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

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Colorado

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

by Cole Pearson, BLM Colorado video intern
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.
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.
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.
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. 
Alaska
Wild cranberries displayed in recycled containers

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

Eastern States, Idaho
Fort Hall, Idaho

Fort Hall, Idaho

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey plat that displays the townsite of Fort Hall, Idaho. Fort Hall was originally built as a fur trading post in 1834.
Eastern States
Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge oasis

Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge

This General Land Office Record of the Week travels to Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge in Alamo, Nevada, roughly 90 miles north of Las Vegas.
Alaska
A man looks over the shoulder at another man working on a computer.

Peaking behind BLM curtain gives high school grads rare collegiate and career insights

Let new high school grads into the IT department just to see if they like it? Not happening.
Eric Tausch
National Office
Successful restoration of native forbs and grasses along the historic Columbia River Highway State Trail between Cascade Locks and Hood River, Oregon.

BLM makes a difference at World Restoration Conference

Story by Amanda (Mandie) Carr, BLM Coordinator of Botanical Communication and Outreach.
National Office
Bob Wick along the Molalla Wild and Scenic River in Oregon.

Longtime BLM photographer Bob Wick retires, amazing work lives on

Photos by Bob Wick