BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Bureau of Land Management.The unit within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing the national-resource lands (some 450 million acres) and their resources and for administering the mineral resources connected with acquired lands and the submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). • The bureau was established on July 16, 1946, by consolidating the General Land Office (established in 1812) and the Grazing Service (established in 1934). See 35 USCA §§ 1731 et seq.[Blacks Law 8th]