Law Enforcement Cases

David Abrams, Public Affairs Specialist, Western Montana District The search team faced nearly impossible odds that chilly night: find a baby, no bigger than a...

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.

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.

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.

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.