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Mule deer peeks around a tree in a previously prescribed burn treated area.

Prescribed burns restore vital habitat in the High Desert District

The Bureau of Land Management’s High Desert District recently completed two spring prescribed burns aimed at improving wildlife habitat and reducing hazardous fuels across southwest Wyoming. Spanning approximately 182 acres, the burns were conducted in the Kemmerer and Pinedale field offices, with about 62 acres treated near Rock Tunp and 120 acres on Deadline Ridge.
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A person in a hard hat and black backpack ignites fire on open grassland with a driptorch

Interagency groups complete prescribed burn in support of big game habitat

Interagency groups completed a prescribed burn in Whitman County, Washington which will support big game habitat restoration along the Rock Creek corridor.
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Helicopter sits stationary in a desert lands scape with short vegetation in the area (helispot). A large plume of smoke is visible behind the helicopter in the distance.

Fire Management Feature: Arizona's Moki and Weaver Mountain helitack modules

BLM Arizona’s two helitack crews, Moki and Weaver Mountain helitack modules, have had a very busy summer in 2021.
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A line of people in green pants, yellow shirts, black backpacks, and hard hats walks through a burned forest.

Jackson Interagency Hotshot Crew is recertified as a type 1 IHC

Congratulations to the Jackson Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) who were recently recertified as a type 1 IHC!
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Fuel break with cleared vegetation, blues skies, and clouds.

Partners work together to refresh the Thompson Springs fuel break in Utah

Members of the Thompson Springs community in Utah contacted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Utah Forestry Fire and State Lands and asked that the two agencies to help strengthen the previous fuel break on the western side of town. 
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Big plastic bags on the tarmac next to a parked airplane

BLM provides support for U.S. Forest Service Boise airtanker base upgrades

Change has been a long time coming for the Boise airtanker base located at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). In 2021 construction was completed on a new permanent structure and storage cache.
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