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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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Northeastern States District attends GIS Day Event  

The BLM Northeastern States District recently staffed an exhibit at Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Eastern States
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The Legend of Jeremiah Johnson

This week the General Land Office Records of the Week bring you another fascinating story from there collection, a land patent issued to the storied homesteader known as Jeremiah Johnson.
Eastern States
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BLM-Eastern States Geospatial Services Division hosts Story Map Meet-Up 

      The BLM-Eastern States (BLM-ES) Geospatial Services Division hosted “ArcGIS Story Maps in Managing Public Lands Meet-Up" at the BLM-ES State Office, Washington D.C., January 30
Eastern States
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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Winter Recreation on Your Idaho Public Lands

Arizona
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Arizona state director receives Advocate of the Year Award from game and fish department

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission presented BLM Arizona State Director Ray Suazo with its 2019 Advocate of the Year award at an awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.
California

BLM mourns passing of retired K-9 Officer Hoost, Badge K914

Belgian Malinois K-9 Officer Hoost protected America’s public lands alongside Field Staff Ranger Chris Rice for eight years before retiring in 2018 to a life of chasing balls and belly rubs as a treasured member of the Rice family. He died at 11 years old.
Colorado
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Wild horse event promotes locally gathered horses

More than 600 people packed the stands at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds on a pleasant, western Colorado September evening, eagerly awaiting word.
Colorado

BLM botanist contributes years of data on tiny plant

The only place in the world to find the skiff milkvetch is in southwest Colorado, on about 310 acres of mostly public lands managed by the BLM in Gunnison and Saguache counties.
Utah

Fossils from BLM lands help confirm a new species of Allosaur

On Friday, January 24, the BLM participated in the Natural History Museum of Utah's unveiling of Allosaurus jimmadseni, a new species of Allosaur.
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Alaska Fire Service, Alaska
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Feeding the fireys

They may have a few differences in cultures, fir