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.

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Mare running in a pen.

Life during COVID-19 (and normal weekends!) at Ridgecrest Corrals

One day JJ Nolan, a wrangler at Ridgecrest Regional Corrals, was doing a routine check of the facility...When driving down the alley, he noticed a horse that did not “look right.”
Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM Utah's Bonneville Hotshots join BLM Arizona to proactively protect communities and respond to wildfires in Arizona

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Horses with riders on the range.

My Wild Horse Story: Becky and Miata

I am just the average person who loves her horses. I do not consider myself a trainer because I am always learning. I started working with mustangs in 1998 when I got my first 9-month-old from Idaho’s Challis herd management area.
Utah
natural pool of water on rocks

BLM protects Muddy Creek and Sinbad herds by allowing them to seek water and forage naturally

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is protecting the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) wild horses and the Sinbad HMA burros from harm by removing unauthorized water troughs on BLM lands.
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Douglas Point

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
Alaska

Public map app boasts new functions, regular updates & mobility

More robust tools with a familiar look and feel give public more power than ever to chart their own course.
Eric Tausch
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Horses with riders in a parade.

My Wild Horse Story: Doris and China Boots

As a youngster growing up, I rode donkeys, ponies, and horses. I went away to college and my father kept the horse my sister and had shared. She was an amazing horse, believed to be a Morgan/mustang cross. An awesome line back dun with a black mane, tail and legs. More than 25 years would pass before I have horses again.
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Collared Lizard

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
Alaska, Fairbanks DO
View of outside through open cabin door

What to expect as BLM Alaska’s recreation season goes full swing

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska’s recreation team is proving to be nimble as it rides the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Coordinated planning efforts have turned out some expectations for both staff and the public this summer. 
Melinda Bolton
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Woman with burro in field of flowers.

My Wild Burro Story: Caitlin and Radar

Radar is my first wild animal, and my first donkey! Training him was a definite change of pace from the horses I am used to!
Oregon-Washington, Lakeview DO
Every day is Memorial Day on Burma Rim

Every day is Memorial Day on Burma Rim

Like Burma Rim itself, the U.S. Navy’s Attack Squadron 128—known as VA-128—was also forged in fire. On Burma Rim, every day is Memorial Day.
Greg Shine