The home page of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In a not-so-subtle message about its policy priorities, the Trump administration has updated the home page for the federal agency that oversees public lands to showcase a large photo of an open-pit coal mine. (BLM via AP)
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell unveiled updated Bureau of Land Management use policy Thursday, saying federal efforts to protect the greater sage grouse are needed to ensure "a bright future for wildlife and a thriving Western economy." (Associated Press)
Juan Palma, Utah State Director for the Bureau of Land Management speaks with reporters during the Outdoor Recreation Summit Thursday, May 8, 2014, in Salt Lake City. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is warning its workers in Utah to be on alert after two men threatened an agency wrangler on Interstate 15 about 90 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Juan Palma, Utah State Director for the Bureau of Land Management speaks with reporters during the Outdoor Recreation Summit Thursday, May 8, 2014, in Salt Lake City. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is warning its workers in Utah to be on alert after two men threatened an agency wrangler on Interstate 15 about 90 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The Bundy family standoff with the Bureau of Land Management is bringing attention to a movement for Western states to wrest control of vast federal acreage. Debate has centered on who can better manage the land. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
FILE - In this April 12, 2014, file photo, the Bundy family and their supporters fly the American flag as their cattle is released by the Bureau of Land Management back onto public land outside of Bunkerville, Nev. The federal Bureau of Land Management says six cattle died in the roundup of animals it says rancher Cliven Bundy allowed to graze illegally on public land outside his southern Nevada property.A Texas land dispute has outgoing Gov. Rick Perry and the Republican candidate favored to replace him, Greg Abbott, decrying the same federal agency currently embroiled in an armed standoff in Nevada. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean, File) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT