The USGS oversees grazing on these lands and regulates the amount of livestock that can be grazed to ensure that the land remains healthy and productive. The USGS also serves as an advocate for ranchers,helping them access permits,utilize water rights,comply with local regulations,and even negotiate grazing leases on public lands.
Kleppe v. New Mexico,426 U.S. 529 (1976),was a United States Supreme Court decision that unanimously held the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971,passed in 1971 by the United States Congress to protect these animals from "capture,branding,harassment,or death",to be a constitutional exercise of congressional power. In February 1974,the New Mexico Livestock Board rounded up and sold 19 unbranded burros from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. When the BLM demanded the animals' return,the state filed suit claiming that the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was unconstitutional,claiming the federal government did not have the power to control animals in federal lands unless they were items in interstate commerce or causing damage to the public lands.
Kathleen Burton Clarke is an American politician,who served as the national director of the United States Bureau of Land Management from 2001 to 2006. Clarke was the first woman to serve in this role.
Ryan Keith Zinke is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Montana's 1st congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Zinke served in the Montana Senate from 2009 to 2013 and as the U.S. representative for the at-large congressional district from 2015 to 2017. He served as the United States secretary of the interior under president Donald Trump from 2017 until his resignation in 2019 following a series of ethical scandals.
The 2014 Bundy standoff was an armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and law enforcement following a 21-year legal dispute in which the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained court orders directing Bundy to pay over $1 million in withheld grazing fees for Bundy's use of federally owned land adjacent to Bundy's ranch in southeastern Nevada.
Grazing rights in Nevada covers a number of rangeland Federal and state laws and regulations applicable to the state of Nevada. Rangelands are distinguished from pasture lands because they grow primarily native vegetation,rather than plants established by humans. Ranchers may lease or obtain permits to use portions of this public rangeland and pay a fee based on the number and type of livestock and the period for which they are on the land.
Neil Kornze is an American government official who served as director of the Bureau of Land Management from March 2013 to January 2017 under President Barack Obama.
Bears Ears National Monument is a United States national monument located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah,established by President Barack Obama by presidential proclamation on December 28,2016. The monument protects 1,351,849 acres of public land surrounding the Bears Ears—a pair of buttes—and the Indian Creek corridor rock climbing area. The Native American names for the buttes have the same meaning in each of the languages represented in the region. The names are listed in the presidential proclamation as "Hoon’Naqvut,Shash Jáa [sic],KwiyaghatʉNükavachi/Kwiyagatu Nukavachi,Ansh An Lashokdiwe"—all four mean "Bears Ears".
David Longly Bernhardt is an American lawyer who served as the 53rd United States Secretary of the Interior from 2019 to 2021 in the administration of Donald Trump. He previously was a shareholder at the Colorado law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck,where he was an oil and energy industry lobbyist and natural resources attorney. He began working for the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) in 2001,and served as the department's solicitor from 2006 to 2009 and deputy secretary from 2017 to 2019.
Raymond David Vela is a parks administrator who is the former acting director of the United States National Park Service.
The Great American Outdoors Act is a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress,signed by President Donald J. Trump,and activated into Public Law in 2020. It has two major components:fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) at $900 million per year,and providing $9.5 billion over five years to address a maintenance backlog at American national parks,including updating facilities to increase accessibility for the general public. The Associated Press wrote that it would be "the most significant conservation legislation enacted in nearly half a century."
Tracy Stone-Manning is an American environmental policy advisor who is the current director of the Bureau of Land Management in the Biden administration.
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