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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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National Office, California
This photo shows a child walking among photos of lighthouses on the grass with a lighthouse and a palm tree in the background.

Public lands provide respite for people with autism

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism is a spectrum of strengths, challenges, and individual preferences and characteristics.
Arizona, Arizona Strip FO
Doug Page leans against a rock at Toroweap Outlook in Grand Canyon National Park.

Retired forester Doug Page returns to public lands as a BLM site steward volunteer

Like many public servants, Doug’s passion for giving back did not stop after retirement.
Utah, Green River DO
A caravan of OHVs and ATVs on a rocky hillside switchback.

BLM Utah participates in the 19th Annual Ride on Utah Big Ride 2024

 
Arizona
People wearing blue shirts volunteer outdoors.

How to volunteer with the Bureau of Land Management Arizona

There is something for everyone, whether you are a student seeking volunteer internships, a local youth group looking for outdoor projects, or someone who loves the outdoors and wants to help the BLM take care of public lands.
Alaska
Group of people around a man holding a patent document.

Tatitlek entitlement complete

Dave Mushovic, BLM Alaska Lands and Cadastral deputy state director, signed the final land patents (deeds) April 11 for The Tatitlek Corporation at Tatitlek’s corporate office in Anchorage, Alaska, in fulfilling its land entitlements under Sections 12(a) and 12(b) the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Montana-Dakotas
Man in black shirt holds young girl who holds a small stuff wooly mammoth

Dinosaurs and MOR!

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Arizona, Phoenix DO
a person welds a cross-shaped steel target.

Phoenix District staff blaze a trail in recreational shooting site management

Since recreational shooting sites are a new type of facility for the BLM, district staff and volunteers have used innovation to develop these popular new sites in the Phoenix District.
National Office
Close up of greater sage grouse. Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.

Asking the right questions: New science for sagebrush management

When the BLM updates its resource management plans, we state the reasons for proposing to do so in th
California, California Desert DO
A woman examines a bright yellow flower

$18 million investment from Inflation Reduction Act benefits native seed increase projects in the Mojave Desert

Wyoming
A red and white pinto horse.

Meet Athena: the 5-year-old halter-started mare available for adoption from the Wheatland Corral

California, California Desert DO
Desert primrose in the crevice of a dune

The BLM encourages visitor safety on public lands during wildflower season in the California desert

PALM SPRINGS,