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A man holds a an award plaque in the other. A raptor stands on a box next to him. To his left a woman is smiling. To his right, another woman stands behind a laptop screen. A Snake River Birds of Prey sign is in the background.

BLM recognizes eight outstanding volunteers at the 2023 “Making a Difference” awards ceremony

On Aug. 16, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) honored eight outstanding volunteers from around the country with the annual "Making a Difference" awards during a virtual ceremony.

Felicia Probert standing next to her Ranger truck in the 1980s

Blazing a Trail in Law Enforcement and Resource Protection: Felicia Probert

Women’s Equality Day is the perfect time to celebrate how the modern-day BLM was made possible by the leadership, expertise, and lifelong commitment to public service o

Intermediate Administrative Law Group, BLM Minerals Division, 1981. Doris Koivula is in the middle row, the fourth person from the left. Photo credit: Public Lands Foundations Archives.

Diversifying BLM Leadership and Subject Matter Expertise: Doris Koivula

Women’s Equality Day is the perfect time to celebrate how the modern-day BLM was made possible by the leadership, expertise, and lifelong commitment to public service o

JWP Memorial Museum 8-21-23 display poster part 1

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Dinosaur Exhibits Now on Display

By David Hercher, Paria River District, Utah

Tall palm trees tower over an oasis.

Chelsea Collins recognized for conservation work at Dos Palmas Preserve

A crew of wildland firefighters, the Bonneville Interagency Hotshots, hiking while fighting the Thompson Ridge Fire.

Halftime Takeaways: looking forward from the mid-point of this year’s core fire season

We find ourselves at the midway point another core fire season, but this year’s season has been unique.

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BLM New Mexico State Office Cadastral crew locates survey monument missing for 101 years

The passage of Public Law 116-92 established White Sands National Park in 2019 and directed the Secretary of the Interior to perform an official survey of the park’s boundaries.

Audiences listening to announcers during SpeedWeek at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Aug 2023.

Bonneville SpeedWeek 2023: August Showers Bring Motor Power

By Jonathan D. Mallory, Public Affairs Specialist

A horse in a chute receiving injection from syringe

New wild horse fertility control effort underway

Wild horses in the Reveille herd in southern Nevada were among the first to be part of a new initiative from the Bureau of Land Management aimed at expanding the use of fertility control vaccines t

Youth at Earth Connections Camp 2023, Utah.

EARTH CONNECTIONS CAMP 2023: CONNECTING CULTURES AND BRIDGING WORLDS THROUGH NATURE

large fish next to a ruler resting on a block of wood

BLM conducts important fish surveys in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

The San Pedro River historically supported 13 native fish species known to the Gila River system; however, only two natives – longfin dace (Agosia chrysogaster) and the desert sucker (Catostomus clarkii) – remain in the river.