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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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Colorado

Story Map Time: Fuels Treatments in Colorado

Story by Brittany Sprout, Public Affairs Specialist
National Office
Cover of the printed publication of FLPMA, featuring various images of multiple use on public lands.

Since its passage in 1976, FLPMA has helped the BLM meet the moment

By Derrick Henry, Public Affairs Specialist
Eastern States
Lyda Burton Conley

Indigenous Peoples' Day Featuring Eliza "Lyda" Burton Conley

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, this week's record travels to Kansas City and features Wyandotte Tribe of Kansas member, Lyda Burton Conley!
Arizona
Moki Helitack Helicopter on helispot on the Arizona Strip.

Arizona Strip District's Moki Helitack Season 2022 in Review

As the peak wildfire season has started to wane in Arizona and in portions of the western United States, we look back at Moki Helitack’s 2022 season.
National Office
Poster for the Junior Ranger Mission app

Celebrate National Fossil Day with the BLM Junior Ranger Missions!

National Fossil Day is an annual celebration held to highlight the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations. This year, National Fossil Day occurs on October 12, 2022. The Bureau of Land Management invites you to share in the celebration and explore paleontology on your public lands in a whole new way. 
Cory Roberts
Oregon-Washington, Northwest Oregon
A log suspended from a helicopter.

BLM Oregon and partners restore fisheries habitat in the Upper Sandy River Basin

BLM Northwest Oregon District employees and BLM partners recently restored over three miles of floodplain and instream salmon and steelhead habitat in the Upper Sandy River Basin.
NOC
Lotic AIM data collection crew standing in a stream during Utah training.

Local BLM trainers contribute to another successful Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring training season

Story by Melissa Dickard, AIM Section Chief (NOC); and Emily Kachergis, National AIM Program Lead. Photos by AIM NOC trainers.
Eastern States
Grand Portage National Monument

Grand Portage National Monument

This week's GLO Record features a survey plat that depicts Grand Portage National Monument!
North Central DO
A group of seven people, standing, facing each other, conversing; short-grass prairie landscape with golden, late-season grasses; expansive, low-elevation hills in the background; partly cloudy sky.

Getting to Know You – New State Director prioritizes people

Story by Gina Baltrusch, Public Affairs Officer, North Central Montana District
Arcata FO
Salmon swimming in a river.

BLM and Partners Complete Lower Mattole River and Estuary Restoration Effort

By Zane Ruddy, Fish Biologist, Arcata Field Office
Colorado
Three people standing over burned grass.

BLM Instructs Interagency Fire Investigation Training

By Brittany Sprout, Public Affairs Specialist