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National Office
Horses in a trap

Bait-trapping to keep wild horse and burro herds healthy

One of the ways the BLM manages this fast-paced herd growth is through bait-trap gathers. These types of gathers normally consist of setting up one or more pens on public lands and baiting horses or burros to enter the pen with food, water or some other treat, such as salt.
White River FO

BLM Colorado, White River Field Office partners with Meeker Mustang Makeover

Elko DO

Creating miracles in the Nevada desert: Restoring Dixie Creek

Story by Headquarters Public Affairs. Photos courtesy of Carol Evans, Retired BLM Fisheries Biologist; Intermountain West Joint Venture; and Little Wild Productions.
San Luis Valley FO
View of Shaw Reservoir with a hill in the background.

BLM works with partners to acquire Shaw Reservoir water rights and storage space

Story by Maribeth Pecotte, Public Affairs Specialist. Photos by Roy Smith, Water Rights Specialist.
Alaska
Excited children run through the snow down the trail during a program at the Campbell Creek Science Center.

Campbell Creek Science Center: 25-years strong thanks to Friends and curious minds

The BLM Campbell Creek Science Center is the perfect outdoor classroom, where learning and science come to life.
Scott Claggett
National Office
Clear night sky reveals the Milky Way

Let photography light your imagination during International Dark Sky Week

By: Derrick Henry, HQ Public Affairs Specialist
Alaska
Woman standing in stream

Feds, State share data AIMing to save resources

Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring protocols standardize data across agencies
James Hart
National Office
Three horses in a field

Living in Nirvana

Looking around the beautiful ranches these herds now called home was stirring. In the native habitat where wild horses live near us the predominant foliage is sagebrush...[but] the horses that have been relocated to off-range pastures were truly living in nirvana, with thick grass, plentiful water, and readily available natural shelter in abundance. 
California Desert DO, Central California DO
A woman petting a small rodent next to a man.

One hop closer to recovery for the Stephens’ kangaroo rat

Story by Kate Miyamoto, Public Affairs Specialist, California Desert District. Photos by Stephen Laymon, BLM; and James Gannon, BLM.
National Office
Man looking at corral.

Checking in on SHANGRI-LA

Preston assesses horses in the holding pastures to assign a score measuring their body condition, identifying them by their color, markings, and the identification number they carry on their hip, experience that he gained on the job under the supervision of the veteran PIs who trained him.
Eastern States
Horseshoe Bend

Glen Canyon Horseshoe Bend

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! This week, the General Land Office team travels to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.