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Congress established the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in 1993 to protect a unique environment that supports one of the world's most dense concentrations of nesting birds of prey. Falcons, eagles, hawks and owls are found here in unique profusion and variety. It is part of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 officially added the name of conservationist Morley Nelson to the NCA, in honor of Nelson's work on behalf of birds of prey and their habitats.
The BLM manages the area to preserve its remarkable wildlife habitat while providing for other compatible uses of the land, so that birds of prey flourish here as they have for thousands of years.
In addition to outstanding bird and wildlife viewing, this area hosts various recreational opportunities. Visitors can sightsee, ride on horseback, hike, hunt, mountain bike, picnic and camp.
Learn more about the NCA and about birds of prey: www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/birds_of_prey...
BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Casey Steenhoven, BLM
Woodhead Fire, Idaho 2020
BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Jess Harvey, BLM
Locke's Pond Prescribed Fire, Battle Mountain, Nevada 2020
BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Clayton Schmidt, BLM
Rice Ridge Fire, Seeley Lake, Montana 2017
US Bureau of Land Management Ranger, Albuquerque Field Office, New Mexico
2006 Chevy Silverado 2500HD
2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category: ESR and BAER
Photo by Robert Torluccio, BLM
BAER efforts after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire.
2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category: ESR and BAER
Photo by Robert Torluccio, BLM
BAER efforts after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire.
The 2015 Soda Fire burned nearly 280,000 acres in southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon, in-cluding nearly 200,000 acres of sage-grouse habitat, portions of 41 grazing allotments, three wild horse management areas, and a popular motorized and non-motorized recreation area. Credit: BLM
Protest against police brutality in New York, 2020.
Marches all over the United States, and later around the World, were triggered by the murder of George Floyd by police officer Darek Chauvin.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill.Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down, begging for his life and repeatedly saying "I can't breathe".A second and third officer further restrained Floyd while a fourth prevented bystanders from intervening.[4][5]:6:24 During the final three minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse[6][7] while Chauvin ignored onlookers' pleas to remove his knee, which he did not do until medics told him to.The following day, after videos made by witnesses and security cameras became public,all four officers were fired. Two autopsies found Floyd's death to be a homicide.[12][13] Chauvin was initially charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, to which was later added second-degree murder; the three other officers were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category: ESR and BAER
Photo by Robert Torluccio, BLM
BAER efforts after the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire.
2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category: Fire Camp and Spike Camp
Photo by Casey Steenhoven, BLM
Photo from the BLM Artist-in-Residence Painted Mountains Tour workshop day with Delbert Anderson and D'DAT at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado, June 14, 2022. Photo by Greg Shine.
To learn more about the 2022 Painted Mountains Tour, visit www.blm.gov/get-involved/artist-in-residence/2022-painted...
The Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation program focuses on public safety as its top priority, consists of fire suppression, preparedness, predictive services, vegetative fuels management, prescribed fire, community assistance and protection, and fire prevention through education. Videos provided by BLM
2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category: Aircraft
Photo by Sara Boyko, BLM
A helicopter makes a water drop on the Bear Flat Fire.
n April 23, BLM Range Management Specialists shot photos and video at a Sage-grouse lek near Louse Canyon geographic management area and McDermitt, Oregon.
The sagebrush ecosystem is home to unique plant and wildlife species, and is very important to the overall ecological health of eastern Oregon. Many birds and mammals depend on sagebrush ecosystems in the western United States for survival. In the last century, drastic changes caused by livestock grazing, conversion of lands to agriculture, the introduction of exotic plant species, and fire have resulted in alteration and fragmentation of sagebrush vegetative communities throughout the Intermountain West. The loss of sagebrush ecosystems are negatively affecting many of the more than 350 species of plants and animals that depend on sagebrush ecosystems for all or part of their existence including Greater Sage-Grouse as well as Pygmy Rabbit, Mule Deer, and Golden Eagles. Other examples of sagebrush dependent species include sage sparrow, ferruginous hawks, Brewer's sparrow, sage thrasher, sagebrush vole, and many botanical species.
Over the last several years, in response to requests from state and local governments to facilitate ways to conserve Greater Sage-Grouse and protect its habitat, BLM scientists and managers met with state wildlife management officials. The BLM strategy emphasizes a cooperative approach and provides a framework to advance efforts to implement timely conservation measures for sage-grouse and its habitat.
Additional information about this effort is online at:
About an hour east of Portland, in the foothills of Mount Hood, Wildwood is a terrific Northwest retreat for a #mypubliclandsroadtrip. There are paved trails along the river, numerous picnic locations, forested trails connected to a marshland, and even a sunken viewing station built into the river so families can view the local fish habitat.
If you’re lucky, you could even see a black-tailed deer or hear a downy woodpecker hard at work.
The site offers family picnic units, several group shelters, outdoor picnic kitchens, playing fields, volleyball and basketball courts, and fully accessible trails.
So whether you are going up or coming down from Oregon’s tallest mountain, take a break at Wildwood Recreation Site on the Salmon River and enjoy the beautiful Mount Hood foothills for a little while longer!
Walnut Street School invited parents and students to cover their windows with Black Lives Matter artwork on Thursday, June 4th. One parent covered the school with black and "BLM" balloons. And after one student dropped of his poster, he asked, "when will we come back to school?" With fingers crossed, one educator said, "Hopefully in August."