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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Ismay Rural Fire District Fire District gets new fire engine from BLM

Story and photos by Mark Jacobsen, Public Affairs Specialist BLM
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National Office
Deputy Director for Law Enforcement Policy and Programs Loren Good, Senior Special Agent Robert Cowan, Ranger Kelly Cole, Director for Law Enforcement William Woody

BLM recognizes ranger and special agent of the year for 2018

The Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security is pleased to announce the 2018 Law Enforcement Ranger of the Year and Special Agent of the Year. Ranger Kelly Cole and Senior Special Agent Robert Cowan were recognized yesterday at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., as part of the bureau’s observance of National Police Week.
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Montana-Dakotas

DIG: partnering with teachers to inspire students

By David M. Grossnickle, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Washington Dept. of Biology
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Eastern States

Memorial Day

Check out this week's General Land Office
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National Office
BLM Law Enforcement and their family members wearing running apparel standing in front of a background with logos for the Police Week 5K and the sponsors of the event.

BLM Law Enforcement Professionals Run in National Police Week 5K

Bureau of Land Management law enforcement professionals from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Montana, along with family and friends, joined thousands of their fellow officers and supporters from across the nation in the annual National Police Week 5k walk/run on May 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
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New Mexico, Oklahoma FO
Girl with horse.

Area youth participate in the Kansas Wild Horse Youth Challenge

The Bureau of Land Management held a pick-up event for the Kansas Wild Horse Youth Challenge in Hutchinson, Kan., on Saturday, May 11.  Nineteen youth, ages 9 – 17, picked up yearling horses to gentle, train and show the horses at the Kansas State Fair on Sept. 14 and 15.
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Eastern States

Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Homestead Act of 1862 - General Land Office

Today mark
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Eastern States

Deception Pass

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Colorado, Tres Rios FO

Phil's World Trail System Expansion

Join the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to celebrate the opening of several miles of non-motorized trails and a new trailhead in the Phil’s World Trail System.
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Eastern States

May The Fourth Be With You

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National Office
"Stolen" and arrow pointing to highlighted mammoth tusk on the counter behind a Science Center Instructor teaching kids

UPDATE: Man Sentenced For Mammoth Tusk Theft In Alaska

On April 11, 2019, Martin Thornley Elze, 52, of Anchorage, was sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for the 2018 theft of a 100-pound mammoth tusk from Alaska’s Campbell Creek Science Center. Elze was also ordered to pay $8,385.82 in restitution to the science center.
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