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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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Colorado, Northwest DO
A dirt path along vegetation.

Fuels reductions in northwest Colorado – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds are protecting public lands

If you find yourself in northwest Colorado, you may come across some of BLM’s most popular wild horse herds, world-class recreation opportunities, and public lands as far as the eye can see. While these public lands are beautiful, they are also susceptible to catastrophic wildfires due to several years of drought, overpopulation from wild horses, and impacts from climate change.
Arizona, Arizona Strip DO
Yevingkarere Camp Elders teach Paiute youth traditional skills in a forested area.

Paiute Tribal youth learn traditional skills, natural resource sciences from Tribal elders, BLM and partners

The immersive Yevingkarere camp, meaning “Ponderosa Pine Sitting,” was created in 2007.
Utah
A person planting a tree in the ground.

Restoration at Wuda Ogwa: A time of healing

On the crisp fall morning of November 4, 2023, roughly 400 volunteers gathered at a site of atrocious bloodshed with a coll
Alaska, Anchorage DO
School students huddle around a tray filled with water, sand, and pebbles looking for aquatic insects during a watershed study. BLM photo, A. Runde

ANSEP Middle School Academy Career Exploration Program connects more than future scientists

We sat huddled around my cell phone watching a YouTube video along a lake near the University of Alaska campus in Anchorage
Arizona, Colorado River DO
Colorado River District Law Enforcement

Colorado River District represents BLM at Special Olympics Arizona’s Law Enforcement Torch Run

With unwavering grit, the BLM Arizona team pulled an 18,000-pound Bearcat vehicle for an incredible first-place win.  
Central California DO
Sunset over rolling, green hills

Nothing to “baa” about: BLM California and partners use BIL investments to reduce wildfire hazards at Fort Ord National Monument

Arizona, Arizona Strip DO
Wildland firefighters use drip torches to target surface fuels on the ranger-prescribed fire unit.

BLM Arizona Strip District conducts Uinkaret Mountain Landscape Restoration Project using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act funds

The project contains approximately 128,500 acres of public lands located in the Bureau of Land Management's Grand Canyon – Parashant National Monument and within the jurisdiction of the BLM Arizona Strip Field Office.
Alaska Fire Service
Man cutting ends of brush and tree limbs in debris pile with chainsaw.

Creating wildfire-resilient Alaska communities

Collaboration between federal agencies, rural communities, Alaska Native organizations and Tribes in an expanding hazardous fuels mitigation program.
California, California Desert DO
A scorpion glows iridescent green under UV light. Photo by Michelle Puckett/BLM.

BLM Palm Springs – South Coast Field Office hosts local Scary Desert Creatures event

To help educate the public about California’s native desert animals as well as provide summer safety tips, BLM Palms Springs – South Coast Field Office Interpretative Spe
National Office
Rider on brown horse, touching the horse's neck

From failed meet cute to forever; A life changing journey to Mustang Mania

If you met Kylie Rhodes (now Rice) a little over two years ago she would have told you she had it figured out.
Monticello FO
Students collect water samples along the San Juan River in Utah.

Students from four high schools in the San Juan School district compete and learn at Natural Resources Field Day