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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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Utah
The Johnstons

Utah couple exemplifies the enthusiasm and dedication of BLM's many volunteers

In this holiday season of giving, the BLM sincerely thanks the many thousands of volunteers who have freely given their time and efforts to care for public lands.
Podcast
Wyoming
Erik Norelius poses for a photo outside of BLM Cheyenne WY office

Erik Norelius recognized with BLM Superior Service Award

Erik Norelius, Natural Resource Specialist at BLM Wyoming, received the Superior Service Award for exceptional achievements and contributions supporting the Department of the Interior's mission.
Blog Entry
Fire Center
Two caucasian men's faces illuminated by the glow of a laptop screen with a glowing pink sunset and fire on the horizon

BLM announces the 2024 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest winners

The highly anticipated winners of the 2024 BLM Fire Annual Employee Photo Contest have been determined. Thank you all for submitting so many fantastic pictures that have helped tell the story of fire year 2024.
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Arizona, Arizona Strip DO, Arizona Strip FO
A front end loader fills a dumpster with a couch and other trash.

Community donates time, labor, resources to care for their Arizona, BLM-administered public lands

In just four hours, volunteers and staff removed enough debris to fill the six roll-off dumpsters of trash near Littlefield, Arizona.
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Alaska, Anchorage DO
Rake holding invasive Elodea

Gravel to Gravel: Combating Elodea to protect Alaska's salmon habitats

The BLM's Gravel to Gravel initiative helps slow the spread of Elodea, Alaska's first invasive aquatic plant, and protect salmon populations
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Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO
Two men stand nearly shoulder deep in a large hole in the ground watching a heavy load dangles on a chain from a loader bucket. Large pile of dirt and other equipment in the background.

Tackling the Legacy of Orphaned Wells: The Federal Orphaned Well Program in Action

The Federal Orphaned Well Program provides $4.7 billion in funding to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and associated facilities on Federal land.
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Eastern States
Jackson Hotshots firefighters gather around a truck, where one is pointing to a map attached to the side of the truck.

Jackson Hotshots sum-up season as one of success, family

The 2024 fire season was an extraordinarily busy time for the Jackson Interagency Hotshot Crew with eight fires totaling 109,465 acres.
Blog Entry
Fire Center
A truck on a dirt road on a steep slope with smoke

Bureau of Land Management invests in rural community wildfire programs

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) recently allocated $1.3 million through wildland fire management bureaus for firefighting equipment under the slip-on tanker pilot program.
Blog Entry
New Mexico, Farmington DO, Taos FO
BLM Fisheries Biologist Cody McLean with one of the largest Brown trout fishes caught during the survey.

Taos Field Office conducts fish population survey in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument

In early June, BLM New Mexico Taos Field Office Lead Fisheries Biologist Sage Dunn and Fisheries Biologist Cody McLean successfully planned and completed a fish population survey on the Ute Mountain section of the Rio Grande River within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico.
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Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO, Lander FO
A large group of students and adult pose for a photo in an open, grassy landscape.

Local students continue habitat restoration on public lands in Gas Hills; nearly 7,000 sagebrush seedlings planted to date

Students from Lander and the Wind River Indian Reservation have partnered with the BLM, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and others to plant more than 7,000 sagebrush seedlings on abandoned mine lands.
Blog Entry
Wyoming
oil rig

Restoring the land through plugging and partnerships: tackling orphaned wells in Wyoming

The BLM's onshore oil and gas program manages oil and natural gas extraction nationwide, bringing in billions of dollars to the U.S. Treasury from productive wells.
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