Managing America's paleontological resources

The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) paleontological resource management policy calls for the management and protection of these resources, where they occur on public land administered by that agency. To effectively do this requires conflict resolution through utilization of the BLM's planning system and cooperation between public land users. The specific objectives of the BLM's paleontological resource management are delineated. The ways that BLM accomplishes these objectives are discussed. Significant program accomplishments in 1997 and 1998 are delineated.