Instruction Memorandum

Bureau of Land Management instruction memorandum are directives that supplement the BLM manual sections and handbooks. Instruction memoranda or IMs contain new policy or procedures that must reach BLM employees quickly, interpret existing policies or provide one-time instructions.

The BLM publishes two types of IMs: permanent and temporary.

  • Permanent IMs provide lasting guidance that is short in scope. Permanent IMs remain in effect until superseded or deleted.   
  • Temporary IMs offer operational, incident-specific, project-related or one-time policy or guidance for evolving activities. Temporary IMs expire at the end of the third fiscal year following issuance.

Find national and local instruction memorandum in the list below. Use the fiscal year and location drop down menus to filter or narrow your search.  Narrow your results further by entering a word or phrase in the search box below.

Policies

Fiscal Year: 2019

California

CA IM-2019-005 - NRCS NRI Rangeland Resource Assessment - Inactive

National Office

Arizona

Fiscal Year: 2018

National Office

PIM 2018-016 - BLM NEPA Document Clearance Process - Inactive

Oregon-Washington

Nevada

Wyoming

IM WY P 2018-004 - Data Storage and File Cleanup - Inactive

Colorado

Idaho