Our Stories

This July 2018, thirteen 4th grade girls from Sunrise Elementary School in Las Cruces, New Mexico participated in an Every Kid in the Park summer day camp.

Alden Shallcross, Program lead for Soil, Water, Air and Riparian, Montana/Dakotas State Office

Carmela Romerio, Rangeland Management Specialist, Montana/Dakotas State OfficeWhat Are Aquatic Invasive Species?

David Abrams, Public Affairs Specialist, Western Montana District

Story by David Abrams, Public Affairs Specialist, Western Montana District Photos by BLM staff

Story by Thomas Probert, Hydrologist, Glasgow Field Office; and Abby Hall, Range Technician, Havre Field Office

John Reffit, Monument ManagerAll photos credit Sheldon Begay, PPNM Intern (Salish Kootenai College)

Story by Jennifer Macy, Archaeologist, Billings Field OfficePhotos by Laurel Owen, Archaeology Technician, Billings Field Office

By the late 1800s cattle prices were at record highs as Americans demanded more beef. Even though the cattle business was in the Best of Times, Nature was beginning to see the Worst of Times as unmanaged and overstocked Montana public rangelands were all too common.

Story and photos by Floyd Thompson, Rangeland Management Specialist, Montana/Dakotas State Office

In June of 2008, Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security Special Agents initiated an investigation into the alleged unauthorized commercial use of BLM lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.  A lengthy and complex investigation resulted in the identification of two suspects involved in a conspiracy to steal archeological and paleontological resources as a part of an illegal outfitting and guiding operation.