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
The foot of the Mendenhall Glacier at Mendenhall Lake in summer

Challenge & Opportunity: 1952 and 2022

by Heather Feeney, BLM Public Affairs

Small fossilized dinosaur egg.

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument continues to demonstrate its scientific significance: Research published on tiny dinosaur eggs found in Kaiparowits Formation

Imagine, for a moment, scorching heat, sand, and wind whipping across the desert

Wildland fire trainee exchange lends hand to global firefighting efforts 

A firefighter holding a hose next to a wildfire.

BLM honors Juneteenth holiday with a fee-free day

Story by Diane Priebe, Acting National Recreation Fee Program Assistant Manager, and KC Craven, Outdoor Recreation Planner.

Wildland Firefighters Tune Up & Polish Skills in Fire Engine Operator Training Workshop

In partnership with the Unified Fire Authority and Utah National Guard, firefighters attended the interagency fire engine operator training workshop on May 25.

Javonne Goodman
BLM ranger on a sand dune at sunset.

Better Together: BLM and California State Parks continue strong partnership on law enforcement  

Ranger Tammy and Kolbie the California Kingsnake visit all the classes participating in the program. Students learn why we don't take animals from the wild, not to release pets into the wild, and that we don't have to kill animals that we are afraid of. 

Nurturing Young Minds Through Education and Conservation 

By Philip Oviatt, Central California District Public Affairs Officer 

BLM Colorado Partnerships and Restoration Landscapes

BLM Director Tracy Stone Manning recently visited North Park near Walden, CO and the Blanca Wetlands near Alamosa, CO to learn more about successful partnerships. 

 

During wet springs, the normally dry Carrizo Plain comes alive with a profusion of indescribable wildflower displays. The National Monument conserves the largest array of T&E wildlife in CA and is a great example of a BLM-State and NGO (Nature Conservancy) partnership. (Photo by Bob Wick)

BLM CA Biologists Make Impact at Natural Communities Conference

By Philip Oviatt, Central California Public Affairs Officer 

Flowers of different colors in the dunes.

Dunes Landmark Dedication

Wetlands and mountain peaks in the San Luis Valley, Colorado

Inflation Reduction Act will fund Landscape Restoration

by Heather Feeney, Public Affairs Specialist