BLM-Alaska is amending the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan to address recreation and special designations. Find details on BLM planning efforts for Alaska and other areas which are now open to public involvement and comment. Learn how to make your voice heard on these important plans that will decide how our public lands will be managed.
This documents scoping comments for the Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for BLM-administered land within the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area in Oregon.
Landscape connectivity has become a vital component in conservation science and land management planning, especially as human activities continue to reduce the size of natural areas and isolate them from one another. Significant consequences of those activities include isolation of populations of native species and disruption of their natural movements, dispersal patterns, and gene flows. To sustain these vital processes, and thus help species survive, it is imperative to maintain landscape connections among isolated areas.
The President’s Council on Environmental Quality developed this report about off-road vehicle use on public lands in 1979. This well-written and insightful report offers a historical perspective about how the modern off-road vehicle came to be and analyzes the issues surrounding ORV use on public lands, the policies taken by the land agencies to address the issues, and offers solutions.