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A small cactus with purple flowers rests on a landscape in front of a mesa and a field of white flowers

Sclerocactus glaucus: Prickly Colorado native no longer listed as threatened

Sclerocactus glaucus, a Colorado hookless cactus, was announced to be delisted from the federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery May 29, 2025.
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BLM staff with air quality moniter

Air Quality Monitoring in Alaska: BLM and Alaska DEC add three new monitoring systems to state’s pollution measurement network

In partnership with the State of Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), the BLM is pleased to announce the implementation of two new air quality monitoring systems on BLM Alaska-managed public lands.
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Team of researchers floating on the South Fork River

Stewarding lands along the South Fork Koyukuk River - Central Yukon Field Office’s Multidisciplinary Team Float Trip

This summer, specialists from the Central Yukon Field Office geared up in mid-July for a six-day float trip conducting inventory on lands along the South Fork Koyukuk River in the remote backcountry of Interior Alaska.
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Mulford Milkvetch, a rare plant species

A Rare Opportunity to Get Dirty -- BLM Idaho and BSU Partner to Study Mulford’s Milkvetch

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Penstemon haydenii

BLM Biologist discovers endangered plant

Few people can claim to have made a significant scientific discovery. A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Rawlins Field Office biologist Frank Blomquist is one of the few.
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Two BLM ID archaeologists, one standing and one squatting, are surrounded by trees and are documenting surface artifacts along the Salmon River.

BLM Archaeology in Action

Recently, archaeologists from the BLM ID Salmon and Upper Snake Field Offices as well as Shoshone-Bannock Tribal members and volunteers helped document surface artifacts along the Salmon River.
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