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

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Canyon Country DO

Prescribed burns help promote healthy public lands in Canyon Country

Rachel Wootton
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Eastern States

Mobile, Alabama

This week we explore Mobile, Alabama, a city with over 300 years of fascinating history and culture. 
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Northeastern States DO

Northeastern States District participates in Computers for Learning program

In November 2021, the BLM Northeastern States District Office (NSDO) participated in the Computers for Learning (CFL) program.
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Arizona

BLM Arizona helps students and recent graduates connect and gain job experience

At the BLM, you can gain experience and skills through our various internship and crew-based work programs, all the while learning from and working alongside experienced professionals.
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National Office

Timely measures: Mitigation policy for multiple use and sustained yield

The word ‘mitigation’ often carries a sense of diminishing or restraining something consid
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Montana-Dakotas, Butte FO

McMaster Ranch added to the National Register of Historic Places

Story by: Carrie Kiely, Archaeologist, Butte Field Office
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Ely DO

SNPLMA funds Pahrump poolfish habitat improvements

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National Office

2022 | Next steps for greater sage-grouse conservation

Plans for conserving greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands were adopted in 2015 to avert a listing under the Endangered Species Act. Now, the BLM is considering what more can be done to reverse population declines.
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Eastern States

Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

In this Record of the Week we learn about Sabine National Wildlife Refuge in Hackberry, Louisiana. The refuge, managed by the U.S.
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Oregon-Washington, Spokane DO

What’s cooler than being cold? The Yakima River every four to five years

Due to a long cold spell in central Washington, the Yakima River has frozen unusually far upstream. Now, icebergs are visiting BLM's Big Pines campground in the Yakima River Canyon.
Jeanne Panfely
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National Office

Top 5 things to know about the Wild Horse and Burro Program

The 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act directs the Bureau of Land Management (and U.S. Forest Service) to manage and protect wild horses and burros on public lands where they existed at the time the Act was passed. The Act also directs that wild horses and burros are to be managed at appropriate levels to support a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship on public lands.  
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