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Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO
Cottonwood Creek: Low-Tech Riverscape Restoration Practices Improve Riparian-Wetland Health

Low-Tech Riverscape Restoration Practices Improve Riparian-Wetland Health

Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program
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Arizona, Phoenix DO
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Phoenix District helps to translocate owls displaced by development

Through a partnership with Wild at Heart and the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Phoenix District Office is working on a burrowing owl project.
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National Office
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Let's Get Primitive

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Arizona, Colorado River DO, Yuma FO
a man with a kayak paddle rides the tule raft in the river

A tule reed boat runs the Grand Canyon

Staff from the BLM’s Yuma Field Office worked with Tom Martin and his wife Hazel Clark who wanted to harvest native tule reed along the Colorado River.
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Arizona, Colorado River DO, Lake Havasu FO
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Lake Havasu Field Office staff offer boat decontaminations at fishing tournament

In 2021, the staff from the Bureau of Land Management’s Lake Havasu Field Office helped decontaminate watercraft at the WON BASS Arizona Open at Lake Havasu tournament.
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Royal Gorge FO

Helicopters help treat inaccessible invasive plant

By Aaron Richter, Fisheries &amp
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Alaska
Alaska Frontiers White Mountains Safety Podcast album art featuring snowmobile, fat tire bike, and skis

White Mountains Safety

You’re caught in sub-zero bad weather in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and whatever equipment you were counting on to travel back to the trailhead broke down – here’s some of what yo
Podcast
Oregon-Washington, Roseburg DO
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From slave to landowner: The grit and gumption of Letitia Carson

From slave to Oregon Trail traveler to Black landowner, the story of pioneering Oregon homesteader Letitia Carson is an inspiring one—with a BLM connection.
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Alaska, Fairbanks DO
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Podcast: White Mountains Safety

You’re caught in sub-zero bad weather in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and whatever equipment you were counting on to travel back to the trailhead broke down – here’s some of what you wish you had with you.
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Montana-Dakotas

Mule Deer Foundation improves winter range on BLM lands

By: Kelly Bockting, Wildlife Biologist, Dillon Field Office
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Eastern States
Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Let's check out Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines is the capital of the state of Iowa and the most populous city within the state. The city found its origin as Fort Des Moines incorporated in 1851.
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