Tag: Bureau of Land Management

May 4, 2018

BLM partners monitor Utah hummingbirds

Since 2009, the Bureau of Land Management has been working with partners in southern Utah to take on a very big (and in some ways, very small) project. The BLM,...

May 2, 2018

New BLM-sponsored resource benefits agency, TWS members

As part of the Premier Partner relationship announced last November, The Wildlife Society and the Bureau of Land Management have launched a new webpage to serve as a valuable resource...

October 19, 2017

DOI reopens sage-grouse plans

On Oct. 11, 2017 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a notice announcing its intent to amend 2015 BLM and U.S. Forest Service land use plans put in place...

September 27, 2017

Students receive career advice from agency experts

There are many agencies that hire wildlife biologists for a variety of different positions, but how do students get their foot in the door at these agencies? During two sessions,...

December 8, 2016

BLM approves planning proposal

The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a strategy, known as Planning 2.0, with the goal of making land-use planning more efficient, more accessible to the public, and more adaptive...

August 19, 2016

Tortoise advocates and solar farms compete for desert land

Wildlife conservationists and renewable energy proponents may share large-scale environmental goals, but they are butting heads over the fate of the California desert, The Washington Post reports. In collaboration with...

July 15, 2016

BLM planning proposal moves forward despite controversy

The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to reform agency management planning is slowly moving forward, with plenty of discussion and debate in the halls of Congress. This proposal – known...

July 11, 2016

Restoring arid western habitats — from The Wildlife Professional

Native Plants Maximize Wildlife Conservation Effectiveness Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and other pollinating insects have garnered a lot of attention recently from federal and state...

June 1, 2016

Interior funding bill moves forward in Congress

The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee passed their annual funding bill, which includes a decrease in overall appropriations, through committee last week. The bill appropriates $32.1 billion to agencies...

March 24, 2016

Flexibility the focus of BLM proposed planning revision

Landscape-scale planning, adaptability and public input are key components of the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed planning process update – the first major overhaul to their resource management planning regulations...