Rangelands and Grazing
A woman kneels in a field of cheatgrass

New paper shows vegetation trends on BLM allotments across 30 years

Story by Emily Kachergis, Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) Coordinator; and Justin Shirley, Range Management Specialist.

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Southern New Mexico couple receives 2018 Rangeland Stewardship Award

Making the Red Mountain lease into a viable and productive ranch has been a life-long endeavor for Larry and Pennie Hooper from Deming, New Mexico. Their labor of love began in 1991 when they

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Jennifer Wheeler from the BLM’s Arcata Field Office on California’s North Coast uses a Weed Wrench to pull invasive bright yellow Scotch broom.

 BLM Eradicates Invasive Weeds to Sustain Lands 

Meet Jennifer Wheeler from the BLM’s Arcata Field Office on California’s North Coast.
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Workers working on the range for grazing

Interns Help With Monitoring

The Buffalo Field Office (BFO) rangeland management staff administers over 400 grazing leases. Grazing allotments vary in size from less than 40 acres to over 26,000 acres.

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BLM Alaska Participates in Global Reindeer Youth Summit

While the BLM manages millions of acres of rangeland for cattle, sheep, and other livestock ranchers in the West, in Alaska it is Alaska Native reindeer herders who are served by the grazing progra

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Working Landscapes Livestock Grazing on the Agua Fria National Monument video thumbnail

Working landscapes livestock grazing on the Agua Fria National Monument

In the Horseshoe Grazing Allotment at the Agua Fria National Monument, one of the most important multiple-use missions takes place: livestock grazing.
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