Law Enforcement

Friday, April 4, 2025

Landscape of the southern California desert

BLM California partners to secure America’s border

The BLM in California oversees an impressive 71 miles of public lands along the international border with Mexico, accounting for half of the southern border that stretches from the Pacific Ocean through California. This expansive area encompasses approximately 3.3 million acres of public lands that extend 100 miles north from the border, showcasing natural gems like the Otay Mountain and Jacumba Mountain wilderness areas, as well as the famous off-highway vehicle sand park, the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.

Sunday, June 24, 2018

A stolen artifact recovered from an Alaskan investigation

BLM Law Enforcement Cases: Alaska investigation ends in historic conviction

In June of 2008, Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security Special Agents initiated an investigation into the alleged unauthorized commercial use of BLM lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. A lengthy and complex investigation resulted in the identification of two suspects involved in a conspiracy to steal archeological and paleontological resources as a part of an illegal outfitting and guiding operation.

Friday, May 11, 2018

BLM Law Enforcement Cases: BLM searches for stolen mammoth tusk

In March 2018, a 100-pound mammoth tusk was stolen from Alaska’s Campbell Creek Science Center. BLM law enforcement is actively investigating and asking the public for any information about the theft.

BLM ranger lends a helping hand

A Bureau of Land Management law enforcement ranger recently lent a much-needed helping hand to another federal agency while on duty along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Dennis Brandt and Kelly Cole at Missoula Field Office photo by David Abrams

A cry in the wilderness: Montana BLM rangers help search for lost infant

The search team faced nearly impossible odds that chilly night: find a baby, no bigger than a football, abandoned in a dense Montana forest the size of 600,000 football fields.

Good Neighbors: BLM law enforcement rangers serve local communities

Special agents working a fire case on BLM- managed public lands intercepted and arrested four subjects carrying backpacks with marijuana. On processing the narcotics load, agents discovered this was the first known high grade hydroponic marijuana load seizure in the area.