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Two Caucasian men in hiking clothes with large rolls of wire and stakes strapped to their backs smiling for the camera outdoors.

Boise District firefighters support field office through resource work

Boise District’s Bruneau Field Office and district fire management officers have started a pilot program that utilize firefighters’ experiences to help the field office’s multiple-use work needs outside of peak activity.
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Nevada, Fire Center
Three Caucasian women sit on the ground in front of a small airplane

Where fire meets the sky: the “SEAT Base Sisters” set high standard for fire and aviation

Meet the team of women running the BLM SEAT Base in Wells, NV.
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Fire Center
A large vehicle labeled Fort Apache Hotshots sideways on a steeply inclined ramp

BLM makes innovations in fire equipment with rollover protection systems

The safety features of ROPS include seats with side impact airbags, seatbelt pre-tension system, and internal roll cage.
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Idaho, Boise DO, Fire Center
Two caucasian men pose outdoors in hiking clothes carrying metal stakes and wheels of wire on their backs.

Boise District firefighters support field office through resource work

Boise District’s Bruneau Field Office and district fire management officers have started a pilot program to utilize firefighters’ experiences to support multiple-use work when outside of peak wildfire activity.
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National Office
Close-up of Rockface outdoors

During Native American Heritage Month, a reminder of the power of Indigenous knowledge

By Derrick Henry, Public Affairs Specialist
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Western Montana DO, Missoula FO
Blue Camas flowers. "Missoula FO and CSKT enhance camas in the Blackfoot Valley

Missoula Field Office BLM and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes use Reserved Treaty Rights Lands Program funds to enhance camas in the Blackfoot Valley

Story by Jennifer McNew, Range Technician and Michael Albritton, Fuels Specialist
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Utah

Foundations of the Past, Present and Future: River House Stabilization Project

For Native American Heritage Month, we are highlighting a preservation project completed this year within Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah.
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Arizona
Arizona Project Archaeology Team: Nicole Armstrong-Best, Jeri Meeks, Brooke Wheeler, Jenny Works

Arizona Project Archaeology wins Arizona Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Award

Arizona Project Archaeology, an affiliate of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Project Archaeology program, was awarded the 2021 Arizona Governor’s Heritage Preser
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Arizona, Gila DO
looking across at a rocky area with many green trees dotting the hillsides

BLM Arizona completes important land acquisition

The Bureau of Land Management and partners Trust for Public Lands and the Arizona Game and Fish Department recently completed the Cross F land acquisition.
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Eastern States
South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota

This week's GLO Record features a survey plat displaying Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City, named for the limestone spring stream that passes through it, was founded in 1876 by a group of d
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National Office

Q&A: Research lead shares his take on BLM’s new Wild Horse and Burro Strategic Research Plan

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