U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEWS RELEASE
Wyoming State Office
Wyoming State Office
| Contacts: | Cindy Wertz | |||
| (307) 775-6014 |
BLM Hosts Women's History Reading Group
The Wyoming Humanities Council is sponsoring a Women's History Month reading group hosted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office. The group will meet March 28, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the BLM Wyoming State Office, 5343 Yellowstone Road in the first floor conference room.
The group will read Mildred Walker's Winter Wheat, a coming-of-age novel set in Montana's dryland wheat country during the 1940's. The program is free and open to the public. For more information or to obtain a copy of Winter Wheat for use during the program, contact Delissa Minnick at (307) 775-6260.
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.
Wyoming State Office 5353 Yellowstone Rd. Cheyenne, WY 82009