Bureau of Land Management

and what are its effects on people and policies? Well the BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management and it controls more than 250 million acres of land in the United States today. To put that in perspective that amount of land is more than more notable agencies such as the National Park Service and Wildlife Service. This agency has been at the forefront of many disputes over the course of our history. However, none spark the attention of the nation compared to the 2014 dispute between Bundy and the BLM. This dispute goes back more than 20 years ago when Bundy stopped paying the BLM’s grazing fees. Since then, Bundy has stated that he will not pay the amount which comparatively speaking is between $300,000 and $1 million dollars. Bundy has since stated that he will not pay these fees, claiming that the BLM is out to take his land not allowing Bundy the opportunity to pass the land down to his sons. So when thinking about this current…

The South Canyon Fire The South Canyon fire was a major fire that occurred on July 2, 1994, seven miles from a town in Colorado named Glenwood Springs. The fire was on Storm King Mountain and burned about 2,115 acres of land and took 14 lives with it. Some major causes of the fire were high temperatures, droughts throughout that year, and low humidity. This fire caused many families and friends to lose loved ones and changed the way firefighters today fight fires. The fire on Storm King mountain…

In the Spring of 2015, Jason Schein an assistant curator of natural history at the New Jersey State Museum was asked to go to the site of a dinosaur called Suuwassea. Thus far in life, Jason Schein has helped in the excavation of the last long- The Suuwassea dinosaur is categorized as a long tailed sauropod dinosaur that is found in the Upper Jurassic strata of the Morrison Formation. This dinosaur does not have a rich background but it does fill in some evolutionary gaps. The Suuwassea that…

Eighty-six thousand. This is the number of horses predicted to be roaming the plains of the Western United States after the foaling in 2017. While most people know about the wild horse population in the western United States they don’t know that the population has exceeded its carrying capacity and it is causing a problem for people who are trying to manage the herds.This capacity is nearly triple the amount that can be truly supported on these public lands.With no true natural predators to keep…

Western public rangeland which is a 15 percent increase over the 2015 population. It was reported that there were eighteen percent increase from 2014 to 2015. The actual population has been calculated to be more than double the number of horses on the range than is recommended under BLM land use plans. Decision making involves the process of choosing to focus on a “course of action” rather than different varieties that could lead to confusion. The process of decision making consist of several…

The wild mustangs of the west are thriving due to the massive expanse of land. However, their peaceful lifestyle is being threatened by the United States government. More specifically, a branch known as the Bureau of Land Management has decided that the horse population is increasing rapidly and have taken it upon themselves to round up and sale the wild mustangs through a process they call the “Gathering.” This process typically causes injuries and sometimes death. Many of these incidents are…

Cimbala and Randall Miller (1999), until then, "there was no tradition of government responsibility for a huge refugee population and no [national] bureaucracy to administer a large welfare, employment, [education], and land reform program." The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, later known as the Freedmen's Bureau, was considered the first United States federal social welfare agency, aimed to repair damages in the aftermath of the American Civil War.…

are needed to meet the needs of citizens. The most familiar form of administrative organizations within the government are departments, and within those departments are many bureaus. One of the agencies located within the executive departments is the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA is part of the Department of the Interior which preserves and manages the United States’ natural resources and cultural heritage and honors the commitments made to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and…

Henry David Thoreau once said, “That government is best which governs least," this statement is true because the more the government is involved, the more complicated life becomes for the people of the United States. In the New York Times article, “A Defiant Rancher Savors the Audience That Rallied to His side”, author Adam Nagourney wrote about a rancher named Cliven Bundy who has been grazing his cattle on public land in Nevada since 1993, and his family has done the same since 1870. There has…

slaves. Approximately four million slaves were freed following the Civil War, which caused a huge rupture in the southern states, who relied mainly on a plantation economy. In an attempt to preserve the south and minimize the effects of emancipation on the southern economy, Congress enacted the Freedman’s Bureau; an administration that set out to assist newly freed slaves and impoverished whites in the south. It was under the Freedman’s Bureau that reconstruction succeeded in many ways while…