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Alaska Fire Service
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History of helping: Alaska hotshot crews support fire suppression in the Lower 48

Every year, as fire activity increases in the western United States and decreases in Alaska, available fire resources — especially hotshot crews — are in high demand.
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Montana-Dakotas

Small but mighty: Pollinators (Bumbles) of the Montana/Dakotas

Story by Chris Boone, BLM Montana/Dakotas State Biologist 
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Idaho

Show Your Public Lands Some Love This National Public Lands Day

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by participating in an in-person or virtual event this September and October! “BLM Idaho is pleased to continue our National Public Lands
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Idaho

Adopt a 4-H Trained Wild Horse on September 12, 2020!

The East Idaho 4-H and BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program partnership is excited to present the following 4-H trained wild horses for adoption on September 12, 2020.
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Eastern States
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William Henry Clark

This week's Record of the Week is about William Henry Clark (W.H.
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Alaska
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NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process

The best laid plans don’t happen by accident, and they require some very skilled planners to lay them out.  We sat down with Stephanie Rice recently to go over the planning effort for the Nati
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Alaska
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Podcast: NPR-A: the plan, the planner, the process

The best laid plans don't happen by accident, and they require some very skilled planners to lay them out.
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Albuquerque DO

BLM New Mexico interns conduct surveying for rare plants

Story and photos by Laura Shriver, Plant Conservation and Restoration Program Specialist; Hannah Millsap, 2019 Botany Intern; and Ashley Taylor, 2019 Botany Intern.
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Utah

Vegetation treatments pay off during firefighting efforts

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in southwest Utah, in cooperation with Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative and other interested parties, treats an average of 40,000 acres of public land ann
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Eastern States
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San Dimas, California

Famously the setting for both "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey," moviegoers will be taking one more trip to San Dimas this summer when "Bill & Ted Face
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Anchorage DO, Glennallen FO
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Dig, Pound, Repeat. Trail Sign Maintenance with The Glennallen Field Office

Every summer, Glennallen Field Office recreation staff spend days in the field maintaining signage along the muddy, rocky, and dusty network of off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails within the 4.3 milli
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