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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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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Two women are looking up a hole in the tree while one of them is pointing at it.

The black bear housing market in Alaska

Bear surveys are necessary work on the Bureau of Land Management's Campbell Tract, a recreation area in Alaska that happens to be home to black bears. Staff conduct the surveys to ensure visitor safety and understand the bears' denning behavior. 
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Quillie Nelson with guitar

Quillie Nelson: A resident rodent of Campbell Tract

A prickly local resident arrived at the Anchorage District Office this winter and quickly established a fan base.
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