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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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Montana-Dakotas

Humbug Spires and that Interesting Brass Cap

A General Land Office survey
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New Mexico, Pecos DO

Roswell Air Tanker Base supports firefighting operations

The Roswell Air Tanker Base (ATB), which is operated by BLM New Mexico, is an important reload base for air tankers conducting aerial firefighting operations.
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National Office
Woman kissing horse.

New application makes it even easier to bring home a wild horse or burro

Bringing home a wild horse or burro just got a little easier!
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Eastern States
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Pueblo de San Ildefonso

This week's Record of the Week comes to us from Pueblo de San Ildefonso, New Mexico. This survey was approved by the Surveyor General of New Mexico on August 15, 1859.
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National Office
Woman jousting on a horse.

My Wild Horse and Burro Story: Kirren Leigh Seiler

By Kirren Leigh Seiler
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Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
Fuel break with brush piles near stream

BLM AFS makes Interior villages more resilient to wildfires

This year’s unusually slow fire season enabled the BLM Alaska Fire Service to start working on protecting the Interior Alaska community of Alatna from future wildfires.
Beth Ipsen
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Alaska
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Podcast: Meet BLM Alaska's Marine Mammal Expert

BLM works hard on its permits and environmental impact statements, trying to make sure all the science that's needed is included. If the plans or permits are in the Arctic, the polar bear can be a large part of that science, and that means BLM Alaska biologist Craig Perham will be busy.
James Hart
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Alaska
Alaska Frontiers podcast album artwork: Meet BLM Alaska's Marine Mammal Expert. Polar bear over Alaska north slope shape

Meet BLM Alaska's Marine Mammal Expert

BLM works hard on its permits and environmental impact statements, trying to make sure all the science that's needed is included.
Podcast
National Office
A group of horses standing around a watering hole.

The BLM works to save wild horses and burros from thirst as overpopulated herds struggle to find enough water

As the summer dry season tightens its grip across the West, many wild horses and burros on public lands are finding it increasingly difficult to locate fresh water and forage.
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Eastern States
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Record of the Week: Tombstone, Arizona

Notoriously known as the location where the gunfight at the O.K. Corral happened, Tombstone is one of the classic mining boom towns of the American frontier.
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National Office
Rider on a horse

My Wild Horse Story: Jen and Angelo

By Jen Sullivan, Virginia BEST $25 EVER SPENT!! The mustang who turned out to be PRICELESS!
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