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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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New Mexico, Las Cruces DO
Institute for Applied Ecology Botanist Liz Plazewski teaches about the common Chihuahuan Desert shrub Flourensia Cernua to (Left to right) crew members Colin McKenzie, crew lead Marco Donoso, U.S. Geological Service contractor Gayle Tyree, and crew member Robbie Leonard.

AIM-ing High in the Chihuahuan Desert

National Office
Profile of Gloria Brown, former BLM employee

Road less traveled: A Black woman's journey in forest management

Arizona, Kingman FO
Volunteers and agency partners collected 3,780 pounds of garbage.

Community Partnerships: Cerbat Ridge Runners leaving it better than they found it

Cerbat Ridge Runners UTV/ATV Club of Kingman conducted a desert clean up near the Hualapai Mountains in Arizona.
National Office
Woman standing with young horse.

Dr. Annie Roach: A True Triple Wild Horse Heroine

Eastern States, Southeastern States DO
A BLM firefighter walks along a road, with flames are seen in the woods on the same side of the road during a prescribed burn.

BLM plans prescribed burn at Lathrop Bayou

Fuels treatment will reduce wildfire threat and improve ecosystem health.
California, California Desert DO
Attendee speaks with representative about BLM Fire program.

BLM Fire team from California Desert District hosts successful hiring event

The California Desert Interagency Fire Program recently held a hiring event in Riverside, California to fill over 40 wildland firefighter and support positions for the 20
California, California Desert DO
A group of BLM employees stand in front of OHVs

El Centro Staff Makes Impact at Calexico High School Resource Fair with BLM Booth

Story by: Julia Mogen, BLM 
National Office, California
Tall trees tower in a cluster

Bringing Tribal culture and tradition to life with help from our public lands

Colorado
Several people in firefighter uniforms lighting grasses on fire for fuels reductions.

The history of Deer Haven

The 4,900-acre Deer Haven parcel northwest of Canon City was donated to the BLM by the Mellon Foundation through the Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1992.
El Centro FO
A woman, smiling, in a sun hat and snake gaiters, stands next to a large cactus. She is surrounded by green shrubbery and gray mountains in the background.

Growing careers and the native seed supply in the Southwest with Seeds of Success

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) prides itself on a “can-do” approach to work, but how many of us could tough it out with field work in daily 119-degree heat in the desert Southwest?
National Office
Photo of Amboy Crater Area of Critical Environmental Concern

Progress on public lands: BLM's top stories of 2023

Two new national monuments, efforts to put conservation on equal footing with other public land