Wildlife Program Highlights

Mule deer peeks around a tree in a previously prescribed burn treated area.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Prescribed burns restore vital habitat in the High Desert District

The Bureau of Land Management’s High Desert District recently completed two spring prescribed burns aimed at improving wildlife habitat and reducing hazardous fuels across southwest Wyoming. Spanning approximately 182 acres, the burns were conducted in the Kemmerer and Pinedale field offices, with about 62 acres treated near Rock Tunp and 120 acres on Deadline Ridge.

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Wildlife Biologist Nancy Herms receives BLM’s Conservation Project Award

Story by Chris Hanefeld, BLM Ely District public affairs specialist. Photos by Nancy Herms, BLM Bristlecone Field Office wildlife biologist. Federally endangered Pahrump poolfish are...

Workers assembling a rock structure with a mountain in the background.

Friday, December 10, 2021

Dillon Field Office improves wet and mesic meadow areas in priority sage-grouse habitat

Story by Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program. Photos by BLM. Keystone Gulch (Priority Sage Grouse Habitat) contains a series of...

Pronghorn utilizing a pronghorn pass that was installed in 2013.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

BLM works to restore migration corridors for pronghorn in southeast New Mexico

Story by Randy Howard, Assistant Field Manager, Pecos District Office. Photo by BLM. In 1820, Major Stephen Harriman Long was appointed by Congress under President...

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Podcast: Help pollinators, “bee” a community scientist

We're all abuzz about bees in this Frontiers podcast. BLM Alaska wildlife biologist Casey Jones recently sat down to talk about community science initiatives and how people can help us learn more about Alaska's bees.