Aquatics Program Highlights

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Gravel to Gravel: Combating Elodea to protect Alaska's salmon habitats

The BLM's Gravel to Gravel initiative helps slow the spread of Elodea, Alaska's first invasive aquatic plant, and protect salmon populations

Five people standing in a large creek cleaning out debris. One person stands on the bank to help take debris.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Teaching While Doing - Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes Workshop: Building Partnerships and Technical Capacity to Improve Riverscape Health

By Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program, Christina Stuart, Fish Biologist – Miles City Field Office Christopher Morris, Hydrologist – Miles...

Friday, October 7, 2022

BLM Oregon and partners restore fisheries habitat in the Upper Sandy River Basin

BLM Northwest Oregon District employees and BLM partners recently restored over three miles of floodplain and instream salmon and steelhead habitat in the Upper Sandy River Basin.

Lotic AIM data collection crew standing in a stream during Utah training.

Friday, October 7, 2022

Local BLM trainers contribute to another successful Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring training season

Story by Melissa Dickard, AIM Section Chief (NOC); and Emily Kachergis, National AIM Program Lead. Photos by AIM NOC trainers. Across the West, Bureau of...

A juvenile relict leopard frog in the water at Pakoon Springs

Monday, August 29, 2022

Moving day: Relict leopard frogs swimmingly happy in their new pad

A couple hundred juvenile relict leopard frogs dove into their new home at Pakoon Springs in Arizona’s Mojave Desert in April 2022.

View of Shaw Reservoir with a hill in the background.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

BLM works with partners to acquire Shaw Reservoir water rights and storage space

Story by Maribeth Pecotte, Public Affairs Specialist. Photos by Roy Smith, Water Rights Specialist. Set in a beautiful mountain valley along the South Fork of...