Fish and Wildlife
Little brown bat being held by a hand in a blue medical glove

BLM, Bat Conservation International Monitor Bat Species on Lake Vermilion Islands

In 2025, the BLM Northeastern States District Office teamed up with Bat Conservation International (BCI) to acoustically monitor for threatened and endangered bat species in Lake Vermilion, Minnesota.
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Collage image showing the grassy area next to a chain-link fence before and after the snake plant was removed

Defending public lands: Combating invasive species in BLM Eastern States

Across the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern States region, non-native plants and animals are spreading rapidly, displacing native species and disrupting healthy ecosystems, and even local economies.
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Three people are crouched by a pickup truck, displaying a row of captured iguanas on the bed, surrounded by greenery.

Cold Snap Provides Critical Opportunity for Invasive Species Management at Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse ONA

While these temperatures posed a challenge for local flora and fauna, they also provided a strategic window for BLM to address the persistent issue of on-site invasive Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana).
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A juvenile relict leopard frog in the water at Pakoon Springs

Healthy spring and strong partnerships fuel relict leopard frog comeback

Once thought to be extinct, the relict leopard frog survives in isolated springs such as Pakoon Springs in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northern Arizona.
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A blue telehandler forklift loads pine trees onto a barge at a boatlanding on a lake.

Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement Program is the gift that keeps giving

BLM partners with local partners to build fish habitat with repurposed Christmas trees.
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BLM WY staff and WY Conservation Corp crew pose for a photo during the restoration project at Muddy Creek in WY.

Partnership drives ongoing habitat restoration in Muddy Creek watershed

BLM, Trout Unlimited, and youth crews installed 98 beaver dam analogs in the Muddy Creek watershed, restoring 14 miles of habitat for native fish, mule deer, sage grouse, and other wildlife.
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