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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
Duck fly over a wetland

PODCAST: Partnerships are key to success in Cosumnes Watershed

"ON THE GROUND" PODCAST David Howell interviews Amy Fesnock, BLM's Manager for the Cosumnes River Preserve. BLM is investing funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act at Cosumnes.
Arizona, Utah
BLM Utah Curator and NAGPRA Coordinator Diana Barg (left) and Tribal Liaison Jessica Montcalm (right) with NAO Lead Plane Pilot Hans Germann (center) at National Interagency Fire Center, prepare for take-off from Boise, Idaho.

BLM Utah works to fulfill NAGPRA obligations with new and old partners

NAGPRA charges museums and federal agencies holding Native American ancestral human remains and certain cultural items, such as objects removed from burials, with their return to descendant communities.
National Office
Photo shows a man with a blue shirt and brown pants holding a child’s hand, while standing on the edge of a canyon overlooking a desert valley landscape. The child is wearing a lime green shirt and blue shorts. The sun is setting in the background.

Improving mental health by visiting your public lands

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Promoting mental health is important all year, but this month let’s take a moment to raise awareness about mental illness, its prevalence, its impacts on people.
Montana-Dakotas, Eastern Montana/Dakotas DO
Photo: sihouetted mountain biker goes airborne with sunset in background

Recreation Planning Begins and Ends with the Community

The rising demand for recreational opportunities on BLM lands is prompting proactive community planning and investment in local partnerships.
National Office
Image shows President Harry S. Truman standing at a desk and announcing the surrender of Japan to a group of reporters.

The beginning of BLM: How 486 words created the nation’s largest land manager

Today is an important one in the history of the BLM. On May 16, 1946—78 years ago—the agency was conceived on paper, when President Harry S. Truman submitted to Congress “Reorganization Plan 3.”
Wyoming, Wind River/Bighorn Basin DO
A person wearing sunglasses and hardhat takes a selfie in a forest with an excavator digging fireline behind him.

Rance Neighbors recognized for excellence in fire leadership

The BLM's Assistant Fire Management Officer (Fuels) for the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District was recently recognized for demonstrating excellence in fire leadership.
Arizona
Meghan Marner pets her new horse Banjo.

Banjo found his forever home at a Wild Horse and Burro event in Florence

With iconic and diverse animals to see, the Bureau of Land Management Arizona's Wild Horse and Burro Program recently held three successful events in Florence, including one on May 10 that featured Banjo.
Wyoming, Worland FO
Three people sit on a bench looking out at an expanse of scenic badlands.

GAOA project makes remote badlands more accessible to all

Major improvements funded by the Great American Outdoors Act have improved access to the colorful desert, cliffs, hoodoos and pedestals of the Gooseberry Badlands in northwest Wyoming.
Idaho
Tanya Wiley, a Boise-based budget analyst for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services.

"Ohana" binds us together

As we celebrate Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) heritage month, Tanya, who is a Hawaiian-born and raised Filipino-Portuguese American, reflects on her childhood, and explains ohana, the aloha spirit and her connection to humanity.
National Office
A wildlife specialist carefully cradles a greater sage-grouse hen

Greater sage-grouse | Proposed special management

The draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for greater sage-grouse habitat management evaluates proposals to designate some sagebrush lands as areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs).
Alaska
Sandhill crane walking

International Migratory Bird Day: tracking Alaska’s sandhill cranes

Each summer, 5 billion birds migrate to Alaska from locations spanning the globe including two separate groups of sandhill cranes. Learn more about these migratory birds and their place on your public lands.