Three hikers walking past the sandstone wall riddled with holes in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

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Eastern States
Sea Lion Caves

Sea Lion Caves

The General Land Office Record of the Week for December 5, 2021, invites you to learn about Sea Lion Caves, the largest sea caves in the United States.
National Office
Girl and horse.

For the love of a Challis wild horse

Welcome to the home of Katelynn Keller, wild mustang adopter and happy participant of the Adoption Incentive Program offered by the BLM.  
National Office, Eastern States
Rider on a freeze-marked horse.

Mustangs in the U.S. Army

Did you know that the U.S. Army still utilizes horse detachments for service today? While there is a long history of cavalry use in the U.S. Army, most cavalry units were disbanded after 1939. It was in the 1960s that the modern Army began re-establishing horse detachments, using animals for ceremonial traditions, parades, and training missions. 
Eastern States
Charles Mason

Charles Mason

This Record of the Week features Charles Mason, who served as Chief Justice of the Iowa Territorial Supreme Court from 1838 and as the first Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court until he resign
Utah, Canyon Country DO
An aerial view of the Mule Canyon site with vehicles in the loop, the trail to the site and the close proximity to the road are shown. Vegetation is spread out on the landscape.

Explore Bears Ears National Monument with 3D guided tours of the Mule Canyon Village and House on Fire

Rachel Wootton, Javonne Goodman
Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
Firefighters on line

BLM innovates rural Alaska wildland firefighting and keeps traditions alive

Type 2 BLM contract crews, Alaska style.
Beth Ipsen
Eastern States
Mountains in Utah

Wahsatch, Utah

This week's Record comes to us from Summit County, Utah. This survey plat of Township 5 North Range 7 East of the Salt Lake Meridian was approved by Surveyor General Courtland C.
National Office
Close-up of Rockface outdoors

During Native American Heritage Month, a reminder of the power of Indigenous knowledge

By Derrick Henry, Public Affairs Specialist
Utah

Foundations of the Past, Present and Future: River House Stabilization Project

For Native American Heritage Month, we are highlighting a preservation project completed this year within Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah.
Javonne Goodman
Western Montana DO, Missoula FO
Blue Camas flowers. "Missoula FO and CSKT enhance camas in the Blackfoot Valley

Missoula Field Office BLM and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes use Reserved Treaty Rights Lands Program funds to enhance camas in the Blackfoot Valley

Story by Jennifer McNew, Range Technician and Michael Albritton, Fuels Specialist
Arizona
Arizona Project Archaeology Team: Nicole Armstrong-Best, Jeri Meeks, Brooke Wheeler, Jenny Works

Arizona Project Archaeology wins Arizona Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Award

Arizona Project Archaeology, an affiliate of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Project Archaeology program, was awarded the 2021 Arizona Governor’s Heritage Preser