{
 "agency": "Bureau of Land Management",
 "entries": [
  {
   "id": "blm:metal_detecting",
   "jurisdiction": "Bureau of Land Management",
   "jurisdiction_id": "blm",
   "level": "federal",
   "hobby": "metal_detecting",
   "status": "restricted_areas",
   "summary": "On general BLM public land, metal detectors are expressly allowed to help collect permitted specimens such as rocks and minerals, except on developed recreation sites or where posted. ARPA makes it a crime to dig or remove archaeological resources, but coins and bullets are not archaeological resources unless found in direct relation to an archaeological site.",
   "permit": "None for hobby use. Commercial collecting needs a permit. Mining claims belong to the claimant.",
   "restricted_areas": [
    "Developed recreation sites",
    "Posted closures",
    "Archaeological sites",
    "Active mining claims"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-43/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-H/part-8360/subpart-8365/section-8365.1-5",
    "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-43/subtitle-A/part-7/section-7.3",
    "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-43/subtitle-A/part-7/section-7.4"
   ],
   "notes": "43 CFR 8365.1-5(a)(3),(b); 43 CFR 7.3(a)(4)(ii) excludes coins and bullets that are not in an archaeological context. Status is restricted_areas because of developed sites, posted closures and archaeological sites. No BLM page dedicated to metal detecting was found.",
   "verified_date": "2026-10-21",
   "needs_review": false,
   "unreachable_sources": {},
   "verification": "read_source",
   "verification_notes": "Read 43 CFR 8365.1-5 (detectors expressly allowed for collecting permitted specimens; excludes developed sites) and 43 CFR 7.3(a)(4)(ii) (coins and bullets aren't archaeological resources unless found with one), plus 7.4.",
   "status_history": []
  },
  {
   "id": "blm:drones",
   "jurisdiction": "Bureau of Land Management",
   "jurisdiction_id": "blm",
   "level": "federal",
   "hobby": "drones",
   "status": "restricted_areas",
   "summary": "Hobby drones are generally allowed on BLM land under FAA rules. Launching or landing in designated BLM Wilderness is prohibited. Some BLM fact sheets (Utah) require take-off and landing on designated OHV routes under 43 CFR 8340. Rules can differ in monuments and wilderness study areas.",
   "permit": "None for hobby use. Check with the local field office.",
   "restricted_areas": [
    "Designated Wilderness",
    "Some national monuments/WSAs",
    "Wildfire TFRs"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-43/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-F/part-6300/subpart-6302/subject-group-ECFR9113e9ac9343fa7/section-6302.20",
    "https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2023-12/Drone%20Fact%20Sheet%20Final.pdf"
   ],
   "notes": "The OHV-route launch rule comes from a Utah (Grand Staircase-Escalante) fact sheet. Don't apply it nationwide without checking the local office.",
   "verified_date": "2026-10-21",
   "needs_review": false,
   "unreachable_sources": {},
   "verification": "read_source",
   "verification_notes": "Read 43 CFR 6302.20(d),(e) and the BLM Grand Staircase-Escalante drone fact sheet (OHV-route launch rule under 43 CFR 8340; local to Utah).",
   "status_history": []
  }
 ]
}