Recreation Programs
The BLM manages recreation resources and visitor services to offer the greatest benefits possible to individuals and communities and to better enable communities to achieve their own desired social, economic, and environmental outcomes.
BLM public lands are recognized as America’s Great Outdoors, a “Backyard to Backcountry” treasure. They are uniquely accessible. More than 120 urban centers and thousands of rural towns are located within 25 miles of BLM lands.
Learn more about BLM recreation programs through the links below.
![A Veteran fly fishing at a lake with arm disability during the Alaska Project healing waters event](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/Project-Healing-Waters-Fly-Fishing-Inc-647x384.1421388533.png?itok=LUT_1KGd)
![Owyhee Uplands Backcounry Byway](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/images/2023-08/Owyhee%20Backcountry%20Byway.jpg?itok=cKYjXcHq)
![A hunter and his dog cross the fields at Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana. Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/programs_recprogram_shooting.jpg?itok=G0XMu2kH)
![scenic travel and transportation](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/program_recreation_traveltransporation_homepage_photo1.gif?itok=PLIaHc8H)
![The El Malpais National Conservation Area at sunrise.](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/images/2022-04/el-malpais-nca_hogue-2016.jpg?itok=Fn6gwE67)
![a rock feature with swirling red, orange and tan rock layers](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/images/2021-01/AZ_ASD_CBN-TheWave.jpg?itok=ynOjF33L)
![Arctic Interagency Visitor Center building](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/hero_backgrounds/InterpCenters_Alaska_AIVC_Hero.jpg?itok=f5Ha1AdV)
![annual public lands access pass with lizard](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/images/2024-01/Annual%20Pass_Front_1.png?itok=dYaug03p)
![Four bike riders in the Utah desert facing a sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/bio_photo/public/heros/bike_utah_1of1-3.jpg?itok=XgfFIfY-)