Three hikers walking past the sandstone wall riddled with holes in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

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National Office
A man is standing in a river holding a large fish and smiling. Next to him is a blue bucket.

The BLM announces their 2023 Conservation Award winners

Story and photos by Daryl Ratajczak, Wildlife Biologist, HQ 230
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California, California Desert DO
Bats fly out of a gray rock cave entrance. The bat in the foreground is highlighted, with its wings spread and prominent, long ears sticking up

Music to our ears…if only we could hear it!

Music to our ears…if only we could hear it! Recording bat calls to mitigate impacts to bat species in El Centro Field Office
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Arizona, Gila DO, Tucson FO, Safford FO
Two hikers with stand in a rocky desert landscape with cacti and mountains in the background

Gila District volunteers provide valuable service

Between 2017 and 2022, volunteers on the Gila District have donated 218,625 hours, saving the Bureau of Land Management $6,547,819‬ in labor costs.
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Eastern States
Worland, Wyoming

Worland, Wyoming

This week, the General Land Office features a survey plat that depicts Worland, Wyoming. Worland is located on the Big Horn River, a tributary of the Yellowstone River.
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Alaska
A wood bison stands in a snowy landscape

Alaska Wood Bison Restoration project poised to build on decades of effort

Support alone wouldn’t return the wood bison to Alaska, the need to weave local knowledge with western science and several partners was required.
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Eastern States
Carmel, Indiana

Carmel, Indiana

This week the GLO is visiting Carmel, Indiana.
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Utah

Flood Safety: Keeping Yourself Safe This Spring

Utah is experiencing record-breaking snowpack levels this year!
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National Office
A woman leading a horse.

Wild horse and burro adoptions remain important programs for the BLM

By Derrick Henry, Public Affairs Specialist
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Arizona
Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, standing at a lectern with a small banner hanging from it which says the Corps Network

The Corps Network – providing opportunities for young adults and veterans to make a difference

The Corps Network, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, provides young adults and veterans with the opportunity to serve through projects on public lands and in rural and urban communities.
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California, Central California DO, Mother Lode FO
National River Management Award presented to BLM's David Greenwood

National River Management Award presented to BLM's David Greenwood

David Greenwood, Outdoor Recreation Planner for the Mother Lode Field Office, was recognized by the River Management Society in San Antonio, Texas at the first in-person national River Management S
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National Office
Guadalupe Ruiz leads an all-women wildland fire crew back to their training center in Yosemite National Park.

The BLM’s 1971 all-women wildland firefighting crew

The below story is part of a Women's History Month series, which tells the stories of some of the women who have helped shape the Bureau of Land Management's mission, vision and values for more
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