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Each day, the Bureau of Land Management employees, volunteers and partners conserve public lands, build our nation’s energy infrastructure and support local economies, advance scientific discovery and much more.  Read our blog stories about the BLM in your community and learn how to get involved.

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My Wild Horse Story: Jen and Angelo

By Jen Sullivan, Virginia BEST $25 EVER SPENT!! The mustang who turned out to be PRICELESS!
Eastern States

Abilene Cattle Trail

This week's GLO Record takes you on a journey through the Abilene Cattle Trail! The local supply of beef on the East Coast was depleted after the United States Civil War ended in 1865.
National Office

My Wild Horse Story: Laura and Buttercup

In August 2019, our family decided that our next horse should be a mustang. My daughter, Emma, really wanted a games horse and her horse, Belle (a Quarab) has arthritis. So, we decided since so many mustangs needed homes, why not adopt one. I knew I needed help and had heard of the Trainer Incentive Program operated by the Mustang Heritage Foundation. 
Utah, Paria River DO

BLM Utah gets hands-on with Dry Fork Trailhead facelift

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah has completed construction of two new trailheads improving access to the Dry Fork slot canyons.
Eastern States

Mount Konocti, California

This week's Record of the Week connects a survey plat with Mount Konocti, California!
National Office

My Wild Horse Story: Lea and Misti

Submitted by Lea Erwood This is the story of how Misti came into my life.
Eastern States

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was an influential man who helped found and establish the United States.
National Office

My Wild Horse Story: Lona and Diablo

I've been an adopter for many years and have a passion for America's Living Legends, in the wild as well as domesticated once-wild horses. I adopted my first two mustangs under my parents in 1977 and have been smitten with mustangs ever since.
Alaska, Arctic DO

Reading the bones: a 43,000-year-old mystery is answering some questions and prompting researchers to ask others

Paddling down a river in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in summer 2012, the weather was still chilly.
James Hart
Eastern States

Albuquerque, New Mexico

This week, the General Land Office welcomes you to New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque.
National Office, California

Wild Burros Bring Joy to Assisted Living Facility

Two volunteers for BLM California, Karin Usko and John Auborn, have done some fun things with their adopted burros.  They are TIP trainers, BLM ambassadors at adoptions, parade participants, pack burro racers, founders of the California Breakfast Burritos (a pack burro training group that runs with their burros in the morning before breakfast), and they sometimes take their burros to the local farmers’ market!