Success Stories

Every day, BLM personnel, partners, and grazing permittees work together to manage rangelands and grazing use for better outcomes.

Read our featured range success stories from the field below:

Innovation in Action

California
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.
Wyoming
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.
Alaska

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
Arizona, Phoenix DO, Hassayampa FO
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.
Idaho
Two people conducting field research in a grassy plain, one bending down to examine the ground while the other records data on a device.

Training, multi-agency partnership inspire over 100 Idaho ranchers to engage in range monitoring

Did you know that public land managers and over 100 ranchers work together to cooperatively monitor Idaho's rangelands and improve range health?