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A half day’s drive from Fairbanks, Alaska’s Steese National Conservation Area offers stunning scenery, peaceful solitude, and outstanding opportunities for year-round recreation. BLM works with partners to use science to monitor the condition of the land.

During an intense fire season in summer 2024, lightning strikes ignited numerous fires across California and on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Desert District. At the end of July 2024, BLM fire staff were on high alert monitoring lightning activity, when they received an urgent call from northeastern San Diego County.

In 2025, the Bureau of Land Management will celebrate 25 years since the creation of the National Landscape Conservation System in 2000.

In 2000, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt authorized the creation of the National Landscape Conservation System, the BLM's official directorate for managing National Conservation Lands.

This year, 2025, marks a special occasion worth celebrating: the 25th anniversary of BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System, also known as National Conservation Lands.

A fictional story based on entries in a Lee's Cabin logbook

Fictional story based on entries in a Fred Blixt Cabin logbook

In December 2024, the BLM released a new interactive web map that displays legal locations to access BLM-managed public lands.

For the past two decades, BLM has been focused on restoring the natural shrub-steppe ecosystem to improve rangeland health and productivity, benefit native wildlife, and reduce fuel loads.

What do you call a river with unique geological features, fish to catch, wildlife to observe, and a convenient route for float boating? A dream, known as Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River!

BLM announces their fee-free dates for 2025. On these days, and throughout the year, all are invited to experience BLM-managed lands.