Three hikers walking past the sandstone wall riddled with holes in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.

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Arizona, Gila DO

Restored Fairbank Mercantile beckons visitors

Just over a year ago, the Fairbank Adobe Commercial Building — the largest and most visible structure at the Fairbank Historic Townsite — was clinging to life. By last fall, the building’s condition required a full structural intervention.
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Colorado, Kremmling FO

Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group Management Plan

The Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group has finalized a plan for protecting recreational floatboating and recreational fishing values along the Upper Colorado River from Kremmlin
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National Office

My wild horse story: Laura Newberry and Buckeye Boone

I grew up reading the book “Misty of Chincoteague”. My dream for as long as I can remember was to train my own “wild” horse. From the time I was a young teen to my late 30s I had many opportunities to gentle, work with and train my own domestic horses. I enjoyed every bit of it, but in the back of my mind, I still had that dream of training a “wild” one.
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Alaska

Podcast: ANILCA at 40, Part 2

ANILCA is 40 years old today. Do you know some of the most important details of this hugely important law? We sat with leadership from the three largest federal land management agencies in Alaska to get their thoughts.
James Hart
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Alaska

ANILCA at 40, Part 2

ANILCA is 40 years old today.  Do you know some of the most important details of this hugely important law?
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Eastern States

The Lands of Navajo Nation

The Navajo tribe of Native Americans lives in the southwestern lands of the modern-day United States, in the Four Corners region of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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Eastern States

Montezuma Well

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey plat that displays a historic landmark, the Montezuma Well.
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Eastern States

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, famous for his partaking in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, was a man of colorful history and diverting professions in the 19th century.
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Arizona, Gila DO

National Public Lands Day volunteers and Safford Field Office staff create new trail

Volunteers from the Gila Valley Hiking Club partnered with the Safford Field Office to construct a new trail within the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area on November 14. This year marked the 30th anniversary of Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area, signed into law via the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990.
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Montana-Dakotas

Accessibility challenges inspire Pompeys Pillar video series

Story by Jaime Tompkins, State NLCS Program Lead, Montana/Dakotas State Office 
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