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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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Eastern States
Salem Oregon

Salem, Oregon

This week the General Land Office is visiting Salem, the capital of Oregon. Salem is located about 45 miles south of Portland, alongside the Willamette River.
National Office

More than the numbers: Evaluating progress for sage-grouse conservation

by Heather Feeney, Public Affairs Specialist  Photos courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
National Office
A woman walking with a horse.

Adoption Incentive Program begins its third year with important changes to the program

Recently, the BLM implemented changes to the AIP to enhance existing protections for adopted wild horses and burros.
Colorado

BLM Colorado COVID-19 Updates

Please follow recommendations from the CDC and your state and local health authorities before visiting your public lands to best protect yourself, BLM employees and our volunteers.
Oregon-Washington, Medford DO
The cabin in 2016, the day it was officially added to the National Register of Historic Places.

On This Day in 1872, western novelist Zane Grey was born!

Grey’s prose drew visitors by the thousands, and helped make the Rogue River a premiere destination for world class steelhead fishing, recreation, and wildlife viewing.
Jeanne Panfely
Alaska
Graphic illustration of a flint arrow head.

Podcast: Some Points About Archaeology

Let's imagine you're on a hike and you come across an old stone arrowhead, an old tin can, or some other type of artifact. What should you do? Why?
James Hart
Utah

New Year, New Adventures in Utah!

Did your New Year’s resolution include more adventures outdoors? We will be spotlighting some great locations across Utah for you to explore on your next outdoor adventure!
Javonne Goodman
Montana-Dakotas
Rock formation overlooking the plains. Text reads First Peoples Buffalo Jump artifacts come to Billings Curation Center

First Peoples Buffalo Jump artifacts come to the Billings Curation Center

Story by David K. Wade, Museum Curator, Montana/Dakotas State Office 
Eastern States
Aztec Ruins National Monument

Aztec Ruins National Monument

On January 24, 1923, the Aztec Ruins National Monument was established in San Juan County in northwest New Mexico.
National Office
Outgoing President of the Public Lands Foundation Ed Shepard, BLM Director Stone-Manning, Public Lands Foundation President Mary Jo Rugwell, Public Lands Executive Director Courtney Lyons-Garcia

BLM Renews Longstanding Partnership with the Public Lands Foundation

The Bureau of Land Management reaffirmed its longstanding partnership with the Public Lands Foundation, as BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding with the gro
Canyon Country DO

Prescribed burns help promote healthy public lands in Canyon Country

Rachel Wootton