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Selma, Alabama

The General Land Office is proud to celebrate Black History Month.
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Eastern States
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BLM-ES GLO team joins Esri FedGIS Conference

The BLM-Eastern States General Land Office (GLO) team members exhibited at the Esri Federal Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Conference at Walter E.
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Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
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Cold Winter Cache

Last summer, more than 606 miles of hose was used on fires throughout Alaska. That’s more than the distance between Fairbanks and Homer (580 miles) or Grand Junction and Las Vegas (507 miles).
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Eastern States
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Omaha, Nebraska

This weeks General Land Office, Record of the Week, covers Omaha, Nebraska and the first Deputy Surveyor in the Nebraska territory, William Newton Byers!
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Montana-Dakotas

A new twist on Environmental Education

Story by Jaime Tompkins, Outdoor Recreation Planner (NLCS), Montana/Dakotas State Office
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Northeastern States DO
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Northeastern States District attends GIS Day Event  

The BLM Northeastern States District recently staffed an exhibit at Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Eastern States
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The Legend of Jeremiah Johnson

This week the General Land Office Records of the Week bring you another fascinating story from there collection, a land patent issued to the storied homesteader known as Jeremiah Johnson.
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Eastern States
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

This week we visit our friends at the National Park Service. We are headed to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, home of the fifth largest chamber in North America!
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Eastern States
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BLM-Eastern States Geospatial Services Division hosts Story Map Meet-Up 

      The BLM-Eastern States (BLM-ES) Geospatial Services Division hosted “ArcGIS Story Maps in Managing Public Lands Meet-Up" at the BLM-ES State Office, Washington D.C., January 30
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Idaho, Coeur d Alene DO, Coeur d Alene FO, Cottonwood FO, Boise DO, Bruneau FO, Four Rivers FO, Owyhee FO, Idaho Falls DO, Pocatello FO, Challis FO, Upper Snake FO, Salmon FO, Twin Falls DO, Burley FO, Jarbidge FO, Shoshone FO

Winter Recreation on Your Idaho Public Lands

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Arizona
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Arizona state director receives Advocate of the Year Award from game and fish department

The Arizona Game and Fish Commission presented BLM Arizona State Director Ray Suazo with its 2019 Advocate of the Year award at an awards banquet.
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