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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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Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
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Ice, fire, back to ice

After a month helping firefighting efforts in Australia, BLM Alaska Fire Service Associate Manager Kyle Cowan left the 112-degree weather in Sydney, and returned on to 33-below-zero temperatures in
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Eastern States

BLM GLO Team’s story maps bring land records to life

Since February 2018, the BLM Eastern States General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation Branch has published online weekly a "General Land Office Record of the Week" story map.
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Montana-Dakotas

Butte Range Program stretches range improvement funds through Cooperative Agreements

Story and photos by Carmela Romerio, Rangeland Management Specialist, Butte Field Office
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Eastern States
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First Homesteader - Daniel Freeman

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Eastern States
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The Donner Party

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Eastern States

Boise, Idaho

Join the GLO team as we head to the stat
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Eastern States

Leavenworth, Washington

This week the GLO
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Montana-Dakotas

A Good Home: Honoring the Tipi at Pompeys Pillar National Monument

Story by Jaime Tompkins, Outdoor Recreation Planner (NLCS), Montana/Dakotas State Office
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Alaska
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Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in a nutshell

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an engineering marvel. Crossing permafrost, mountainous terrain, very active seismic zones, and 800 bodies of water, it’s still carrying the lifeblood of Alaska’s economy.
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Arizona, Gila DO

Local partnership increases healthy desert bighorn sheep populations across southeastern Arizona

Desert bighorn sheep populations across southeastern Arizona have greatly increased thanks to an ongoing partnership between the BLM, Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), and the Arizona Desert
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Montana-Dakotas

Billings FO completes Castle Butte Fuels Reduction Treatment

Story by Taig O’Donnell, Forestry Technician; and Jennifer Macy, Archaeologist
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