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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Colorado

BLM Colorado Celebrates Women's History Month

To commemorate Women’s History Month, we are highlighting the dedicated women who work for BLM Colorado.
Montana-Dakotas

Community Protection Across Ownership Boundaries

Story by: Terina Goicoechea, Fire Mitigation & Education Specialist, Western Montana District
Alaska, Anchorage DO
Cabin interior

Finding safety in shelter along the Iditarod Trail

You can't reserve them or rent them, but when you need shelter, you're always welcome to use them. They're the humble and always appreciated shelter cabins.
Maureen Clark
Eastern States
Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park

This week's story map brings us to Saguaro National Park.
National Office
Camping in Galkana, Alaska

Selecting the Best Tent Site

Alaska
Alaska Frontiers podcast artwork: Watchable Wildlife, a "where to look for what" guide. Cartoon of Wildlife Biologist looking through binoculars at a moose in the distance.

Watchable Wildlife, a "where to look for what" guide

Alaska's a big place with all sorts of fascinating critters and plants, but where can you find them?
Alaska
Graphic of man with binoculars

Podcast: Watchable Wildlife, a "where to look for what" guide

Alaska's a big place with all sorts of fascinating critters and plants, but where can you find them? In this Frontiers podcast, we're discussing the new Watchable Wildlife brochure -- a field guide to help with your next Alaska adventure.
James Hart
Arizona, Arizona Strip DO
Members of the Colorado River District and Pinion Pine Fire Department stand in front of a fire engine.

BLM transfers wildland fire engines to three rural fire readiness partners in Arizona

In February, the Bureau of Land Management Arizona transferred three fire engines to three rural wildland partners in Arizona.
Arizona, Gila DO
a fire burns through vegetation as firefighters look on

Gila District completes Land Corral prescribed fire

The BLM conducted the Land Corral prescribed fire in the St. David Cienega region of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA). The February 18 fire was planned to be approximately 770 acres; actual consumption of fuel was greater than 90% in wetland regions and estimated at 30-40% in the dry sections.
Eastern States
Harriet Tubman

The Underground Railroad

In honor of Black History Month, the Bureau of Land Management is taking you on a tour of several safe houses along the Underground Railroad.
Arizona, Phoenix DO
two people hold a burrowing owl

Phoenix District helps to translocate owls displaced by development

Through a partnership with the non-profit organization Wild at Heart and the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the BLM's Phoenix District Office has been working on a burrowing owl augmentation project to translocate owls displaced by development throughout the greater Phoenix area to BLM lands.