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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National Office
A wild horse with a freeze mark and halter.

My Wild Horse Story: Annelyse and Shania

I grew up in the Northeast and never had a horse of my own but took lessons once a week and got around horses any chance I got. As I got a little older, I learned about the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program and realized my dream of having a wild horse could really happen! 
Eastern States
Fort Morgan

The Small Tracts Act of 1938

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week!
Grand Junction FO

Wild horses find good homes at Grand Junction adoption event

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Idaho
A plant with bright purple flowers in a grassy field

Rare plant species is recovering on BLM-managed land in Idaho’s Salmon River Canyon

Story by Anne Halford, BLM Idaho State Botanist. Photos by Anne Halford and Hannah Lou Cain, BLM Idaho Public Affairs Specialist.
National Office
Horse and woman getting mail.

My Wild Horse Story: How Lois Helped Save the Mustang Jolene Bean

This story is courtesy of Lois Fritz, New Freedom Farm and Shawn Farnsworth, BLM Wild Horse and Burro Specialist
Royal Gorge FO
A group of students looking out at the scenic Colorado landscape with mountains in the distance.

Greening STEM gets middle and high school students involved in fire ecology

Story by Nikki Grant-Hoffman, education specialist. Photos courtesy of the Greater Arkansas River Nature Association.
National Office

Expanding connectivity, safeguarding infrastructure

Story by Heather Feeney, Public Affairs Specialist   Photos by BLM-California 
Eastern States
Goblin Valley State Park

Goblin Valley State Park

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! Spooky Season may be over, but we're still celebrating by traveling to Goblin Valley State Park!
Color Country DO
Five individuals smiling standing in front of a fire truck that has just been transferred to the Parowan Fire Department.

Rural Fire Readiness: Parowan Fire Department Fire Engine Transfer

Rachel Wootton
Arizona, Gila DO
Person wearing suspenders and a ball cap standing next to an interpretive panel

BLM Arizona and partner unveil interpretive display during NPLD celebration

BLM Arizona celebrated National Public Lands Day at the Waterman Restoration Site located on the Ironwood Forest National Monument with partners Arizona Native Plant Society and the Arizona Sierra Club, and more than 50 members of the public. 
Northeastern States DO
BLM partners with Wilderness Inquiry to bring outdoor classrooms back to Milwaukee

BLM partners with Wilderness Inquiry to bring outdoor classrooms back to Milwaukee

From Aug. 15-18, BLM Eastern States Northeastern States District staff participated in Wilderness Inquiry’s Canoemobile event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.