Agencies BLM Multiple Use

Question 1

The BLM manages how many acres of Federal Land?

Answer 1

245 million surface acres with 700 million subsurface=

945 million acres

Question 2

Regulate and manage grazing and mineral extraction on Federal lands.
Provide for recreation on lands not managed by the National Park Service.
Provide wildland fire fighting services for private landowners near federal lands.
Manage federal timber resources not held by the US Forest Service.

Answer 2

The BLM’s mission

Question 3

Director since 2014

Answer 3

Neil Kornze

Question 4

Most of BLM land is how many states?

Answer 4

12 western states w/ Nevada containing 67%

Question 5

Louisiana Purchase (1803), 
Oregon Territories (1846), 
Mexican War (1848), 
Alaska purchase (1867), 
Displacement of Native Americans

Answer 5

Land Acquisition

Question 6

established means to sell federal lands

Answer 6

Land Ordinance of 1785

Question 7

Sold public land at $1.25/acre (80 acre lots)

Answer 7

General Land Office (1812)

Question 8

for development of arid west; 160 acres free, if you cultivate it for 5 years

Answer 8

Homestead Act (1862)

Question 9

created in 1849 to manage federally owned lands

Answer 9

Department of Interior

Question 10

advocated withdrawal of timberlands from disposal programs

Answer 10

Interior Secretary Carl Schurz (1877-1881)

Question 11

allowed for presidential declaration of forest reserves

Answer 11

General Revision Act 1891

Question 12

creates Forest Reserves

Answer 12

President Cleveland

Question 13

established to develop water resources of arid west

Answer 13

Bureau of Reclamation (John Wesley Powell)

Question 14

Established public grazing districts
Created Grazing Service (U.S. Dept. of Interior) to manage range leases. Aimed to reduce overgrazing through a system of districts and allotments. Ended homesteading in all states but Washington and Alaska (effectively ending land disposal era)

Answer 14

Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

Question 15

combines Grazing Service and General Land Office into Bureau of Land Management

Answer 15

President Truman 1946

Question 16

Inventory and classification of Interior lands for either disposal or retention.

Commission asserted that vast majority of interior lands should be retained and managed by federal government.

Answer 16

1964 Public Land Law Review Commission

Question 17

mandates that BLM manages public land resources for a variety of uses, such as energy development, livestock grazing, recreation, and timber harvesting, while protecting a wide array of natural, cultural, and historical resources

Answer 17

Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

The modern BLM’s “organic act”

Question 18

System includes 221 Wilderness Areas totaling 8.7 million acres, as well as 16 National Monuments comprising 4.8 million acres

Answer 18

National Landscape Conservation System

Question 19

The BLM’s annual budget >$1 billion Workforce of about 10,000 full-time employees.The BLM is one of a handful of Federal agencies that generates more revenue for the United States than it spends.

Answer 19

WOW

Question 20

Permanent federal agency, with director appointed by President
Multiple use/sustained yield mandate
Multiple use councils to balance out stock owners voice Required comprehensive long-range planning
Grazing fees subject to review and increase
Wilderness review
Provide for outdoor recreation and human occupancy and use

Answer 20

Major provisions:FLPMA

Question 21

Responsible for wildland fire management and suppression on 388 million acres
The most “multiple use” of all federal agencies
Manages activities on 245 million acres (about one-eighth of the US land Base)

Answer 21

WOW

Question 22

to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Answer 22

BLM Mission Statement