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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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PODCAST: BLM invests in Youth programs and projects nationwide using Inflation Reduction Act funds

"ON THE GROUND" PODCAST: David Howell interviews Maya Fuller, BLM's national lead for Inflation Reduction Act Youth Initiatives, and four BLM employees putting youth to work in the field.
National Office, Utah
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BLM invests in Youth programs and projects nationwide using Inflation Reduction Act funds

Idaho
Excelsior homeschool group of Nampa, Idaho, and the Idaho Bureau of Land Management cadastral staff participated in a cadastral classroom investigation field exercise, demonstrating how science in the field can be fun.

Unleashing the Science - Cadastral Classroom Investigation Field Exercise

Excelsior homeschool group of Nampa, Idaho, and the Idaho Bureau of Land Management cadastral staff participated in a cadastral classroom investigation field exercise, demonstrating how science in the field can be fun.
Wyoming, Cody FO
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Youth group celebrates 25 years of public land projects

For a quarter century, kids from the Conservation Outdoor Recreation Education youth group in Casper have tackled important public land improvement projects all over Wyoming.
National Office
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In Balance: Using and sustaining sagebrush lands

Plans for managing greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands work to sustainably balance conservation with other authorized uses, including oil & gas development.
Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO
Photo. A small, brown-and-white burrowing owl stands on top of a dirt mound; bright-blue-colored band on its left leg; grassy prairie background; daytime.

The Banded Burrowing Owl

A BLM wildlife biologist’s recent sighting of a banded bird in his field office area led to a remarkable example of inter-agency collaboration.
National Office
two people taking vegetation measurements in sagebrush habitat

Sage-grouse conservation: Objectives, measures & monitoring

Plans for managing greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands set objectives for vegetation conditions, describe management tools to balance conservation with other uses and establish thresholds for adaptive management.
Eastern States, Northeastern States DO
Meadowood SRMA staff are seen planting items in a community garden.

BLM revitalizes community garden at Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area

BLM Eastern States Lower Potomac Field Station staff recently began rejuvenating the community garden at Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area located in Lorton, Virginia
California
three people with life jackets in a white water raft.

BLM reminds the public to recreate responsibly on rivers, lakes, recreation sites

As we head into summer, water recreation is picking up throughout California. The Bureau of Land Management is reminding the public to recreate responsibly on California lakes and rivers, in day-use areas, or when fishing, boating, swimming or performing other forms of water recreatio
Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO, Billings FO
A bat with white fungus on its face.

Happy 7th Annual Cave Week!

Each June the BLM, National Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Parks Canada, and NASA celebrate caves and the unique resources found therein.
New Mexico, Las Cruces DO
a worker smooths concrete on a mine enclosure

Cleaning up abandoned mine lands yields wildlife benefits in southwest New Mexico

In southwest New Mexico, the Bureau of Land Management is restoring an area to both protect people from dangerous mine shafts, and to improve the habitat for endangered species. In this episode, we interview Chris Teske, a BLM Physical Scientist in New Mexico who is heading the cleanup of more than 300 mine features.