About the Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States

Michael D. Nedd, State Director Telephone: (703) 440-1711

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management-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. Major programs include: Cadastral Survey, General Land Office Records, Wild Horse and Burro Adoptions and Compliance, Energy and Minerals, Lands, Renewable Resources, and Wildland Fire Management.

Eastern States consists of the State Office in Springfield, Virginia; two Field Offices: one in Jackson, Mississippi, and one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the Division of Solid Minerals in Rolla, Missouri. We also have a Lower Potomac River Field Station located in Virginia.

The Milwaukee Field Office is responsible for the following 20 northern states: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It also includes a Division of Solid Minerals located in Rolla, Missouri.

The Jackson Field Office is responsible for the following 11 southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Lower Potomac River Field Station is responsible for acquired lands in the greater national capital metropolitan area, which include: Meadowood Farm, Douglas Point, and Maryland Point.