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Alaska, Anchorage DO
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Finding safety in shelter along the Iditarod Trail

You can't reserve them or rent them, but when you need shelter, you're always welcome to use them. They're the humble and always appreciated shelter cabins.
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National Office
Camping in Galkana, Alaska

Selecting the Best Tent Site

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Eastern States
Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park

This week's story map brings us to Saguaro National Park.
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Alaska
Graphic of man with binoculars

Podcast: Watchable Wildlife, a "where to look for what" guide

Alaska's a big place with all sorts of fascinating critters and plants, but where can you find them? In this Frontiers podcast, we're discussing the new Watchable Wildlife brochure -- a field guide to help with your next Alaska adventure.
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Alaska
Alaska Frontiers podcast artwork: Watchable Wildlife, a "where to look for what" guide. Cartoon of Wildlife Biologist looking through binoculars at a moose in the distance.

Watchable Wildlife, a "where to look for what" guide

Alaska's a big place with all sorts of fascinating critters and plants, but where can you find them?
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Arizona, Arizona Strip DO, Colorado River DO, Gila DO, Fire Center
Members of the Colorado River District and Pinion Pine Fire Department stand in front of a fire engine.

BLM transfers wildland fire engines to three rural fire readiness partners in Arizona

In February, the Bureau of Land Management Arizona transferred three fire engines to three rural wildland partners in Arizona.
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Arizona, Gila DO, Fire Center
a fire burns through vegetation as firefighters look on

Gila District completes Land Corral prescribed fire

The BLM conducted the Land Corral prescribed fire in the St. David Cienega region of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.
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Eastern States
Harriet Tubman

The Underground Railroad

In honor of Black History Month, the Bureau of Land Management is taking you on a tour of several safe houses along the Underground Railroad.
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Arizona, Phoenix DO
two people hold a burrowing owl

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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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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National Office
Woman standing on a rock overlooks sunset over river

Let's Get Primitive

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