The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers almost 260 million acres of public lands - mostly in the western states and Alaska. Among these acres are some of the most diverse, spectacular, yet unprotected wild lands in America. BLM manages more acreage than any other federal agency, including the National Landscape Conservation System, a 26 million-acre network of BLM's crown jewels. Yet BLM lands contain the smallest amount of designated Wilderness of any federal agency - less than 7 million acres.
BLM Action Center: Tools for Land Use Planning
The BLM Action Center’s mission is to protect America’s wildlands and open spaces by helping people participate in decisions that will shape the management of BLM lands. The Action Center accomplishes this mission through direct support, offering training programs, and serving as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to the BLM land use planning process. The BLM Action Center is the ultimate resource for information on all aspects of BLM land use planning.
>> Visit the BLM Action Center
Assault on America's Western Wildlands
Learn about threats facing public lands managed by the BLM across the West.
>> Read more about the Assault on America's Wild Western Lands
National Landscape Conservation System
Learn about the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), established in 2000, to encompass the crown jewels of the public lands managed by the BLM.
>> Learn more about the NLCS
About the Bureau of Land Management
The BLM administers almost 260 million acres of America's public lands, primarily in 12 western states. Included in this sweeping landscape are 10,000 to 14,000-foot peaks in Montana and Colorado, Utah's Redrock Canyons, the remote Great Basin country of Nevada, the Owyhee Canyons in Oregon and Idaho, the north rim of the Grand Canyon, and the wide, high deserts of New Mexico.
>> Read more about the BLM and the Lands it manages
