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Our Stories

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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Arizona
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BLM sponsors Indigenous college students at leadership congress

Every summer, BLM Arizona State Youth Coordinator Brooke Wheeler recruits and selects the college student junior faculty members for the multi-agency Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress.
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National Office, Colorado
A grassy area with green vegetation and a pool of freshwater from a wetland.

Spruce Creek rekindles its connection with wetlands in Summit County

What do you call a wetland without water? We’re trying not to find out!
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National Office

Wild horses and burros on 60 Minutes

Did you catch it?
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Colorado
A photo of the large stakes in the ground that have successfully re-routed the stream.

The Paradox picket baffle and restoration revisited in 2022

In 2013, a flood changed the course of East Paradox Creek, several miles east of Bedrock Colorado, so that the creek no longer connected to the Dolores River Oxbow.
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National Office
Rock art that depicts an elongated animal with a long tail.

During Native American Heritage Month, a Recognition of Indigenous Connections to the Land

By Derrick Henry, Public Affairs Specialist
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Eastern States
Sitka National Historical Park

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

In honor of American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this week's GLO Record features Sitka National Historical Park and Ellen Hope Hays!
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National Office
A wild horse with a freeze mark and halter.

My Wild Horse Story: Annelyse and Shania

I grew up in the Northeast and never had a horse of my own but took lessons once a week and got around horses any chance I got. As I got a little older, I learned about the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program and realized my dream of having a wild horse could really happen! 
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Eastern States
Fort Morgan

The Small Tracts Act of 1938

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week!
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Grand Junction FO

Wild horses find good homes at Grand Junction adoption event

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Idaho
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Rare plant species is recovering on BLM-managed land in Idaho’s Salmon River Canyon

Story by Anne Halford, BLM Idaho State Botanist. Photos by Anne Halford and Hannah Lou Cain, BLM Idaho Public Affairs Specialist.
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National Office
Horse and woman getting mail.

My Wild Horse Story: How Lois Helped Save the Mustang Jolene Bean

This story is courtesy of Lois Fritz, New Freedom Farm and Shawn Farnsworth, BLM Wild Horse and Burro Specialist
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