In The Spotlight . . .
Spring Skiing in the Deep Creek Mountain Range
The West Desert District BLM conducted an early spring Wilderness Study Area monitoring patrol. Employees and volunteers used backcountry ski gear to gain an elevation advantage to view winter use in the area.
More on Wilderness Study Areas in the West Desert District.
The Utah State University is tracking pygmy rabbits behavioral response to vegetation treatments by monitoring their movements on the landscape in Rich County, Utah.
Pygmy rabbits inhabit burrow complexes in late seral stages of Basin sagebrush in loose soils in the Western United States. BLM manages habitat to have the plant species diversity to support a variety of wildlife. Learn more.
About Us
The SLFO is located in the northwest corner of Utah. Much of this area is part of the Great Basin region, a place of isolated mountain ranges separated by wide sweeping sagebrush flats.
This area is also a land of illusions, floating islands and vanishing water mirages. Almost touching the Utah-Nevada borders are the Bonneville Salt Flats, a unique plain of almost- pure, white salt. This geological oddity is one of the only places in the United States where one can see the curvature of the earth over dry land. Just south of the Salt Flats lies the Pony Express Trail where horse riders risked their lives delivering the mail in 1860 and 1861. [more]
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