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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
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Historical Park

This week, we visit Cumberland, Maryland to take a look at a newer Cadastral Survey, completed in 2002. The C&O Canal was completed in 1850 and became a National Historical Park in 1971.
National Office
Two kayakers view the Rogue River from its bank

Wild, Scenic, Recreational and Accessible

By Heather Feeney, Public Affairs Specialist 
National Office
Horse pack string.

Nicole and her Mustang in the Great Outdoors

Nicole Melton knows what a good horse is worth. As a third-generation hunting guide with her family-owned Bighorn Outfitters, she uses horses and mules on a daily basis to transport hunters, fishers and adventure-seeking pack trips through the awe-inspiring ruggedness that is Idaho’s River of No Return Wilderness.  
Dillon FO
Workers assembling a rock structure with a mountain in the background.

Dillon Field Office improves wet and mesic meadow areas in priority sage-grouse habitat

Story by Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program. Photos by BLM.
Eastern States
Sea Lion Caves

Sea Lion Caves

The General Land Office Record of the Week for December 5, 2021, invites you to learn about Sea Lion Caves, the largest sea caves in the United States.
National Office
Girl and horse.

For the love of a Challis wild horse

Welcome to the home of Katelynn Keller, wild mustang adopter and happy participant of the Adoption Incentive Program offered by the BLM.  
National Office, Eastern States
Rider on a freeze-marked horse.

Mustangs in the U.S. Army

Did you know that the U.S. Army still utilizes horse detachments for service today? While there is a long history of cavalry use in the U.S. Army, most cavalry units were disbanded after 1939. It was in the 1960s that the modern Army began re-establishing horse detachments, using animals for ceremonial traditions, parades, and training missions. 
Eastern States
Charles Mason

Charles Mason

This Record of the Week features Charles Mason, who served as Chief Justice of the Iowa Territorial Supreme Court from 1838 and as the first Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court until he resign
Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
Firefighters on line

BLM innovates rural Alaska wildland firefighting and keeps traditions alive

Type 2 BLM contract crews, Alaska style.
Beth Ipsen
Utah, Canyon Country DO
An aerial view of the Mule Canyon site with vehicles in the loop, the trail to the site and the close proximity to the road are shown. Vegetation is spread out on the landscape.

Explore Bears Ears National Monument with 3D guided tours of the Mule Canyon Village and House on Fire

Rachel Wootton, Javonne Goodman
Eastern States
Mountains in Utah

Wahsatch, Utah

This week's Record comes to us from Summit County, Utah. This survey plat of Township 5 North Range 7 East of the Salt Lake Meridian was approved by Surveyor General Courtland C.