U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEWS RELEASE
Butte Field Office
Butte Field Office
| Contacts: | David Abrams | |||
| dabrams@blm.gov | ||||
| (406) 490-0367 |
White Sandy Recreation Site Re-Open after Improvement Work
BUTTE (May 25, 2012) – The Bureau of Land Management’s White Sandy Recreation Site has re-opened after being closed while workers stabilized the bank southeast of the boat ramp. Visitors are asked to stay off the steep, highly-erodible slopes in order to help preserve the recent stabilization work.
The improvement to the site was just one of many upgrades planned for recreation sites in the BLM’s Butte Field Office area this summer.
White Sandy is a popular site with multiple uses, including camping, fishing, boating, swimming, picnicking and hiking. The recreation site, located on Hauser Lake about 15 miles northeast of Helena, has 32 campsites and a large day-use area. White Sandy is $10 per night for camping with no day-use fees.
For more information, call (406) 458-4744 or visit the Butte Field Office’s recreation page on the web at http://blm.gov/7fkd, or visit the BLM’s Montana/Dakotas Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BLMMontana.
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. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2012, activities on public lands generated $4.6 billion in revenue, much of which was shared with the States where the activities occurred. In addition, public lands contributed more than $112 billion to the U.S. economy and helped support more than 500,000 jobs.
Butte Field Office 106 North Parkmont Butte, Montana 59701