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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National Office
Outgoing President of the Public Lands Foundation Ed Shepard, BLM Director Stone-Manning, Public Lands Foundation President Mary Jo Rugwell, Public Lands Executive Director Courtney Lyons-Garcia

BLM Renews Longstanding Partnership with the Public Lands Foundation

The Bureau of Land Management reaffirmed its longstanding partnership with the Public Lands Foundation, as BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding with the gro
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Canyon Country DO

Prescribed burns help promote healthy public lands in Canyon Country

Rachel Wootton
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Eastern States
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

This week we explore Mobile, Alabama, a city with over 300 years of fascinating history and culture. 
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Arizona
Five NYCALC junior faculty standing in front of a building

BLM Arizona helps students and recent graduates connect and gain job experience

At the BLM, you can gain experience and skills through our various internship and crew-based work programs, all the while learning from and working alongside experienced professionals.
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Northeastern States DO

Northeastern States District participates in Computers for Learning program

In November 2021, the BLM Northeastern States District Office (NSDO) participated in the Computers for Learning (CFL) program.
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National Office

Timely measures: Mitigation policy for multiple use and sustained yield

The word ‘mitigation’ often carries a sense of diminishing or restraining something consid
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Montana-Dakotas, Butte FO
Outbuildings on the McMaster ranch, facing east toward the Little Belt Mountains

McMaster Ranch added to the National Register of Historic Places

Story by: Carrie Kiely, Archaeologist, Butte Field Office
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Ely DO
Pahrump poolfish in an aquarium.

SNPLMA funds Pahrump poolfish habitat improvements

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National Office
a low view of people standing in a grassy field

2022 | Next steps for greater sage-grouse conservation

Plans for conserving greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands were adopted in 2015 to avert a listing under the Endangered Species Act. Now, the BLM is considering what more can be done to reverse population declines.
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Oregon-Washington, Spokane DO
Ice on the Yakima River

What’s cooler than being cold? The Yakima River every four to five years

Due to a long cold spell in central Washington, the Yakima River has frozen unusually far upstream. Now, icebergs are visiting BLM's Big Pines campground in the Yakima River Canyon.
Jeanne Panfely
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Eastern States
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

Sabine National Wildlife Refuge

In this Record of the Week we learn about Sabine National Wildlife Refuge in Hackberry, Louisiana. The refuge, managed by the U.S.
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