The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado, and with oversight over, it governs one eighth of the country's landmass. President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies: the General Land Office and the Grazing Service. The agency manages the federal government's of subsurface mineral estate located beneath federal, state and private lands severed from their surface rights by the Homestead Act of 1862. 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. 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 future generations." Originally BLM holdings were described as "land nobody wanted" because homesteaders had passed them by. All the same, ranchers hold
El Bureau of Land Management (BLM) es una agencia dentro del Departamento del Interior de los Estados Unidos responsable de administrar tierras federales. Con sede en Grand Junction, Colorado, y con supervisión sobre, gobierna una octava parte de la masa terrestre del país. El presidente Harry S. Truman creó el BLM en 1946 mediante la combinación de dos agencias existentes: el General Land Office y el Grazing Service. La agencia gestiona las tierras minerales subterráneas del gobierno federal ubicadas debajo de las tierras federales, estatales y privadas separadas de sus derechos de superficie por la Ley de Homestead de 1862. La mayoría de las tierras públicas BLM se encuentran en estos 12 estados occidentales: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Nuevo México, Oregón, Utah, Washington y Wyoming. La misión del BLM es "sustentar la salud, diversidad y productividad de las tierras públicas para el uso y disfrute de las generaciones presentes y futuras".