They are actually called BLM Lands , and are open to HUNTING.Quote:
Originally Posted by iHuntz
What is BLM ? What is the BLM?Bureau of Land Management
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...px-Blm.svg.png Bureau of Land Management Triangle https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...gement.svg.png Flag of the Bureau of Land Management Agency overview Formed 1946 Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction United States federal government Headquarters 1849 C Street NW Room 5665, Washington, DC 20240 Employees 11,621 Permanent and 30,860 Volunteer (FY 2012)[1] Annual budget $1,162,000,000 (FY 2014 operating)[1] Agency executive
- Neil Kornze, Director
Parent agency U.S. Department of the Interior Website blm.gov
Horses crossing a plain near the Simpson Park Wilderness Study Area in central Nevada, managed by the Battle Mountain BLM Field Office
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Snow-covered cliffs of Snake River Canyon, Idaho, managed by the Boise District of the BLM
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km2) of public lands in the United States which constitutes one-eighth of the landmass of the country.[2] President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies: the General Land Office and the Grazing Service.[3] The agency manages the federal government's nearly 700 million acres (2,800,000 km2) of subsurface mineral estate located beneath federal, state and private lands severed from their surface rights by the Homestead Act of 1862.[3] Most BLM public lands are located in these 12 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.[4]
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This map shows land owned by different federal government agencies. The yellow represents the Bureau of Land Management's holdings.
The mission of the BLM is "to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations."[5] Originally BLM holdings were described as "land nobody wanted" because homesteaders had passed them by.[4] All the same, ranchers hold nearly 18,000 permits and leases for livestock grazing on 155 million acres (630,000 km2) of BLM public lands.[6] The agency manages 221 wilderness areas, 23 national monuments and some 636 other protected areas as part of the National Landscape Conservation System totaling about 30 million acres (120,000 km2).[7] There are more than 63,000 oil and gas wells on BLM public lands. Total energy leases generated approximately $5.4 billion in 2013, an amount divided among the Treasury, the states, and Native American groups.
