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You’re caught in sub-zero bad weather in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and whatever equipment you were counting on to travel back to the trailhead broke down – here’s some of what yo

Let's check out Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines is the capital of the state of Iowa and the most populous city within the state. The city found its origin as Fort Des Moines incorporated in 1851.

When COVID-19 made it impossible for Ranger Heidi Blankenship to host a four-day, seven-person volunteer project, she got creative about completing her last big volunteer project at the Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness before she joined the team at the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. A five-strand barbed wire fence was lying on the ground, stretching from the wash at Deer Creek over to Aravaipa Creek on the south, across a wide bench popular for camping within the wilderness. The west-trending part of the fence had been removed by volunteers before the pandemic hit, but the south-trending part still needed to be removed to improve wildlife habitat and to increase safety for visitors.

By: Kelly Bockting, Wildlife Biologist, Dillon Field Office

Story by Sean I. Daugherty, Archaeologist, and Cynthia Herhahn, Archaeologist. Photos courtesy of Garry Joe, National Park Service Restoration Specialist.

Archaeology work in 2021 is not like movies depict with action, adventure, even knife and gun fights.&n

This week's Record of the Week brings us to Thunder Bay, Michigan.

This Record of the Week recounts the days leading up to "The Day the Music Died." In the winter of 1959 Buddy Holly, Dion and the Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and Frankie Sardo se

For those animals that leave the range, Meredith Kueck guides the complex process of moving them around the country, to reach new owners. She handles the logistics of animal shipping, planning routes to minimize stress on the animals and making more efficient use of taxpayers’ money.

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey plat that displays Seattle, Washington.

Amanda Gearhart is the wild horse and burro specialist for BLM’s Northern California District. She holds a doctorate in range science and shares her passion for rangeland management with all she meets.