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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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California

BLM mourns passing of retired K-9 Officer Hoost, Badge K914

Belgian Malinois K-9 Officer Hoost protected America’s public lands alongside Field Staff Ranger Chris Rice for eight years before retiring in 2018 to a life of chasing balls and belly rubs as a treasured member of the Rice family. He died at 11 years old.
Colorado
Woman on horse in an arena with a flag.

Wild horse event promotes locally gathered horses

More than 600 people packed the stands at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds on a pleasant, western Colorado September evening, eagerly awaiting word.
Colorado

BLM botanist contributes years of data on tiny plant

The only place in the world to find the skiff milkvetch is in southwest Colorado, on about 310 acres of mostly public lands managed by the BLM in Gunnison and Saguache counties.
Alaska Fire Service, Alaska
Firefighter Adam Kohley standing next to a training support truck

Feeding the fireys

They may have a few differences in cultures, fir
Utah

Fossils from BLM lands help confirm a new species of Allosaur

On Friday, January 24, the BLM participated in the Natural History Museum of Utah's unveiling of Allosaurus jimmadseni, a new species of Allosaur.
Rachel Wootton
Eastern States
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Deadwood, South Dakota

The General Land Offic
Alaska
ALASKA NATIVE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS LAND ALLOTMENT Timeline

Bureau of Indian Affairs receives list of 7 million Vietnam-era veterans this week for 2019 land allotment program

Progress moved a step closer this week toward fulfilling last year’s law to issue land allotments to eligible Alaska N
Alaska, Alaska Fire Service

Ice, fire, back to ice

After a month helping firefighting efforts in Australia, BLM Alaska Fire Service Associate Manager Kyle Cowan left the 112-degree weather in Sydney, and returned on to 33-below-zero temperatures in
Beth Ipsen
Montana-Dakotas

Butte Range Program stretches range improvement funds through Cooperative Agreements

Story and photos by Carmela Romerio, Rangeland Management Specialist, Butte Field Office
Eastern States

BLM GLO Team’s story maps bring land records to life

Since February 2018, the BLM Eastern States General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation Branch has published online weekly a "General Land Office Record of the Week" story map.
Eastern States
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The Donner Party

Join the GLO team this week as they t