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Utah, Canyon Country DO
A BLM uniformed ranger standing in front of a truck.

Ranger Cody Marsh named BLM 2022 Ranger of the Year

Rachel Wootton
Arizona, Phoenix DO
View from above of desert with many saguaro cacti and lots of trash on the ground

Phoenix District completes major trash cleanup effort

Story and video by Chris Wonderly, Public Affairs Specialist, Phoenix District Office
Oregon-Washington, Vale DO
A large pillar of stone sticking out of the earth in Leslie Gulch.

Drawing lightning and inspiration in southeastern Oregon

Hiram E. Leslie lay suffering in what was then called Dugout Gulch by everyone in southeastern Oregon. Lightning had reached out and touched the accused cattle rustler after he had declared his innocence to friends. “If I’m guilty of stealing my neighbor’s cattle, may the Lord strike me dead on the spot,” Mr. Leslie fumed.
Eastern States
Moses E. Levy

Moses E. Levy

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! This week, the team travels to Micanopy, Florida, the first town instituted in the new Florida territory and cofounded by Moses E. Levy.
Burley FO
pygmy rabbit in the snow

BLM Wildlife Biologist Lindsey Rush studies pygmy rabbit habitat in Idaho

Story by Sara Morelli, Public Affairs Specialist (Detail), Idaho State Office. Photos by BLM Idaho.
Salmon FO
A pika with its mouth open making an "eep!" call

BLM Idaho wildlife biologists use pikas as climate change indicators

Story and photos by Bruce Hallman, Public Affairs Specialist
National Office
Scarlet globemallow blooms in sage-steppe, southwest Wyoming

Sagebrush and Grasses and Forbs: All the Better for Nesting

by Heather Feeney, Public Affairs Specialist  
Idaho
Man wearing a head lamp and holding a sage-grouse fitted with a radio collar.

University of Idaho project provides insights about grazing’s impact on sage-grouse habitat

Story by Sara Morelli, Public Affairs Specialist (detail), Idaho State Office. Photos courtesy of the University of Idaho.
New Mexico, Roswell FO

Roswell Field Office conducts Earth Day sinkhole cleanup project

California, Northern California DO
Flowers on a beach

Arcata Field Office contributes to downlisting of California beach plant

Story by Jeff Fontana, Public Affairs Officer, Northern California District. Photos by BLM and Dave Imper, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, retired.
National Office
Spodumene ore, a source of lithium

Lode & Placer: 150 years of mining claims on public lands

On May 10, 1872, President Ulysses Grant signed An Act to promote the Development of the mining Resources of the United States, which Congress had passed the previous month. It declared "all valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States ... free and open to exploration and purchase ... by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such ... ."