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Eastern States
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Oregon City

This week's story map brings us to Oregon City, the location of the first GLO office in Oregon and one of the oldest communities on the west coast. Much of Oregon City’s importance lies in its
Eastern States
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Cryptids of North America

This General Land Office Record of the Week showcases the mysterious realm of North American cryptids in a collaborative effort by the ROTW team. Step inside if you dare...
Alaska

Podcast: It's All Liaison Work

From the small Kodiak Island village of Akhiok, BLM Alaska’s acting Native Liaison Ralph Eluska shares what it was like growing up, leading the Alaska Federation of Natives and bridging a cultural gap for the bureau since 2003. 
Eric Tausch
Alaska

No bandwidth, no problem for large NEPA Studies

Those who can’t download our robust environmental studies can now get them in the mail faster and easier on wafer cards that can save taxpayers an average of $5,517.75 per analysis over printing and mailing hard copies.
Eric Tausch
Eastern States
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Davenport, Iowa

This week’s General Land Office Record of the Week connects a survey plat to Davenport, Iowa, a thriving port city with French and Native American influence, located on the banks of the Missis
Utah, Canyon Country DO
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Vegetation Projects Continue to Slow Wildfires in Utah

The Alkali Ridge Wildfire started July 12, 2020, from a power transmission line on private land in the Devil Canyon area between Monticello and Blanding, Utah.
Alaska, Anchorage DO
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Summertime Stewards of Public Lands

For the roughly two dozen teens who cleared brush and trimmed branches on the BLM Campbell Tract trails in August there were sore muscles, calluses, and sun tans.  There was social distancing,
Maureen Clark
Eastern States
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Lake of the Ozarks

This week, we take a journey to central Missouri to learn about the Lake of the Ozarks.
Eastern States
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Magdalena Stock Driveway, New Mexico

This week's General Land Office Record of the Week focuses on Magdalena Stock Driveway, New Mexico! New Mexico was admitted to the United States as the 47th state in 1912.
Montana-Dakotas

Montana/Dakotas Pilot Project Completed: It just got easier to find access to public lands

Story by Adam Carr, Public Access Project Manager; and Cyndi Eide, Realty Specialist, Montana/Dakot
Pecos DO

New Mexico’s Carlsbad Field Office wins 2020 ACRA Award

The 2020 American Cultural Resources Association Awards (ACRA) were presented at the virtual annual conference on September 25, 2020.