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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.
National Office
Close-up of Rockface outdoors

During Native American Heritage Month, a reminder of the power of Indigenous knowledge

By Derrick Henry, Public Affairs Specialist
Western Montana DO, Missoula FO
Blue Camas flowers. "Missoula FO and CSKT enhance camas in the Blackfoot Valley

Missoula Field Office BLM and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes use Reserved Treaty Rights Lands Program funds to enhance camas in the Blackfoot Valley

Story by Jennifer McNew, Range Technician and Michael Albritton, Fuels Specialist
Utah

Foundations of the Past, Present and Future: River House Stabilization Project

For Native American Heritage Month, we are highlighting a preservation project completed this year within Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah.
Javonne Goodman
Arizona
Arizona Project Archaeology Team: Nicole Armstrong-Best, Jeri Meeks, Brooke Wheeler, Jenny Works

Arizona Project Archaeology wins Arizona Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Award

Arizona Project Archaeology, an affiliate of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Project Archaeology program, was awarded the 2021 Arizona Governor’s Heritage Preser
Arizona, Gila DO
looking across at a rocky area with many green trees dotting the hillsides

BLM Arizona completes important land acquisition

Story and photos by June Lowery, Public Affairs Officer
Eastern States
South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota

This week's GLO Record features a survey plat displaying Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City, named for the limestone spring stream that passes through it, was founded in 1876 by a group of d
National Office

Q&A: Research lead shares his take on BLM’s new Wild Horse and Burro Strategic Research Plan

Arizona
2019 Junior faculty members visiting Washington D.C. for the first time.

BLM participates in Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress

Story and photos by Brooke Wheeler, Management and Program Analyst
Farmington DO
The New Mexico Atencio-Teter acquisition property.

Bureau of Land Management acquires additional lands within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument

Alaska Fire Service
Illustration with firetruck and flames

Podcast: What’s behind the fiery point of the spear

Firefighters are tough, but they need support.
James Hart