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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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New Mexico, Oklahoma FO

Cross Bar Management Area – Wildlife Survey Week

During the week of June 17, 2024, Oklahoma Field Office Wildlife Biologist Brian Dickerson and American Conservation Experience (ACE) intern Matthew Jackson traveled to the Cross Bar Management Area just north of Amarillo, Texas. It is the only surface management tract within the three-state area covered by the Oklahoma Field Office (OFO).
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National Office

Removing barriers to recreation on public lands

The Bureau of Land Management is working hard to ensure its recreation sites are accessible.
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National Office, Colorado

BLM Botanist Dr. Carol Dawson wins prestigious Society for Conservation Biology award

Carol Dawson, PhD, a plant conservation biologist in the BLM Colorado State Office, is this year’s recipient of the Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award from the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) North America.
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National Office, Oregon-Washington

Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: BLM’s First Woman Range Con?

Celebrated on August 26 each year, Women’s Equality Day provides an opportunity to reflect on milestones in women’s efforts to gain equality in the workplace. Susan Semenza may have been the BLM’s first woman range conservationist, hired in the 1960's.
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Arizona, Safford FO

Meet Malissa Abraham, fisheries biologist intern at the Safford Field Office

Malissa's internship with the Bureau of Land Management has put her on a path toward her career goal of being a fisheries biologist serving public lands.
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Montana-Dakotas

Partnering to Steward Recreation Opportunities on the Blackfoot River

Montana nonprofit is working with the Bureau of Land Management to shape the future of recreation on the Blackfoot River. 
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Montana-Dakotas, Havre FO

BLM Employees and Permittee Honored for Quick Action to Prevent Potential Dam Failure

BLM Montana/Dakotas recognized North Central Montana District employees and a grazing permittee Aug. 16 for their actions to prevent a potential dam failure during the unusually high-flow spring runoff season in 2023.
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National Office, Western Montana DO

Foresters aim to make Whitebark pine more resistant to insects and diseases in Montana-Dakotas

Whitebark pine is a threatened species of conifer that grows primarily in three states and western Canada.
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National Office

Step by step: Sage-grouse in Season

By late summer, sagebrush rangelands have dried out after many weeks without significant rainfall, and broods of sage-grouse are venturing farther afield.
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National Office

How the BLM relies on the public, computer drawings, and local knowledge to open new lands to recreation

Chris Holmes from BLM Communications speaks with Ashton Johnston, a program manager who helps the bureau conduct its once-every-two-years public outreach under the Dingell Act.  Johnston descr
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Montana-Dakotas

Milton Ranch Restoration: A Case Study for Successful Collaboration 

There are many benefits that come from the restoration of prairie systems. Collaboration is key to making it happen.
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