Fish and Wildlife
Pink white flowers open under a forest sunrise .

Unleashing the Science - BIL funding supports BLM California’s rare plant and pollinator project at the Pine Hill Preserve

Investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) support BLM California’s pollinator project to collect and study native bees, butterflies, and moths on the Pine Hill Preserve in California. This project improves BLM’s understanding of the pollinator network by identifying the associations between plants and potential pollinating insects. Results of this project will improve management of rare plants and other native plants that share pollinators in the area.
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Bat Habitat

Happy International Bat Appreciation Day from BLM Idaho

Join BLM Idaho in celebrating International Bat Appreciation Day! “Why?” you ask. When you think of bats, you may conjure up frightening images of vampires, but don’t be fooled!

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Two bats in flight at night, one with its nose in a flower

BLM promotes agave restoration to support bat conservation within Las Cienegas NCA

The Tucson Field Office is collaborating with Bat Conservation International and the Borderland Restoration Network in Patagonia, Arizona, to promote agave restoration through planting nursery grown native agave plants.
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Jack Barnitz looking down at a device he is holding in the woods

BLM New Mexico employee Jack Barnitz receives Linda Seibert Career Achievement Award

Jack Barnitz, a retired Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist at the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Las Cruces District Office, has been selected as a recipient of the Linda Seibert Career

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Ryan Beatty smiling holding a water bottle and wearing a BLM hat

BLM Idaho Falls District partnership and employee receive national awards

Story by Bruce Hallman, Public Affairs Specialist. Photos by BLM.

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Profile of Nancy Herms

Wildlife Biologist Nancy Herms receives BLM’s Conservation Project Award

Story by Chris Hanefeld, BLM Ely District public affairs specialist. Photos by Nancy Herms, BLM Bristlecone Field Office wildlife biologist.

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