Energy and Minerals
A infographic showing BLM accomplishments for oil and gas (5 lease sales, 29,304 acres) Minerals (3 projects, 1 exploration project) Timber (9 sales, 32,232,00 board feet) Geothermal (1 lease sale, 50,961 acres) and coal (40 million tons, 1 mine expansion)

First 100 days: BLM drives energy expansion and national strength

In its first 100 days under the new administration, the Bureau of Land Management took bold steps to deliver on the priorities of President Trump’s and Department of the Interior Secretary Burgum’s priorities for public lands.
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An excavator loads material into a large dump truck as another dump truck waits to be loaded.

BLM delivers on administration priorities

The Bureau of Land Management is making major strides in putting America’s public lands to work for the American people.
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Transburg (right) and environmental protection specialist Justin Burrows (left) document mining activity surface disturbances east of Cantell. Photo by Tony Gallagher (BLM).

Alaska's Mineral Men

Rain, snow, sleet, or shine, BLM Alaska is always on mining time.
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Tom Evans, a geologist in the Carlsbad Field Office, gives a presentation on potash.

Carlsbad Field Office celebrates 100 years of potash

On Aug. 1, 1925, Vachel Harry McNutt looked at the drill cuttings from an oil well outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and believed he saw potash, the trade name for potassium-bearing minerals used to fertilize crops.
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petroleum engineering technicians inspecting equipment.

A day in the life of a BLM Hobbs Petroleum Engineering Technician

Lea County, New Mexico is the homebase of the BLM’s Hobbs Field Station, a critical player in the Trump Administration’s energy dominance agenda.
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A photo of several pronghorn in the foreground, with flat lands and a blue sky in the background.

BLM helps conduct groundbreaking research on wildlife and solar development

The Bureau of Land Management, Farmington Field Office, is part

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