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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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Montana-Dakotas
A young girl sits on the side of a creek, smiling at the camera, and holding a small fish in her hand. Text says Miles City hosts Hutton Scholar.

Miles City Field Office Hosts Hutton Scholar

By Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program
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National Office

Discover a remnant of a nearly lost coastal dune ecosystem at Ma-le’l Dunes

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National Office, West Desert DO
A person wearing a hat and a plaid shirt measures something with a small ruleron a rock outcropping.

Petroglyphs Hidden in Plain Sight: Insights into the Prehistoric Rock Imagery of Utah’s West Desert

On a chilly yet sunny day in late January, BLM Salt Lake Field Office staff and archaeologists from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) ventured across desolate mudflats and windblown tumbleweeds in Utah’s West Desert.
Rachel Wootton
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Alaska, Anchorage DO
two children with computer doing distance learning from the Campbell Creek Science Center

Campbell Creek Science Center: growing into the future

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, many organizations and businesses pivoted, heading off in a different direction to find new ways of operating.  For the BLM Campbell Creek Science Center, it was less of a pivot and more of a leap into the future.
Maureen Clark
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National Office
Dog pops his head out of a tent.

HOW TO SET-UP A TENT

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Eastern States
Georgia O'keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

In celebration of Women's History Month, the General Land Office team takes a journey from Wisconsin to New Mexico along the path of one of the most iconic painters of the 20th century, known as th
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National Office
Uniformed BLM law enforcement ranger stands on vista

BLM Law Enforcement Ranger achieves unique status

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Montana-Dakotas
A stream of water runs along dry flat land. Text says Silver King Mine Clean-up and Stream Restoration

Silver King Mine Clean-up and Stream Restoration

By Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program  
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National Office

Bobcat-Houlihan Trail

The trailhead is located 28 miles southwest of Cody.
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Eastern States
Tucson, Arizona

Record of the Week: Tucson, Arizona

Originally developed as a small Spanish military base called El Presidio del Tucson, the city became a hub of the American southwest after the introduction of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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Eastern States

BLM-Eastern States General Land Office presents at virtual GIS conferences

The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States General Land Office presented at two national conferences in late February : the Esri Federal Users Conference and RootsTech.
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