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The Clearwater River Cleanup crew poses for a final group picture.

National Public Lands Day: Clearwater River Clean-up

The Cottonwood Field Office hosts annual Clearwater River Clean-up with assistance from the Idaho Youth ChalleNGe Academy. Cadets, volunteers, and BLM staff cleaned up a five-mile stretch of the Clearwater River.
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A group of volunteers are raising the American flag. They are standing in tall yellow grass with a white lighthouse in the background.

Local volunteers are the rock of the San Juan Islands National Monument

Situated in the northern reaches of Washington State's Puget Sound, the beautiful San Juan Islands National Monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This National Monument encompasses approximately 1,000 acres of the San Juan Islands, an archipelago of more than 450 islands, rocks, and pinnacles. Did you know the BLM relies on volunteers to help manage the public lands in this unique National Monument?
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A front end loader fills a dumpster with a couch and other trash.

Community donates time, labor, resources to care for their Arizona, BLM-administered public lands

In just four hours, volunteers and staff removed enough debris to fill the six roll-off dumpsters of trash near Littlefield, Arizona.
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Three volunteers stand together displaying their t-shirts for cleanup efforts.

Celebrating National Public Lands Day at Paradise Cove

Yuma Field Office leads cleanup efforts at Paradise Cove in Yuma, Arizona.
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A couple stand on a trail in front of red rocks.

The Brains and Brawn of public lands volunteers

Sue and Jim Johnston have been making a difference in our trails in Kanab for more than 10 years.
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Several people stand or crouch along a fence line, using tools to cut wires.

Cody Field Office builds on friendly fencing initiative with partners and volunteers

By removing the bottom wire of a barbed-wire fence and lowering the top wire to 38” high, pronghorn can cross under the fence safely while other wildlife can jump over more easily.
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