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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
A wild horse in sage brush. Wording says "Celebrating 5 years of the Adoption Incentive Program"

Celebrating Five Years of the Adoption Incentive Program: A Win-Win for Animals and Taxpayers

The Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Incentive Program has played a vital role in supporting our mission to manage healthy herds of wild horses and burros on healthy public rangelands.
Utah
BLM Utah Curator and NAGPRA Coordinator Diana Barg (left) and Tribal Liaison Jessica Montcalm (right) with NAO Lead Plane Pilot Hans Germann (center) at National Interagency Fire Center, prepare for take-off from Boise, Idaho.

BLM Utah works to fulfill NAGPRA obligations with new and old partners

NAGPRA charges museums and federal agencies holding Native American ancestral human remains and certain cultural items, such as objects removed from burials, with their return to descendant communities.
National Office
magenta paintbrush intermixed with multi-story sagebrush

HELP WANTED : Seeking public comment on sage-grouse management

Expressing your thoughts in your own way helps the BLM understand various perspectives on the issues in the draft environmental analysis. The comment period is open through June 13, 2024.
National Office
Photo shows a man with a blue shirt and brown pants holding a child’s hand, while standing on the edge of a canyon overlooking a desert valley landscape. The child is wearing a lime green shirt and blue shorts. The sun is setting in the background.

Improving mental health by visiting your public lands

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Promoting mental health is important all year, but this month let’s take a moment to raise awareness about mental illness, its prevalence, its impacts on people.
Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO
Photo: sihouetted mountain biker goes airborne with sunset in background

Recreation Planning Begins and Ends with the Community

The rising demand for recreational opportunities on BLM lands is prompting proactive community planning and investment in local partnerships.
National Office
Firefighter conducting prescribed fire for the Animas City Mountain Rx burn

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Animas City Mountain Rx burn

In 2023, after years of planning between BLM, the Forest Service, and state and local agencies, interagency crews ignited the Animas City Mountain prescribed burn.
National Office
Image shows President Harry S. Truman standing at a desk and announcing the surrender of Japan to a group of reporters.

The beginning of BLM: How 486 words created the nation’s largest land manager

Today is an important one in the history of the BLM. On May 16, 1946—78 years ago—the agency was conceived on paper, when President Harry S. Truman submitted to Congress “Reorganization Plan 3.”
Arizona
Meghan Marner pets her new horse Banjo.

Banjo found his forever home at a Wild Horse and Burro event in Florence

With iconic and diverse animals to see, the Bureau of Land Management Arizona's Wild Horse and Burro Program recently held three successful events in Florence, including one on May 10 that featured Banjo.
Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
A person wearing sunglasses and hardhat takes a selfie in a forest with an excavator digging fireline behind him.

Rance Neighbors recognized for excellence in fire leadership

The BLM's Assistant Fire Management Officer (Fuels) for the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District was recently recognized for demonstrating excellence in fire leadership.
Wyoming, Worland FO
Three people sit on a bench looking out at an expanse of scenic badlands.

GAOA project makes remote badlands more accessible to all

Major improvements funded by the Great American Outdoors Act have improved access to the colorful desert, cliffs, hoodoos and pedestals of the Gooseberry Badlands in northwest Wyoming.
National Office
A wildlife specialist carefully cradles a greater sage-grouse hen

Greater sage-grouse | Proposed special management

The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for greater sage-grouse habitat management evaluates proposals to designate some sagebrush lands as areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs).