Wildlife Program Highlights

A scorpion glows iridescent green under UV light. Photo by Michelle Puckett/BLM.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

BLM Palm Springs – South Coast Field Office hosts local Scary Desert Creatures event

To help educate the public about California’s native desert animals as well as provide summer safety tips, BLM Palms Springs – South Coast Field Office...

Botanists looking at plants in Price Field Office area.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Botany Field Trip at the Price Field Office, May 13, 2023

A beautiful, spring desert day welcomed Price Field Office Botanist, DaShell Burnham, as she led BLM staffers and members of the Utah Native Plant Society...

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

BLM biologists search Wild and Scenic Rivers in Oregon for three special species

Story by Jeanne Panfely, Public Affairs Officer. Photos by Jonas Parker, Hydrologist; and Lee Templeman, Wildlife Biological Technician. The first step in any habitat conservation...

A man is standing in a river holding a large fish and smiling. Next to him is a blue bucket.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

The BLM announces their 2023 Conservation Award winners

Story and photos by Daryl Ratajczak, Wildlife Biologist, HQ 230 There is a wise old proverb that reads, “Give a person a fish and you...

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

BLM Las Cruces District and partners improve pronghorn habitat connectivity in New Mexico bootheel

Story by Rachel Burke, Wildlife Biologist, BLM Las Cruces District Office. Photos courtesy of New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Pronghorn ( Antilocapra americana...