Management of the Bureao of Land Management's (BLM) Public Land System

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Management of the BLM's Public Lands System

The government has control of over one-third of the nation's land, and 398 million

acres of that is controlled by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM 6). This land hold a

wide diversity of resources, from timber, and grazing lands found on the surface to a mass

of oil, natural gas, and minerals laying below the earth. The history of these lands is

hardly a dull story, because it is the story of the taming of the 'Wild West'. Should the

BLM though, still be controlling these lands under the same laws that where put in affect

to establish the 'Western frontier'. I feel that a radical reevaluation of these laws needs to

take place, on order to adapt them to the changing demographic and technological

environment of our society.

The laws that are remaining are allowing companies to hurt

the land, which is against the mission statement of the BLM.

The BLM mission statement say, the Bureau is responsible for the balanced

management of the public lands and resources and their various values so that they are

considered in a combination that will best serve the American people. Management is

based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield; a combination of uses that

takes into account the long-term needs of future generations for renewable and

nonrenewable resources. These resources include recreation, land, timber, minerals,

watershed, fish and wildlife, wilderness, and natural, scenic, scientific and cultural values.

(BLM 7). Therefor by allowing these old laws to remain they are pulling away from there

mission statement.

Throughout the 80's the Bureau of Land Management developed a host of

programs and emphasized a number of others...