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In a world where it seems everything is digital, computed, and programmed, a trove of aerial images dating back decades are just beginning to prove their lasting value for federal land managers and the public.   Starting in the 1960’s and spanning into 2008, Bureau of Land Management Alaska pilots and aerial photographers documented Alaska’s vast landscape from airplanes, according to BLM Alaska Intelligence Imagery and Geospatial Analyst Chris Noyles. 

Twenty-one years ago, Congress protected 428,000 acres of Steens Mountain, ensuring its status as one of the most special natural places in Oregon.

Welcome to another Record of the Week!

Submitted by Karly DeMars, State Fire Planner, and Chris Barth, State Fire Mitigation & Education Specialist

Interagency groups completed a prescribed burn in Whitman County, Washington which will support big game habitat restoration along the Rock Creek corridor.

A team of experts in the BLM Oregon Salem District utilized hazard trees from the Beachie Creek Fire as a crucial piece of a salmon habitat restoration project.

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey of an island plat that displays the Biscayne National Park area.

When managed at sustainable levels and balanced with other species, wild horses and burros can contribute to thriving and healthy ecological systems on public lands. To achieve this balance, the BLM conducts periodic “gathers” to safely remove excess animals from overpopulated herds.

BLM Anchorage Field Office staff, assisted by Geo-watersheds Scientific, recently installed two new soil temperature monitoring stations along the Iditarod National Historic Trail (INHT). 

When hazards are found on public lands, it's up to people like Mike McCrum to oversee the remediation. He leads BLM Alaska's hazardous materials and remediation program, and he's seen his share of cleanups, big and small

The BLM and partners cleaned up a large amount of rubbish and household junk that was dumped at Meadowood, a BLM-managed area in Lorton, Virginia.