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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km2) of land, or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass.[3] President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies: the General Land Office and the Grazing Service.[4] The agency manages the federal government's nearly 700 million acres (2,800,000 km2) of subsurface mineral estate located beneath federal, state and private lands severed from their surface rights by the Homestead Act of 1862.[4] Most BLM public lands are located in these 12 western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.[5] The mission of the BLM is "to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and f

Bureau of Land Management - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 38°53′37″N 77°02′33″W / 38.89361°N 77.04250°W / 38.89361; -77.04250 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agency within the US Department of the Interior {{cite web |url=https://www.blm.gov/careers/working-at-blm |title=Working at BLM |website=blm.gov |publisher=Bureau of Land Management |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref>"},"budget":{"wt":"$1.31 billion (FY2021)<ref>{{cite report |author=Carol Hardy Vincent |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Bureau of Land Management: FY2021 Appropriations |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/p

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