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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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National Office
Rider on a horse

My Wild Horse Story: Elissa and Chico

Chico was influential in developing my love of mustangs. Since working with him we have adopted five other mustangs and one burro. Out of all the horses I have worked with over the years, I love that our mustangs have all been the most curious, intelligent and quick to learn.
New Mexico, Rio Puerco FO
Left to right: Chief of Interpretation Lisa Dittman, El Malpais National Park; Kymm Gresset, Rio Puerco Field Office Manager; and Sculptor Walter Torres, stand smiling. Walter is holding a scaled down version of the sculpture. There are trees in the background.

BLM New Mexico’s art program showcases people’s connections to the El Malpais landscape

Story and photos by Minerva Anderson, Director, New Mexico State Office of External Affairs
Oregon-Washington
Employees in the field setting up a remote fire camera system.

BLM Partners with University of Oregon and University of Nevada Reno on Innovative Wildfire Detection Cameras

As fire seasons have become longer and more devastating, firefighters have looked to wide variety of technologies to assist with detection and response. The Alert Wildfire detection camera project began over a decade ago and was developed by BLM, University of Nevada Reno, and University of Oregon.
Michael Campbell
Eastern States
Washita Battlefield

Chief Black Kettle and the Battle of the Washita

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week!
National Office
A woman kneels in a field of cheatgrass

New paper shows vegetation trends on BLM allotments across 30 years

Story by Emily Kachergis, Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) Coordinator; and Justin Shirley, Range Management Specialist.
California
Four people stand side by side with an American flag behind them.

BLM California honors Ricky Abitu with the 2022 BLM California Ranger of the Year Award

BLM California is proud to present Ricky Abitu with the 2022 BLM California Ranger of the Year Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of law enforcement and the protecti
Sophie Hamann
Eastern States
Cotton Gin Port Mississippi

Gaines' Trace and Cotton Gin Port, Mississippi

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! This week, the team travels to America's Hospitality State, Mississippi!
Oregon-Washington, Prineville DO
Chad LaVallee, Fire Chief with Alfalfa Fire District shakes hands with Prineville District Deputy Fire and Aviation Staff Officer Nathan Lefevre after receiving the keys for the wildland fire engine

Rural Fire Readiness Equipment Transfer to Oregon Communities

This week, Prineville District transferred a water tender to the Wheeler County Fire and Rescue Rangeland Fire Protection Association and a wildland fire engine to the Alfalfa Fire District to enhance their wildland firefighting capabilities. The equipment was transferred under BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness program, designed to provide equipment to local wildland firefighting partners at no cost.
Kaitlyn Webb
Lander FO
Four people are installing wooden posts in the green grass.

Lander Field Office and partners join forces to improve headwaters tributary

Story by Leah Yandow, Lander Field Office Wildlife Biologist; and Chad Mickschl, Hydrologist, Aquatic Resource Management Program Lead, Wyoming State Office.
National Office
Wildland fire burning in sage-steppe, Idaho 2007

Sage-grouse x Wildland Fire (I)

Story by Heather Feeney, BLM Public Affairs Specialist 
National Office

Hope in the High Country: Standing for the Whitebark pine

The Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a marvelous tree – what ecologists call a