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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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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.
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 of all ages and backgrounds, and what we can do to help. Spending time in nature helps children and teens connect with themselves, become more emotionally resilient, and better understand how they connect with a bigger picture of the ecosystem and the world around them.
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.
National Office
An American Kestrel sitting on a rope and looking down.

Join BLM on a ‘Mission’ to celebrate migratory birds

To raise awareness of migratory birds and the public lands they call home, this week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new Junior Ranger Mission called ‘Celebrate Migratory Birds.’ Junior Ranger Missions are virtual games featuring BLM science and heritage information that can be played on digital devices for free by anyone, anytime.
National Office, Southwest DO
A firefighter walks among ground fire and smoke during a prescribed burn in 2023

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Animas City Mountain Rx burn audio interview

David Howell interviews James Savage about the 2023 Animas City Mountain prescribed burn, a complex Type-1 operation to reduce wildfire danger near the city of Durango, Colorado.
Idaho
Jenifer Pable drinking Sago Gulaman and posing in front of one of the many active volcanos in Tagaytay. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pable.

‘Pamilya’ is Vital to Filipino Culture - Almost as Vital as Breathing

As we celebrate Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) heritage month, Jennifer Pable, who is a Manila-born and Idaho-raised Filipino American, explains her ties to family.
National Office
An overhead view of a sage-grouse lek in northwest Colorado

Full nesters

Greater sage-grouse move from leks to more densely vegetated areas during nesting season. Migratory birds also use sagebrush lands for nesting.