Butte Field Office
| Contacts: | Contact David Abrams 406-533-7617 |
Butte Field Office 2010 Land Health Reports Available
Evaluation Reports completed during the 2010 field season on nine livestock grazing allotments located in the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office are now available at www.blm.gov/mt/st/en/fo/butte_field_office/landhealth.html.
The land health assessments are conducted to determine if public lands are meeting the Western Montana Standards for Rangeland Health. Standards include: maintaining properly functioning upland and riparian areas, assuring that water quality and air quality meet state standards, and providing for biodiversity.
The information in these reports will be used over the winter to analyze renewal of grazing permits and other activities in these areas.
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.
Butte Field Office 106 North Parkmont Butte, MT 59701