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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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Chloride, Arizona

Welcome to the GLO Record of the Week for May 24, 2020, Chloride, Arizona! The land survey plat seen here is a record from the General Land Office.
Eastern States
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Fort Morgan, Alabama

Welcome to the Record of the week for May 17, Fort Morgan, Alabama, home to some of the finest white-sand beaches in the world!
National Office
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My Wild Horse Story: Tara Kilpatrick and Ink Print

Tara Kilpatrick began her involvement with wild horses 20 years ago. After moving to Southern Nevada, she and her husband David began exploring the Mojave Desert. She soon came across her first sighting of wild horses in the Red Rock Herd Management Area and began documenting the herd’s animals and social interactions.
Alaska
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Hand in hand: berries and bears on your public lands

Just like the midnight sun, berry picking is a key part of an Alaskan summer. This guide includes some benefits, dangers, and permitting basics for picking berries on BLM-managed lands.
Melinda Bolton
National Office
Bisti Badlands

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
National Office
Mare running in a pen.

Life during COVID-19 (and normal weekends!) at Ridgecrest Corrals

One day JJ Nolan, a wrangler at Ridgecrest Regional Corrals, was doing a routine check of the facility...When driving down the alley, he noticed a horse that did not “look right.”
Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM Utah's Bonneville Hotshots join BLM Arizona to proactively protect communities and respond to wildfires in Arizona

National Office
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My Wild Horse Story: Becky and Miata

I am just the average person who loves her horses. I do not consider myself a trainer because I am always learning. I started working with mustangs in 1998 when I got my first 9-month-old from Idaho’s Challis herd management area.
Utah
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BLM protects Muddy Creek and Sinbad herds by allowing them to seek water and forage naturally

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is protecting the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) wild horses and the Sinbad HMA burros from harm by removing unauthorized water troughs on BLM lands.
National Office
Douglas Point

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
Alaska

Public map app boasts new functions, regular updates & mobility

More robust tools with a familiar look and feel give public more power than ever to chart their own course.
Eric Tausch