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Wildland firefighters conduct a prescribed burn on Animas City Mountain near Durango, Colo. in May, 2023.

An ounce of prevention

A prescribed burn averts a potential disaster outside of Durango, Colo.
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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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Weathered logs lie across a flowing stream in a green forest

Fires, forests, and fish

A team of experts in the BLM Oregon Salem District utilized hazard trees from the Beachie Creek Fire as a crucial piece of a salmon habitat restoration project.
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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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