The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages the remainder of the public domain -- a once vast expanse of land held in ownership by the United States Government for the American people. The original 1.8 billion-acre public domain stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Pacific Ocean -- so much land that Western historian Frederick Jackson Turner called it "the richest free gift that was ever spread out before civilized man."

The Bureau of Land Management's mandate, under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, requires the agency to manage public lands in a way that accommodates its many uses -- such as fishing, camping, hiking, boating, grazing, timber harvesting and mining. This style of management is aimed at promoting biological diversity (nature's variety of life forms and processes) and sustainable development (the long-term use of natural resources without damaging the environment).

The BLM is working with various partners around the state to help preserve varied habitat, while providing for recreation, mineral development, and other uses where appropriate. This effort includes:

• setting aside natural areas and reserves;
• cooperatively managing important habitat areas;
• giving special attention to the recovery of rare species;
• and conducting critical research on threatened and endangered species.

Information provided by:
Bureau of Land Management in California

In Lake County, there 235.096 acres of of BLM land. The Government site has a vast linkage of the recreational possiblities throughout the BLM acreaages and here are just a few.

Recreation:
Eight Mile Valley
Birds of Cache Creek
Cow Mountain Hiking
Hiking
Camping Guide