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.

A black-footed ferret sticks its head out of its home, which is a hole in the ground.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

First taste of freedom: 18 captive-born ferrets released in northwest Wyoming

BLM Wyoming Cody Field Office had the unique honor of participating in a release of endangered, captive-born black-footed ferrets to private and public land this fall in northwest Wyoming.

Volunteers pose for a photo wearing blue National Public Lands Day t-shirts

Friday, October 21, 2022

Cody Field Office’s National Public Lands Day event makes a difference for pronghorn herd

Story and photos by Sarah Beckwith, public affairs specialist, Wind River/Bighorn Basin District During a National Public Lands Day event held on Sept. 17, the...

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.