BLM Policies

• BLM Euthanasia policy 12-18-08
• A list of the legislation that applies to BLM-managed lands
• Copies of the text of selected legislation
  • Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA)
  • Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
  • General Mining Laws (overview only, actual legislation in the future)
  • Mineral Leasing Act and Amendments (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.)
  • The Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act (P.L. 106-248)
  • The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, as amended through 1/2006
  • Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.)
  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
  • Cultural/Historic Protection and Preservation Acts
  • Fee System for Commercial Filming Activities on Federal land
  • Statehood Acts 
  • Alaska Specific Laws
  • Note the following links will take you to the Cornell School of Law:
    • Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Land Laws
      (43 U.S.C. 1181a-1181j)  
• The regulations that apply to BLM-managed lands
  • To see regulations topically organized and recent changes, click here
  • To comment on proposed BLM regulations, click here
  • Other BLM Regulatory Actions (including history of changes, etc.)
• Federal Register Notices 
• The manuals and handbooks that describe how BLM does its work
• Administrative court decisions concerning BLM-managed lands and actions: Interior Board of Land Appeals
• Search the Departmental library for Secretarial Orders and other documents
• See a list of Public Land Orders (PLO). To see a specific PLO (from 1995 to present, obtain the Federal Register citation and search here.
• Instruction Memoranda and Information Bulletins.