Youth and Educators

From Sept. 19 to 24, the Bureau of Land Management’s Northeastern States District Office and partner organization Wilderness Inquiry brought the mission of public lands directly into the Milwaukee community through a week of paddling, outdoor education and exploration.

Twenty-four volunteers, including six youths, gathered at Dean S. Reservoir to mark National Public Lands Day by constructing kiosks, installing culverts, fixing fences and clearing trails.

BLM Arizona marked a milestone on National Public Lands Day with the 30th anniversary California Condor Release at the Condor Viewing Site in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona.

The U.S. Forest Service hosted the fifth annual event at Triangle Park with help from the BLM and other partners. This was the Kemmerer Field Office’s fourth year participating. Staff brought two tents and two tables filled with local wildlife specimens, fossils and objects that children could examine up close.

At the Missouri University of Science and Technology’s (Missouri S&T) fall career fair on September 22, 2026, BLM staff from the Northeastern States District engaged with students to recruit the next generation of public land stewards.