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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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National Office
Horses eating hay

Infectious respiratory disease in wild horses and burros and how BLM responds to it

Although wild horses and burros are hardy and resilient creatures, they are susceptible to respiratory diseases just like their domestic cousins.
Arizona, Gila DO
Two bats in flight at night, one with its nose in a flower

BLM promotes agave restoration to support bat conservation within Las Cienegas NCA

Story by Keith Hughes, Wildlife Biologist. Photos courtesy of Bat Conservation International.
Albuquerque DO, Rio Puerco FO

Restoration and resilience on BLM-managed lands in New Mexico

Story and photos by Jackie Leyba, Outdoor Recreation Planner
Las Cruces DO

Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District announces photo contest

Eastern States
Vulture City, Arizona

Vulture City, Arizona

This week, the team travels to Vulture City, Arizona, a uniquely preserved Western ghost town.
Montana-Dakotas, Missoula FO
Snowy ground in a wooded area. Cloudy sky. Lots of trees.

Missoula BLM adds nearly 5k acres in the Blackfoot Watershed

Alaska
A shipping container with a trapezoid sign that reads "Bureau of Land Management Alaska Kaktovik Air Quality Monitoring Station."

New air quality monitoring station provides clear data in Arctic

A new Air Quality and Weather Monitoring (AQM) Station funded and maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has revealed pristine air quality in the remote Arctic
Melinda Bolton
National Office
Horses grazing on a hill.

How IUDs can help wild horses

As the Bureau of Land Management carries out its mission to manage and protect wild horses and burros on public lands, we’re trying to develop and use a variety of humane fertility control methods that can slow herd growth and reduce the need to gather excess animals and find them good homes.
Las Cruces DO
One of the more than 21,000 glyphs of birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants, as well as numerous geometric and abstract designs, are scattered over 50 acres of New Mexico's northern Chihuahuan Desert at the Three Rivers Petroglyph National Monument site.

Las Cruces District staff lead tour of Three Rivers Petroglyph Site

Story and photos by William Wight, BLM Las Cruces District Office Public Affairs Specialist.
Las Cruces DO
Jack Barnitz looking down at a device he is holding in the woods

BLM New Mexico employee Jack Barnitz receives Linda Seibert Career Achievement Award

Jack Barnitz, a retired Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist at the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico Las Cruces District Office, has been selected as a recipient of the Linda Seibert Career
Alaska
Illustration of man standing in front of forest and animals

Podcast: Not your usual permits

Alaska has some unique permits, and some unusual ones as well.
James Hart