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

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.

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...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Creating miracles in the Nevada desert: Restoring Dixie Creek

Story by Headquarters Public Affairs. Photos courtesy of Carol Evans, Retired BLM Fisheries Biologist; Intermountain West Joint Venture; and Little Wild Productions. The Intermountain West...