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

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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
Two people with backpacks hiking along a grassy area with trees and a green high elevation landscape behind them.

Happy 15th Anniversary to the Cedar Mountain Wilderness in Utah

Written by Roxanne Tea, Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office Outdoor Recreation Planner
Rachel Wootton
National Office
Wild horse and burro specialist Bruce Thompson conducts aerial survey

Counting black beauties, bay beauties, duns, palominos, roans, blacks, sorrels, whites, and grays too...

As most herd management areas in the west cover huge areas with poor roads, BLM uses aerial surveys to estimate how many horses are in each population.
Eastern States
Green River City

Green River City, Wyoming

This week, in celebration of National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, the GLO team heads to Green River City, Wyoming. Come explore an area not only rich in history and natural beauty but rich in one
Eastern States
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

This week's Record of the Week brings us to the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City! Salt Lake City was founded on July 24, 1847 by a group of Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young.
National Office
Karin Usko and burro Margarita

My wild burro story: Karin Usko and Bracelet Margarita

Just three days before Bishop's event we were still convinced she was going to be adopted out to some lucky home. I decided to take her on a 4-mile walk -- and we jogged. She did so great that I told my husband, "this is a premium donkey, she will be a great and docile pack burro runner!" Well, she went to the adoption event in Bishop and then came home with us!
National Office
Dr. Al Kane conducts trach check

A Veterinarian's View

Physiologically, these animals are the same as domestic horses and burros, but they are not just unhandled horses and burros. They are truly wild animals and this just makes the practices the BLM has put in place over the years that much more important to help protect the animal’s health and well-being.
Eastern States
Wild Horses in Ewing Off-Range Corral

Eastern States leads the Nation in WHB virtual compliance inspections

The BLM has been looking for new and innovative ways to get work done in the Wild Horse and Burro Program. One new  “tool” in the toolbox is virtual compliance inspections.
Alaska, Fairbanks DO
Cabin in a snowy forest with northern light in the sky.

Podcast: White Mountains National Recreation Area

Garrett Jones is a recreation planner who works in one of the most beautiful places in the world. We sat down with him to find out what it's like in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and what it's like as a workplace.
James Hart
Alaska
Alaska Frontiers White Mountains National Recreation Area podcast album art. Cabin in a snowy forested landscape with green northern lights in the sky.

White Mountains National Recreation Area

Garrett Jones is a recreation planner who works in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Utah

The Bears Ears Monument Advisory Committee Meeting Enhanced by Virtual Field Tour

On October 16, the Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee (BENM MAC) took a unique approach to explore the 201,876-acre monument located in southeast Utah.
Rachel Wootton
Arizona, Lake Havasu FO
a group of people gathered around a picnic shelter

Lake Havasu Field Office staff educate the public on aquatic invasives

The aquatic invasive species team at the Lake Havasu Field Office gave a presentation to educate the public on preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species from BLM-managed lands along the lower Colorado River. In addition to educating the public on how to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species, the team will soon begin offering watercraft decontaminations for boaters on the Parker Strip on the California side of the Colorado River.