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AIMing High: AIM crew gathers soil and vegetation data from the Pryor Mountains in Montana

By truck, UTV, and foot, the Billings Field Office Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) Crew recently found its way to an elevation of 5,500 feet in the Pryor Mountains.
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Photo of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument transportation map, printed and folded.

Monument map earns ‘finalist’ honors in global GIS awards

Happy GIS Day! GIS maps are some of the most-appreciated tools in the BLM. One such map – the BLM’s Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Transportation Map – earned high honors at the 2025 Esri User Conference.
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Adventures in public lands: Maggie and Morgan's GIS internships with the BLM

Before their internships in Colorado end, Maggie Carmody and Morgan Delgado look forward to exploring BLM-managed public lands, where they will see how the tools and programs they developed are implemented in real time.
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A trailhead marker that reads Rainie Falls Trail 2 Miles to Falls.

BLM publishes interactive web map displaying access to public lands

In December 2024, the BLM released a new interactive web map that displays legal locations to access BLM-managed public lands.
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Russell Cave National Monument

Russell Cave National Monument

This week, the General Land Office features a survey plat that displays the boundaries of the Russell Cave National Monument in Alabama.
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Heceta Head Lighthouse

Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon

The Heceta Head Lighthouse is a 56-foot tall structure perched on a curved cliff on the west side of Heceta Head.

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