Our Stories

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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Alaska
Worker gathering seed pods in a field.

Alaska seeds for Alaska needs

He sees forbs and sedges where most would see broad-leaf and grassy, flowering weeds.
James Hart
California, Northern California DO

BLM Redding Prepares for Wildland Fire

Wildland fires have always been a natural component of California's landscape. Fire is crucially important for many ecosystem processes and overall forest health.
Eastern States
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E.H Dyer

This week we celebrate national surveyors week, we present our Record of the Week about E.H. Dyer, Deputy Surveyor and founder of the sugar beet industry!
Montana-Dakotas

It’s settled! Jane was a juvenile, not another species

Story by Greg Liggett, Montana State Paleontologist
Eastern States
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BLM exhibits at RootsTech2020

Ancestors from across the world leave behind valuables to their family. Some family members agree that just having the knowledge of who the ancestors were make them feel completely unique.
Utah, Green River DO

Happy anniversary to the Dingell Act!

Exactly one year ago, the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Rachel Wootton
Eastern States
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The Pandemic of 1918

The Pandemic of 1918 would go on to take more lives than WWI, or any other disease in human history, with some estimates now placing the toll anywhere between 50 and 100 million people.
Eastern States
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What a BLM intern can bring to the job

On a cold November night, Sabrina Farmer surveyed the crowd that had gathered in the multi-purpose room of the BLM Campbell Creek Science Center.    
Montana-Dakotas

Butte FO collaborates to convert root wads to fish habitat

Story by Michael O’Brien, Forester, Butte Field Office
Montana-Dakotas

BLM County Assistance work pays dividends in South Dakota

Story by Lawrence County Community Assistance Program
Eastern States
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John Martin Receives the First Land Patent Ever Issued

This week's General Land Office "Record of the Week" takes you to the first surveyed state of Ohio, where the first land patent was issued.