Three hikers walking past the sandstone wall riddled with holes in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

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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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Eastern States

Record of the Week: Chloride, Arizona

Chloride is an old silver chloride mining town that was established in the early 1860's and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited town in Arizona.
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National Office

My Wild Horse Story: Tara Kilpatrick and Ink Print

Tara Kilpatrick began her involvement with wild horses 20 years ago. After moving to Southern Nevada, she and her husband David began exploring the Mojave Desert. She soon came across her first sighting of wild horses in the Red Rock Herd Management Area and began documenting the herd’s animals and social interactions.
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Alaska

Hand in hand: berries and bears on your public lands

Just like the midnight sun, berry picking is a key part of an Alaskan summer. This guide includes some benefits, dangers, and permitting basics for picking berries on BLM-managed lands.
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National Office

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
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National Office

Life during COVID-19 (and normal weekends!) at Ridgecrest Corrals

One day JJ Nolan, a wrangler at Ridgecrest Regional Corrals, was doing a routine check of the facility...When driving down the alley, he noticed a horse that did not “look right.”
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National Office

My Wild Horse Story: Becky and Miata

I am just the average person who loves her horses. I do not consider myself a trainer because I am always learning. I started working with mustangs in 1998 when I got my first 9-month-old from Idaho’s Challis herd management area.
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Arizona, Colorado River DO

BLM Utah's Bonneville Hotshots join BLM Arizona to proactively protect communities and respond to wildfires in Arizona

BLM Utah's Bonneville Interagency Hotshot Crew, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, joined the BLM Arizona’s Colorado River District fire program to complete fuels reduction work in the Hualapai Mountains, near Kingman.
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Utah

BLM protects Muddy Creek and Sinbad herds by allowing them to seek water and forage naturally

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is protecting the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area (HMA) wild horses and the Sinbad HMA burros from harm by removing unauthorized water troughs on BLM lands.
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Alaska

Public map app boasts new functions, regular updates & mobility

More robust tools with a familiar look and feel give public more power than ever to chart their own course.
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National Office

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
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National Office

My Wild Horse Story: Doris and China Boots

As a youngster growing up, I rode donkeys, ponies, and horses. I went away to college and my father kept the horse my sister and had shared. She was an amazing horse, believed to be a Morgan/mustang cross. An awesome line back dun with a black mane, tail and legs. More than 25 years would pass before I have horses again.
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