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A Caucasian person in a white helmet with a black visor and mic attached and a brown flight suit sits inside an aircraft looking out the window.

BLM Idaho Boise Helitack Provides USFWS Wildland Firefighter Apprentice with a Unique Opportunity

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wildland fire apprentice had the opportunity to complete a 2-week assignment with the BLM Idaho Boise Helitack crew.
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National Office
Vanessa Lacayo, smiling and wearing a blue jacket, stands in a field of sagebrush. Behind her is a line of small mountains, brownish green in color.

Meeting people where they are: Vanessa Lacayo

Vanessa Lacayo grew up with a strong sense of her Chicana identity, thanks in large part to her maternal grandfather’s groundbreaking work in the field of Chicano Studies and his activism on behalf of the community.
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Colorado, Grand Junction FO
Watering station project team members pose for a photo after a hard day’s work on the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range Aug. 30, 2024.

BLM, FOM partner to manage vital resource for horses, wildlife

Bureau of Land Management staff and volunteers from the Friends of the Mustangs worked as a team Aug. 30 to overhaul a crumbling watering station with a clogged drain and leaky tanks on the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range.
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New Mexico, Roswell FO
Personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM, as well as an intern from Conservation Corps New Mexico, conduct a survey for Koster’s springsnail, the Roswell springsnail and Noel’s amphipod at the Rio Hondo Spring Run on the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Roswell, New Mexico on July 8.

BLM New Mexico, Fish and Wildlife Service team up for springsnail and amphipod surveys

Nearly a year ago, personnel from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and BLM New Mexico worked together to save endangered Koster’s springsnails when a creek at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge ran dry near the end of a hot summer.
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Wyoming, Lander FO
A man in a red shirt rides a brown horse toward the camera while a crowd of people watch from bleachers.

College equine instructors to teach horsemanship using Walker—an adopted, inmate-trained wild horse

All available, inmate-trained wild horses and burros were adopted at the Wyoming Honor Farm fall adoption. One horse has a bright future teaching horsemanship at a college in Lander.
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Wyoming, Cody FO
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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New Mexico, Roswell FO
Michael McGee, left, a hydrologist in the Roswell Field Office, demonstrates how to distributes grass seed to volunteers.

BLM-NM works with Girl Scout volunteers to control erosion in campground arroyo for NPLD 

Girl Scout Troop 18044 from Roswell, N.M., helped Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office personnel control erosion in a campground arroyo in honor of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 21.
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Eastern States, Northeastern States DO
A BLM cadastral survey team works alongside a USDA Forest Service Surveyor in Chippewa National Forest in establishing the boundaries for the parcels identified for transfer to the Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe.

Righting a Wrong: Restoring Lands to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

On June 20, 2024, the Forest Service announced the transfer of 11,778 national forest acres to the Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe. BLM cadastral surveyors have been on the ground surveying these lands since 2022.
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Eastern States, Southeastern States DO
A man crouches on a dock behind his young daughter, helping her hold a fishing rod on a dock along a pond.

Veterans find community, camaraderie through fishing on public lands

For over a decade The BLM Eastern States has partnered with FishingCommunity.org to hold fishing events for veterans and their families on public lands in Florida and Virginia.
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Utah, Color Country DO
WHB Fest Day 2 - A man shows off his saddled horse. As he finishes the course, he throws up his cowboy hat to the crowd.

Hold Your Horses: The 5th Annual Wild Horse and Burro Festival

The 2024 Wild Horse and Burro Festival, held in Hurricane, Utah, was a weekend to remember. This event was a reminder of the importance of wild horses and burros and the people who work so hard to protect and train them.
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Nevada, Elko DO
A view of a mountain over a snow-covered rangeland

Elko, Nevada residents rally to create new non-motorized trail system

Between Elko and Spring Creek, Nevada, a group of residents and recreation enthusiasts from the Elko Trail Systems Initiative (ETSI) is working with BLM's Tuscarora Field Office to create a new non
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