STRATEGY 1.1.1: Land & Water Health

Improve land and water health by managing the wetlands, uplands, and riparian areas that comprise our national parks, wildlife refuges, and BLM lands.

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The Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation are stewards of the lands and waters managed by the Department. These bureaus maintain and restore uplands, wetlands, and streams through eff orts that include controlling invasive plants and animals, restoring land to a condition that is self-sustaining, and ensuring that habitats support healthy fi sh and wildlife populations. Annually, bureaus administer resource protection programs on more than 400 million acres of upland, wetland, and aquatic lands within their jurisdiction. Many of these lands have special status as national parks, seashores, monuments, wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, or wild and scenic rivers. They are protected because of their important and often unique ecological characteristics, physical geography, or historical features. The Department also works in partnership with others by providing and leveraging resources for conservation activities on non-Federal lands

Stakeholder(s):

• Bureau of Land Management


• Fish and Wildlife Service


• National Park Service


• Bureau of Reclamation

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