BLM stands forBureau of Land Management. BLM land is much more than just a place to camp. The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management is responsible for managing public lands that are used for all kinds of different purposes, including: timber harvesting, energy development, livestock grazing, and recreation
$57,216,101#TX1071480
19,729.69 acres
Cross Plains, TX 76443
$125,000,000#TX720799
36,981.9 acres
Pampa, TX
$48,000,000#WY1065284
87,517 acres
Casper, WY 82604
$50,000,000#CO955170
650.1 acres
Aspen, CO 81654
$110,550,000#TX983658
5,025 acres
fairfield, TX 75840
$96,000,000#NM959747
50,039 acres
Cimarron, NM 87714
President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies: the General Land Office and the Grazing Service. The agency manages the federal government's nearly 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate located beneath federal, state and private lands severed from their surface rights by the Homestead Act of 1862. Most BLM public lands are located in 12 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.