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A BLM Natural Resource Specialist prepares an herbarium voucher of Joe Pye weed, carefully arranging the roots of the plant. She lays it on top of cardboard as a river can be seen flowing behind her with green trees on both sides of that river

Northeastern States District adds to Seeds of Success and Smithsonian collection

Milwaukee, Wisc.

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Woman standing in stream

Feds, State share data AIMing to save resources

Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring protocols standardize data across agencies
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PFYC: A Rapid Assessment Tool for Paleontology

Story by: Andrew Smith, Cartographic Tech; and Greg Liggett, Paleontologist; Montana/Dakotas State Office

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Vernal Pools preserve California's natural landscape

What ecological feature can do all of the following:

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BLM botanist helps brings native gardens to area schools

Roosevelt Elementary Native Plant Garden
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Sea Squirt Invades BLM Submerged Lands in Southeast Alaska

An invasive marine invertebrate known as “marine vomit,” that can smother native species has been found within Whiting Harbor in Sitka. This non-native carpet sea squirt, Didemnum vexillum, (D. vex) is thought to be native to Japan. It was first detected in Whiting Harbor in 2010 as a result of a citizen-science-marine invasive species bioblitz. Tammy Davis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), invasive species program lead, was concerned along with other stakeholders including local Sitkans and those who work in the marine invasive species world, about the discovery and potential growth and spread of D. vex in Whiting Harbor.

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