U.S. Bureau
of Land Management
Donna
Holland/Westling
PHS 100A
Warner
Pacific College
January 5th
2014
The Role of the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management is to take care of the public lands enjoyed by
everyone for mostly recreational reasons. This brings in jobs for many people
as important as a park director down to the person running a gift shop on some
of the more popular areas.
Public lands are places
that are owned by the United States and Managed by the Bureau of Land. These
places such as the San Juan Islands are big beautiful areas filled with wild
life and many beautiful places to take a peaceful walk, hike, or ATV adventure.
In the article Bureau of Land
Management stated, “In 2011, 57 million people visited public lands for
recreation outings. These outings are things such as camping, hiking, and
having a place to go horse back riding.
Many large events are put
together by the Bureau of Land Management with local community partners they
put on mountain bike races, and big events with motorcycles put on by large
sponsor names. From turbo charged adventures to solitary and serene excursions,
the Bureau of Land Management recreation program offers something for everyone
across more than 245 million acres of public land.
The Western United States
is the home to the Americans backyard and the Bureau of Land Management helps
with developing productivity with jobs for local residents. The article from
The Bureau of Land Management stated “2011, $7 billion in economic impact
58,000 jobs supported by the Bureau of Land Management.”
My personal feeling is
that the Bureau of Land Management is doing an amazing job, my family loves to
spend time out side. We are dirt bikes and if we didn’t have this land to spend
our time on playing on the bikes my husband for one would be a very upset man.
I find that not only do we spend time doing that but I have also loved going
out into the national forest near us and taking pictures of the wild life. We
also live at the base of Mt. St. Helens and it has been amazing watching the
land change over the years. Without the Bureau of Land Management all the time
spent to bring back the wild life of Mt. St. Helens may have never been done.
References
The Buraeu of Land Management. (2013) http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
Withgott, J., & Laposata, M. (2013). Environment: the science behind the stories (5th Ed.).
New York, NY. Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
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