Our Stories

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.

Subscribe to Blogs
Montana-Dakotas

New species of unusual dinosaur found in Montana

Story by: Greg Liggett, Geologist (Paleontologist), Montana/Dakotas State Office
Eastern States
Turkeytown, Alabama

Turkeytown, Alabama

This week's story map brings us to Turkeytown, Alabama, and features a survey plat approved April 20, 1840.
National Office, Alaska
A replica cannon and sign greet visitors to Fort Egbert.

Historic Fort Egbert: Encounter Alaska's Frontier Past at the End of the Road

Muleskinners, trappers, doctors, woodcutters, wireless operators, and Army officers charged with maintaining order on the wild and woolly frontier – at the dawn of the 20th century, Fort Egbert had all that and more. Learn about this fascinating chapter in Alaska history by visiting the restored fort buildings in the picturesque Yukon River town of Eagle at the end of the Taylor Highway.
Craig McCaa
Eastern States, Oregon-Washington
The Flight of the Nez Perce

The Flight of the Nez Perce

This week's story map features the Nez Perce War of 1877. This was an armed conflict between the US Army and the several bands of the Nez Perce or Nimiipuu Tribe of Native Americans.
Eastern States
Cy Young

Cy Young

This week, the General Land Office is showcasing a record that relates back to none other than Denton True "Cy" Young. Join us as we take a look at the legacy Cy Young left behind.
Alaska
Map compass over a field

Podcast: BLM Alaska Public Room Shedding Light on the Process

BLM Alaska public rooms help folks with all sorts of public-lands related stuff. Right now, they're helping a lot of Alaska Native veterans with land allotments
James Hart
Idaho Falls DO

BLM Idaho works to conserve Whitebark Pine trees

This story has been updated to reflect USFWS final action on proposed listing under the Endangered Species Act (December 14, 2022).
Albuquerque DO

Fort Craig, New Mexico and the Battle of Valverde

Story by Michael Merritt, Archaeologist. Photos by Brenda Wilkinson, Archaeologist, and Matthew Brady.
Eastern States
Susanna M. Salter

Susanna M. Salter

As Women's History Month draws to a close, this week we will visit Argonia, Kansas, to learn about the first female mayor in U.S. History, Susanna M. Salter.
Montana-Dakotas
A young girl sits on the side of a creek, smiling at the camera, and holding a small fish in her hand. Text says Miles City hosts Hutton Scholar.

Miles City Field Office Hosts Hutton Scholar

By Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program
National Office

Discover a remnant of a nearly lost coastal dune ecosystem at Ma-le’l Dunes