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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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Deadwood, South Dakota

The General Land Offic
Alaska
ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT Timeline

Bureau of Indian Affairs receives list of 7 million Vietnam-era veterans this week for 2019 land allotment program

Progress moved a step closer this week toward fulfilling last year’s law to issue land allotments to eligible Alaska N
Alaska, Alaska Fire Service

Ice, fire, back to ice

After a month helping firefighting efforts in Australia, BLM Alaska Fire Service Associate Manager Kyle Cowan left the 112-degree weather in Sydney, and returned on to 33-below-zero temperatures in
Beth Ipsen
Montana-Dakotas

Butte Range Program stretches range improvement funds through Cooperative Agreements

Story and photos by Carmela Romerio, Rangeland Management Specialist, Butte Field Office
Eastern States

BLM GLO Team’s story maps bring land records to life

Since February 2018, the BLM Eastern States General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation Branch has published online weekly a "General Land Office Record of the Week" story map.
Eastern States

Boise, Idaho

Join the GLO team as we head to the stat
Eastern States
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First Homesteader - Daniel Freeman

Eastern States
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The Donner Party

Join the GLO team this week as they t
Eastern States

Leavenworth, Washington

This week the GLO
Montana-Dakotas

A Good Home: Honoring the Tipi at Pompeys Pillar National Monument

Story by Jaime Tompkins, Outdoor Recreation Planner (NLCS), Montana/Dakotas State Office
Alaska
Trans-Alaska Pipeline infographic covering it's route, stats, and the role BLM plays in the management and monitoring of it.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in a nutshell

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an engineering marvel.