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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Alaska
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program EIS Fairbanks Scoping Meeting where Joe Balash speaks to the audience from a podium on a stage with a panel of DOI, BLM, and USFWS employees.

BLM receives robust response on Leasing EIS

An estimated 250 people attended the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program environmental impact statement scoping meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska; there were so many people wanting to voice their comments, organizers ran out of time!
Montana-Dakotas

Montana Natural Heritage Program a vital resource

 Story by Chris Boone, State Biologist, Montana/Dakotas State Office
National Office, Colorado
Blue sky with green trees, green mulch, and clouds on a clear day.

Reclamation Success Stories: Colorado State Office

Oil and gas operators on BLM public lands in Colorado not only have to meet strict reclamation standards from the BLM.
National Office, New Mexico
Large grass field beneath a blue sky in an open area with no buildings, no roads, no sign of drilling equipment

Reclamation Success Stories: New Mexico State Office

The BLM New Mexico encompasses New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas with one of the largest oil and gas programs in the Bureau.
National Office, Alaska
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BLM Law Enforcement Cases: BLM searches for stolen mammoth tusk

In March 2018, a 100-pound mammoth tusk was stolen from Alaska’s Campbell Creek Science Center. BLM law enforcement is actively investigating and asking the public for any information about the theft.
California

 BLM Eradicates Invasive Weeds to Sustain Lands 

 
Alaska
A landscape.

NED ROZELL: 2014 BLM Artist-in- Residence in Eagle, Alaska

In August 2014, the BLM hosted Fairbanks writer Ned Rozell as its first summer Artist-in- Residence. Rozell, the author of four books, has written a weekly science column for 20 years for the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute. He’s also a contributing writer for Alaska Dispatch News.Rozell spent his residence from Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, in the Yukon River community of Eagle. There, he worked on an old writing project that had languished for years.
Alaska
Artist sitting outside Windy Gap cabin painting.

BLM's 2015 White Mountains Artist-in-Residence

Late winter is a glorious time in interior Alaska, a welcome relief after the darkness and subzero temperatures of January and February. That’s when winter Artist-in- Residence Deb Horner works in the sunshine and warmer afternoon temperatures, interpreting the public lands of the agency’s White Mountains National Recreation Area north of Fairbanks.
Colorado
Oil painting by Artist-in-Residence Jeff Potter.

Kirk Gittings presents Canyons of the Ancients in a new context

Albuquerque photographer Kirk Gittings, Canyons of the Ancients’ first Artist-in- Residence, focused heavily on the mythological qualities of the dramatic and unique landscape. His primary  tool was a large-format 4x5-inch view camera, which demands a slow and deliberate approach to the craft.
Wyoming

Interns Help With Monitoring

The Buffalo Field Office (BFO) rangeland management staff administers over 400 grazing leases. Grazing allotments vary in size from less than 40 acres to over 26,000 acres.
Colorado
Volunteers and researchers studying stone flies.

Volunteers Help Reintroduce Native Species in Southwest Colorado

Stone flies may again be a natural part of the Upper Gunnison if a research project finds their reintroduction has a high chance of success.Under the project, conducted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Western Colorado University, volunteers are collecting stone fly nymphs from the Gunnison Gorge and moving them to BLM- managed lands in the Upper Gunnison. Historically, stone flies were found in the Upper Gunnison, although they are no longer found there naturally.