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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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Arizona, Gila DO
a person stands next to piles of bundled wire

Safford Field Office staff and volunteers use creative thinking to complete a clean-up project during COVID-19

When COVID-19 made it impossible for Ranger Heidi Blankenship to host a four-day, seven-person volunteer project, she got creative about completing her last big volunteer project at the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness before she joined the team at the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. A five-strand barbed wire fence was lying on the ground, stretching from the wash at Deer Creek over to Aravaipa Creek on the south, across a wide bench popular for camping within the wilderness. The west-trending part of the fence had been removed by volunteers before the pandemic hit, but the south-trending part still needed to be removed to improve wildlife habitat and to increase safety for visitors.
Eastern States
Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Let's check out Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines is the capital of the state of Iowa and the most populous city within the state. The city found its origin as Fort Des Moines incorporated in 1851.
Montana-Dakotas

Mule Deer Foundation improves winter range on BLM lands

By: Kelly Bockting, Wildlife Biologist, Dillon Field Office
Rio Puerco FO

Team effort restores the BLM-managed Guadalupe Ruin to its original glory

Story by Sean I. Daugherty, Archaeologist, and Cynthia Herhahn, Archaeologist. Photos courtesy of Garry Joe, National Park Service Restoration Specialist.
Alaska
Two men stand in front of a sod home built of drift wood and whale bones with the Arctic ocean in the background

An archaeologist’s spirit drives BLM's Joe Keeney’s inclusive approach to discovering, protecting, and preserving the past

Archaeology work in 2021 is not like movies depict with action, adventure, even knife and gun fights.&n
Melinda Bolton
Eastern States
Thunder Bay, Michigan

Thunder Bay, Michigan

This week's Record of the Week brings us to Thunder Bay, Michigan.
Eastern States
The Day The Music Died

The Day the Music Died

This Record of the Week recounts the days leading up to "The Day the Music Died." In the winter of 1959 Buddy Holly, Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and Frankie Sardo se
National Office
BLM shipping coordinator coordinates transportation of wild horses and burros

Labor of Logistics: Coordinating safe transportation for wild horses and burros across the United States

For those animals that leave the range, Meredith Kueck guides the complex process of moving them around the country, to reach new owners. She handles the logistics of animal shipping, planning routes to minimize stress on the animals and making more efficient use of taxpayers’ money.
National Office
Amanda Gearhart demonstrates soil compaction and walter infiltration

Wild Horse Walkabouts; Field course teaches basics of rangeland science

Amanda Gearhart is the wild horse and burro specialist for BLM’s Northern California District. She holds a doctorate in range science and shares her passion for rangeland management with all she meets.
Eastern States
Seattle Washington

Seattle, Washington

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey plat that displays Seattle, Washington.
National Office
Penny the Burro

My Wild Burro Story: The Many Expressions of Penny

Adam Eggers who works in the Media Services Branch for BLM's National Training Center in Arizona shares his love of their adopted burro "Penny" and her many expressions.