The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for administering public lands, particularly national forests and other undeveloped lands. The BLM oversees various land management activities, including grazing, mining, and recreational use.
The Soil Bank is a land management program in which farmers are paid to hold agricultural land out of production to stabilize commodity prices and promote soil conservation. Subsidies for this program are usually provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Uplands refer to land within a mitigation parcel adjacent to surrounding wetlands, which often have exotic plant species similar to those found in wetlands. They play a crucial role in ecological and environmental planning.
