The BLM in Utah has lost park rangers, ... resigned or had job offers rescinded from the Bureau of Land Management in Utah since Jan. 20, ... recreation, grazing and ...

The BLM owns 22.8 million acres of land in Utah — nearly 42% of the state — and employed 952 Utahns in 2024, according to a report from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.

IRA funding, which was approved by Congress in 2022, is also being used by BLM to hire 30 park rangers and outdoor recreation planners to help the bureau deal with increased visitation to the 245 ...

America’s other park rangers: Public lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Fish and Wildlife Service—hit by firings of 800 and 420 staff, respectively—welcome ...

Spotlight on Bureau of Land Management Park Ranger Art Basulto, who's worked for the agency's Barstow office for 23 years. ... He also maintains recreation sites and areas, ...

Of the 1,000 workers who heard that they would be able to return to their jobs, several included workers from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park.

The Bureau of Land Management said complaints about unleashed dogs have grown. For safety reasons, it’s warning users at the popular site that they could receive a $130 ticket.