Wildlife Program Highlights

Little brown bat being held by a hand in a blue medical glove

Friday, January 30, 2026

BLM, Bat Conservation International Monitor Bat Species on Lake Vermilion Islands

In 2025, the BLM Northeastern States District Office teamed up with Bat Conservation International (BCI) to acoustically monitor for threatened and endangered bat species in Lake Vermilion, Minnesota.

Jennifer Walker standing beside a massive Ponderosa pine with her hand on the tree.

Friday, September 2, 2022

BLM Wyoming’s Jennifer Walker receives Wyoming Game and Fish Appreciation Award

Story by Tyson Finnicum, public affairs specialist. Photos by BLM Wyoming. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming High Plains District (HPD) Fire Ecologist Jennifer Walker...

A man stands with a horse holding a rope while people look on.

Friday, September 2, 2022

BLM Wyoming holds successful wild horse and burro adoption

Story by Azure Hall, Public Affairs Specialist. Photos by Azure Hall and Crystal Cowan, Public Affairs Specialist. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming held...

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.

Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area: Scenic landscape of red cliffs and a blue stream

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Fence removal in Wilderness Study Area in Wyoming benefits wildlife

Story and photos by Jared Oakleaf, Lander Field Office Outdoor Recreation Planner. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Lander Field Office, in partnership with...

Thursday, June 23, 2022

A year in the life of an Idaho sage-grouse

Story and photos by Sara Morelli, Wildlife Biologist, Salmon Field Office It was a bitter cold night in March 2015 when a certain sage-grouse female’s...