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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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Eastern States
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Jackson Hotshots Fire Crew assists with extinguishing Moon Fish Wildfire in Big Cypress Preserve

A new wildfire reaching over 27,000 acres of land was recognized southeast of the Big Cypress Preserve, near Everglades National park in Ochopee, Florida, May 7, 2020.
Eastern States
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Mount Rushmore

This week's GLO record of the week will take you back in time to discover how the world's largest sculpture was created.
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My Wild Horse Story: Katie and Marty

“He’s going to outgrow the pony soon, and we just don’t have the money for a Jr. High Rodeo horse,” I whispered to my husband as we looked through the panels at a small bay mare with a big head and even bigger eyes. 
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Wild horses trained by the BLM Nevada’s inmate training facility are serving America

The COVID-19 virus and the strict social distancing guidelines over the last several months has not stopped the BLM Nevada’s contracted wild horse facility, the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) Inmate Training Program, from doing what they do – training horses and finding them forever homes!
Eastern States
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First Settlers of Sedona, Arizona

This Bureau of Land Management General Land Office record of the week takes you on a brief journey of early homesteading in Northern Arizona and how Sedona eventually got it’s name.
Eastern States
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Wheeling, West Virginia

Welcome to the GLO Record of the week for June 7, 2020. Wheeling, the first capital of West Virginia, was founded by Ebenezer Zane in 1769.
Eastern States
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Hells Canyon

This General Land Office Record of the Week story map features Hells Canyon.
National Office
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My Wild Horse Story: Fred and Blue

From visiting residents at nursing homes, rounding up cattle on the Bell Ranch in New Mexico and visiting elementary schools to conducting clinics with adopters and potential adopters, Blue has been my best friend, confidant and companion. He is the reason I currently serve as Chairman of the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. 
Montana-Dakotas

Excavating the historic Fort Benton kitchen

Story By Josh Chase, North Central Montana District ArchaeologistPhotos by Kirsten Boyle, Natural Resource Specialist, Havre Field Office
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Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife survey trout and salmon in the Clear Creek Greenway

By John Heil, U.S. Fish and WildlifeJune 5, 2020 (view original article here)