Lewistown Field Office
| Contacts: | Craig Flentie 406-538-1943 |
A Press Conference with the President - A Chat with Theodore Roosevelt
At 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21, The Bureau of Land Management’s Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center (701 7th Street, Fort Benton, MT) will host a free program titled ‘A Press Conference with the President - a Chat with Theodore Roosevelt’ presented by Arch Ellwein.
In this 40-45 minute performance you will meet the most dynamic personality of the 20th century; Theodore Roosevelt. The year is 1911. Roosevelt recalls his childhood, the West and Montana, the Spanish American War and other events that shaped his life.
During the performance he will also reminisce about his hunting forays into the Missouri River Breaks country in 1885. The dramatic finish is pure TR!
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
Lewistown Field Office 920 NE Main Lewistown, MT 5959457