About the Public Lands Foundation

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The Public Lands Foundation ...

Advocates the management, protection, development and enhancements of the National System of Public Lands, which is managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U. S. Department of the Interior.

Is a nonprofit and tax-exempt organization that is not affiliated with or a part of the BLM.

Offers membership to current BLM employees, BLM retirees, and all who have an interest in how the National System of Public Lands is used and managed.

The Public Lands Foundation's Mission is to advocate and work for the retention of America's National System of Public Lands in public hands, professionally and sustainably managed for responsible common use and enjoyment.

The Goals of the Public Lands Foundation are to ...

Keep the National System of Public Lands in public ownership and open to responsible use by the public.

Support multiple use management of these lands under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

Encourage professionalism by BLM employees.

Increase the public's understanding of and support for the proper management of the National System of Public Lands.

Encourage contact, communication, and coordination among users of BLM managed lands and interest groups.

Facilitate contact and communication among BLM retirees.

Retain records of BLM's history and its employees.

Recognize individual and group achievements.

The BLM Lands

The National System of Public Lands comprises about 245 million surface acres located in 28 states, including Alaska, or about 13% of the total land surface of the United States, and 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate.

The demands on these lands are numerous and often conflicting.  BLM's multiple use management mission is a difficult one.  A major ket to progress is having an informed public, a public that is aware of the issues and the facts regarding the issues.  Too often the public knows only the views of special interest groups, which may present only part of the story.  The public needs more balanced, non-political presentation of the issues.  The public can also benefit from a better understanding of the role that professional land and resource managers play in the management of the National System of Public Lands.  The PLF strives to satisfy these needs.

You can help ...

By joining PLF.  Your membership helps make PLF's work possible.

By putting your expertise and knowledge to work to improve the health and sustainability of the National System of Public Lands.

By contributing historical information and documents to the PLF National Archives.

By contributing information about BLM activities, issues, and retirees to our PLF websites and Register of BLM Retirees.

By participating in the activities of local PLF Chapters.

Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in the management of the lands administered by the BLM.  Join now and receive quarterly issues of our popular newsletter, The Public Land Monitor.  BLM retiree members also will receive PLF's Register of BLM Retirees.

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Membership Benefits and Activities
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Quarterly newsletter - The Public Land Monitor.

The PLF Website, feel free to browse the Main Directory for additional information..

Remembering BLM, a website to help facilitate contacts and communication between BLM retirees.  Click here for more information.

Maintain PLF Archives, a collection of historical materials related to BLM administered lands and its people.

Annual meetings to analyze National System of Public Lands issues.

General Land Office 200th Anniversary Commemoration Project.

Register of BLM Retirees.

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PLF is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1987.  Dues and contributions are tax deductible to the extent permissible by law.