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

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Eastern States
The Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site

The Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site

The Record of the Week for the first week of September focuses on the completion site of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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Montana-Dakotas
"Finding your way on Public Lands" Rocky trail goes through green grass and tall trees.

How to find your way to public lands

Story By: Adam Carr, Public Access Project Manager, Montana/Dakotas State Office 
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National Office
BLM logo that reads 'Your American Lands"

Your American Lands Podcast Introduction

You are listening to Your American Lands, a conversational podcast where we talk to the various scientists, firefighters, land managers, and all around fascinating people at the Bureau of Land Mana
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Colorado

BLM Statement on Sand Wash Basin HMA wild horse gather

An emergency gather began today of the Sand Wash Basin wild horse population. This population is profoundly impacted by the ongoing drought, which endangers the survival of horses in this area.
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Eastern States
Judge Isaac C. Parker

Judge Isaac C. Parker

This week's Record of the Week is a land patent from September 1, 1874, which conveyed a modest 13.06 acres to Isaac C. Parker.
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Colorado

BLM summer intern shares experience filming recreation on public land in Colorado

by Cole Pearson, BLM Colorado video intern
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Eastern States
Edward Otho Cresap Ord

Edward Otho Cresap Ord

This General Land Office Record of the Week is centered around Major General Edward Ord, a Civil War general who went on to lead a very interesting life post-war.
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New Mexico
Pronghorn utilizing a pronghorn pass that was installed in 2013.

BLM works to restore migration corridors for pronghorn in southeast New Mexico

Story by Randy Howard, Assistant Field Manager, Pecos District Office. Photo by BLM.
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Las Cruces DO
Members of the Conservation Corps New Mexico youth corps carrying rock to build the trails.

Youth corps builds new trails in Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

Story by McKinney Briske, Outdoor Recreation Planner. Photos by BLM.
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Utah
Fuel break with cleared vegetation, blues skies, and clouds.

Partners work together to refresh the Thompson Springs fuel break in Utah

Members of the Thompson Springs community in Utah contacted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Utah Forestry Fire and State Lands and asked that the two agencies to help strengthen the previous fuel break on the western side of town. 
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Alaska
Wild cranberries displayed in recycled containers

More than survival, the subsistence tradition sustains meaning for rural Alaska Natives and non-native residents alike

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