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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 km 2 ) of land, or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass.
Bureau of Land Management protected natural and recreation areas in Colorado Pages in category "Bureau of Land Management areas in Colorado" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - The agency was formed in 1946 from the consolidation of the Grazing Service and the General Land Office. BLM manages about 244.4 million acres (0.989 million km 2) of federal lands as of 2018, more than any other agency. Of these, more than 99% are in the 11 Western states or Alaska.
Because the potential expansion of the Wildcat Loadout is located on federal land, Sen. Michael Bennet (D) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D) appealed to… Colorado lawmakers urge BLM to conduct full review ...
This is a list of National Conservation Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the U.S. State of Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management manages the National Landscape Conservation System in the Western United States.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Homesteading Timeline; Homestead Act. – Library of Congress; Text of 1862 Homestead Act; Homestead Act of 1862. – National Archives and Records Administration; Land Acquisition and Dispossession: Mapping the Homestead Act, 1863–1912 – interactive web map. "Adeline Hornbek and the Homestead Act: A Colorado ...
In 1937, the federal government purchased distressed farmland for the Laura S. Walker National Park under a Federal Land Utilization Program authorized by the Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The park was named for Waycross, Georgia , conservationist Laura S. Walker , in recognition of her work promoting forestry and other civic ...
The Dominguez–Escalante National Conservation Area is a 209,610-acre (848.3 km 2) National Conservation Area located in western Colorado southeast of Grand Junction and northwest of Montrose. [1] It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and was created as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. [2]