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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California
Greater sage-grouse in Idaho. BLM Idaho photo.

Sage-grouse Conservation Group Working Hard in Northeast California

The announcement that the greater sage-grouse will not be listed as threatened or endangered was welcome news for a northeast California team hard at work on the species, but it will not slow down their ongoing work to find collaborative approaches to conserving the sagebrush sea.
Alaska

BLM Alaska Participates in Global Reindeer Youth Summit

While the BLM manages millions of acres of rangeland for cattle, sheep, and other livestock ranchers in the West, in Alaska it is Alaska Native reindeer herders who are served by the grazing progra
Arizona
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Working Landscapes Livestock Grazing on the Agua Fria National Monument

At the Agua Fria National Monument, in the Horseshoe Grazing Allotment, where one of the most important multiple-use missions takes place: livestock grazing.
Idaho

Training, multi-agency partnership inspire over 100 Idaho ranchers to engage in range monitoring

Did you know that public land managers and over 100 ranchers work together to cooperatively monitor Idaho's rangelands and improve range health?
National Office
Idaho wildfire

BLM Law Enforcement Cases: Public tip leads to arrest of suspect who started Idaho wildfire

On Aug. 20, 2011, a human-caused wildland fire started on BLM- managed public lands near Emmett, Idaho. BLM fire investigators were able to locate the origin of the fire, but they were unable to determine a specific cause of the fire. The case was closed because there were no suspects identified.
National Office
A ranger helps hikers.

Good Neighbors: BLM law enforcement rangers serve local communities

Special agents working a fire case on BLM- managed public lands intercepted and arrested four subjects carrying backpacks with marijuana.  On processing the narcotics load, agents discovered this was the first known high grade hydroponic marijuana load seizure in the area.
Idaho, Upper Snake FO
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Celebrating Wild and Scenic Rivers with Youth along the South Fork of Snake River

National Office
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BLM ranger lends a helping hand

A Bureau of Land Management law enforcement ranger recently lent a much-needed helping hand to another federal agency while on duty along the U.S.-Mexico border.
National Office
Dennis Brandt and Kelly Cole at Missoula Field Office photo by David Abrams

A cry in the wilderness: Montana BLM rangers help search for lost infant

The search team faced nearly impossible odds that chilly night: find a baby, no bigger than a football, abandoned in a dense Montana forest the size of 600,000 football fields.