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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
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Two of a kind: Sage-grouse & Pinyon jay habitats

As the BLM and partners work to reverse decline in greater sage-grouse populations, we also recognize that successful conservation requires thinking about how actions to protect one species may in turn affect others.
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Fire Center
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BLM’s Operational Medical Support program collaborates with Yosemite National Park

Leaders from BLM Fire's Operational Medical Support program completed an assignment at the Yosemite National Park medical clinic, a valuable interagency partnership opportunity for cross training and skill sharing.
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Utah
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BLM In Belize: Employees Participate in International Assignment Taking Them From Districts of Utah to Caves of Central America

The BLM team found themselves navigating through thick jungle and looking ahead to the prospect of six days of work mapping one of the largest cave systems in the world with the help of international agencies.
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Idaho, Boise DO
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In Idaho, protecting and growing sagebrush ecosystems requires an “All Hands, All Lands” approach

In Southern Idaho, BLM has been working with state and federal agencies and private landowners to treat and strengthen sagebrush habitat.
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Colorado, San Luis Valley FO
Historically, the Gunnison sage-grouse has had a presence near Poncha Pass at the north end of Colorado’s San Luis Valley. Recent efforts have sought to repopulate the area with the threatened species, with significant work aimed toward habitat restoration as seen here.

BLM, Volunteers Restore Habitat for Threatened Species

Government agencies and volunteers hand-built stone terrain features to improve habitat conditions for the Gunnison sage-grouse, a federally listed threatened species.
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Colorado, Upper Colorado River DO
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BLM Director Talks Workforce Equality with Western Colorado Fire Crew

BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning met with a Western Colorado interagency wildland fire crew, which includes women and non-binary individuals, at the Grand Junction Air Center, Colorado, July 22.
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New Mexico
Camp BR-39 at the Rio Grande Project, Apache Dam in 1936. Photo Courtesy of the National Archives in Denver.

BLM Las Cruces Uses Great American Outdoors Act Money to Repair Apache Dam

The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District continues to make progress toward the completion of a water and utilities project at Apache Dam through money received via the Great American Outdoors Act.
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Wyoming, High Plains DO
Single Engine Airtankers set the state for the new Casper Airtanker Base's inauguration.

BLM Wyoming bolsters aerial firefighting capabilities with new Casper Airtanker Base

After several years of operating from a makeshift one-acre base, a modernized, permanent airtanker base to support aerial wildland firefighting in the region has become a reality for the BLM High Plains District.
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Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO, Billings FO
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Mother’s Day Site helps unlock ancient mysteries while asking more questions

Over the last 30 years, the Mother's Day site in southern Montana has produced more than 2,600 specimens including the most complete juvenial sauropod skull ever found.
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Idaho
Two BLM ID archaeologists, one standing and one squatting, are surrounded by trees and are documenting surface artifacts along the Salmon River.

BLM Archaeology in Action

Recently, archaeologists from the BLM ID Salmon and Upper Snake Field Offices as well as Shoshone-Bannock Tribal members and volunteers helped document surface artifacts along the Salmon River.
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National Office
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VIDEO: A transformative journey for Arizona’s Sky Islands

BLM and partners are breathing new life into the special ecosystems located on the Gila District in southern Arizona.
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