= Bureau of Land Management = The '''Bureau of Land Management''' ('''BLM''') is a [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheInterior|U.S. DOI]] agency. It administers the Native American reserves held in trust for tribes, and works with trival governments for law enforcement and governmental services. <> ---- == Composition == The agency is overseen by the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheInterior|assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management]]. The agency is led by a '''director'''. ---- == History == Congress provided for surveys of territories ceded to the federal government from the 13 colonies in the '''Land Ordinance of 1785''' and the '''Northwest Ordinance of 1787'''. In 1812, the '''General Land Office''' was established under the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheTreasury|Treasury]]. When the [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfTheInterior|DOI]] was established in 1849, the GLO was transferred to it. The GLO was overseen by a '''commissioner''' requiring [[UnitedStates/Presidents|presidential]] appointment with [[UnitedStates/Senate|Senate]] approval. [[UnitedStates/GroverCleveland|Cleveland]] set aside forest reserves from GLO lands. In 1905, [[UnitedStates/TheodoreRoosevelt|Roosevelt]] established the [[UnitedStates/ForestService|Forest Service]] to take over administration of these reserves. In 1946, the GLO and '''Grazing Service''' were merged to establish the '''Bureau of Land Management'''. [[UnitedStates/BillClinton|Clinton]] established a practice of establishing national monuments on BLM lands; the agency remains responsible for administration of any monuments on its lands. [[UnitedStates/DonaldTrump|Trump]] relocated BLM to [[UnitedStates/GrandJunction|Grand Junction]] in 2020, prompting the vast majority of staff to depart. The headquarters returned to [[UnitedStates/WashingtonDC|D.C.]] the next year. ---- CategoryRicottone