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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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Alaska
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The fat tire bike – the right tool for the job!

With their extra-wide, knobby tires that can float over almost any terrain, fat-tire bikes have exploded in popularity in Anchorage and all over Alaska during the past decade. 
Maureen Clark
Alaska

Alaska Resource Advisory Council testimonials

Previous Resource Advisory Council (RAC) members describe their experience serving. The RAC is made up of 15 Alaskans from diverse backgrounds and interests.
Melinda Bolton
Eastern States

Mikayla Loucks inspires youth in BLM California Redding Field Office

Mikayla Loucks is a Biological Technician Trainee at the Bureau of Land Management California Redding Field Office.  She is currently in college studying fire ecology and land resources manage
Eastern States
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BLM-ES GLO team joins Esri FedGIS Conference

The BLM-Eastern States General Land Office (GLO) team members exhibited at the Esri Federal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Conference at Walter E.
Eastern States
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Selma, Alabama

The General Land Office is proud to celebrate Black History Month.
Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
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Cold Winter Cache

Last summer, more than 606 miles of hose was used on fires throughout Alaska. That’s more than the distance between Fairbanks and Homer (580 miles) or Grand Junction and Las Vegas (507 miles).
Beth Ipsen
Eastern States
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Omaha, Nebraska

This weeks General Land Office, Record of the Week, covers Omaha, Nebraska and the first Deputy Surveyor in the Nebraska territory, William Newton Byers!
Montana-Dakotas

A new twist on Environmental Education

Story by Jaime Tompkins, Outdoor Recreation Planner (NLCS), Montana/Dakotas State Office
Northeastern States DO
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Northeastern States District attends GIS Day Event  

The BLM Northeastern States District recently staffed an exhibit at Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Eastern States
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The Legend of Jeremiah Johnson

This week the General Land Office Records of the Week bring you another fascinating story from there collection, a land patent issued to the storied homesteader known as Jeremiah Johnson.
Eastern States
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

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