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Show APPENDIX E Functions of the Public Land Management Agencies THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management was created on July 16, 1946, through a Reorganization Plan by consolidation of the General Land Office and the Grazing Service. The Bureau has exclusive jurisdiction for the management of the lands and resources of some 457 million acres of public land and additional responsibility for administration of mineral resources on approximately 313 million acres where surface administration is in another agency, or the land surface has been transferred to private ownership with a reservation of minerals to the Government. The Bureau performs functions concerned with the identification, classification, use and disposal of public lands and the development, conservation and utilization of mineral resources. It has responsibility for mineral leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf and the administration of the mining laws on all public lands. The Bureau acts upon applications and claims for the use of or title to public lands. It administers grazing on the lands under its jurisdiction and is responsible for the survey of all public lands. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation was created April 2, 1962. It has responsibility for promoting coordination and development of effective programs relating to outdoor recreation. The Bureau is responsible for preparing and maintaining a continuing inventory and evaluation of the outdoor recreation needs and resources of the United States; formulating and maintaining a comprehensive nationwide outdoor recreation plan; promoting coordination of Federal plans and activities relating to outdoor recreation; cooperating and providing technical assistance to nonfederal entities; cooperating with and providing technical assistance to Federal departments and agencies; and, under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 administers a program of financial assistance grants to states for the purpose of facilitating outdoor recreation planning, acquisition, and development activities. Geological Survey-Conservation Division The Conservation Division of the Geological Survey classifies Federal land as to water storage, waterpower, and mineral value. The Division supervises mining operations and oil and gas operations on Federal lands, the Outer Continental Shelf, and several Naval Petroleum Reserve lands. It provides the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal agencies with geologic and engineering advice and services for the management and disposition of public domain lands. The Division maintains production accounts and collects royalties from Federal land mineral leases. National Park Service The fundamental objective of the National Park Service, created in 1916, is to promote and regulate the use of national parks, monuments and similar reservations in order to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in a manner which will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. The National Park Service also provides assistance to the states in the management, operation and development of public parks and recreational-area facilities. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife The objective of this Bureau is to insure the conservation of the Nation's wild birds, mammals, and sport fish, for both their recreational and economic values. The primary public land related activities of the Bureau consist of stocking public waters, promoting the best methods of managing wildlife in their natural habitat, the supervision and control of predatory 323 |
