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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

BLM Colorado Celebrates Women's History Month

To celebrate Women's History Month, we are highlighting women in leadership who work for BLM Colorado.
National Office
A Ponderosa pine seedling next to a tree.

The Arbor Day Foundation will use its vast network of donors to help BLM reforest federally-managed lands

Story by Richard Packer, BLM Communications
National Office
Horse and adopter in arena.

Dispatch from the field: getting hooked on mustangs!

Amy Dumas, wild horse and burro specialist and program lead in California, shares her story of how an adopter became hooked on mustangs. 
Eastern States
May's Island

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

This week's Record of the Week story map features the second-largest city in Iowa, Cedar Rapids.
Alaska Fire Service
Illustration of firefighters walking

Podcast: Hot Jobs, North Star Crew is Hiring

Hot jobs! Alaska Fire Service needs you, apply by April 1 to get in on the 2022 fire season.
James Hart
Utah, Canyon Country DO
A sign with text an image in front of a canyon, partially in the sun. The Sign reads Grandstaff Trail.

Black History Month: William Grandstaff – Early Moab Rancher and Settler

Rachel Wootton
Eastern States
Marble Monument

Marble Monument

This week's General Land Office record is a survey plat that shows the "marble boundary monument" between the United States and Mexico.
National Office

According to plan: Habitat conservation, multiple use & sustained yield

by Heather Feeney, Public Affairs Specialist  Photos courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
National Office, Wyoming
Historical photo of a black cowboy

Black History Month: Black Cowboys on the American Frontier

In honor of Black History Month, employees from the Bureau of Land Management recently tuned in a presentation about “Black Cowboys on the American Frontier.”
Azure Hall
New Mexico, Las Cruces DO
Las Cruces District Force Account crews layout and install articulating mats.

BLM Las Cruces District Completes Road Projects

National Office
A wild horse is brought through a chute at a gather.

Numbers don’t lie: how the BLM safely gathers thousands of wild horses and burros every year

As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s commitment to the health and safety of the wild horses and burros under our management, agency personnel and contractors take extra caution when handling animals, including during helicopter-assisted gather operations. The proof can be found by just looking at the numbers.