Within the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) is responsible for managing 262 million acres of land--about one-eighth
of the land in the United States--and about 300 million additional acres of
subsurface mineral resources. The Bureau is also responsible for wildfire
management and suppression on 388 million acres.
Most of the lands the BLM manages are located in the western United States,
including Alaska, and are dominated by extensive grasslands, forests, high
mountains, arctic tundra, and deserts.
The BLM manages a wide variety of resources and uses, including energy and
minerals; timber; forage; wild horse and burro populations; fish and wildlife
habitat; wilderness areas; archeological, paleontological, and historical
sites; and other natural heritage values.
The Bureau of Land Management administers public lands within a framework
of numerous laws. The most comprehensive of these is the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). All Bureau policies, procedures and
management actions must be consistent with FLPMA and the other laws that
govern use of the public lands.
The BLM is divided into Field Offices that report to State Offices. In the
East, the Eastern States Office, located in Springfield, VA encompasses two
Field Offices: one in Jackson, Mississippi, and one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
and the Division of Solid Minerals in Rolla, Missouri. The Eastern States
office also has a Lower Potomac River Field Station located in Virginia.
The BLM Eastern States is responsible for the stewardship of the public lands
and resources under the jurisdiction of the BLM in 31 States east of and
bordering the Mississippi River.
The Jackson Field Office, located in Jackson, MS is coordinating the
development of the Resource Management Plan for Alabama and Mississippi.
The Jackson Field Office has jurisdiction for public domain (or PD) lands
and BLM-administered minerals for the following 11 states: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
To learn more about the BLM Jackson Field Office, click here.
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