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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
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!
Idaho, Shoshone FO

Winter Recreation on Your Idaho Public Lands

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 on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020.
Colorado
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Wild horse event promotes locally gathered horses

More than 600 people packed the stands at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds on a pleasant, western Colorado September evening, eagerly awaiting word.
California

BLM mourns passing of retired K-9 Officer Hoost, Badge K914

Belgian Malinois K-9 Officer Hoost protected America’s public lands alongside Field Staff Ranger Chris Rice for eight years before retiring in 2018 to a life of chasing balls and belly rubs as a treasured member of the Rice family. He died at 11 years old.
Colorado

BLM botanist contributes years of data on tiny plant

The only place in the world to find the skiff milkvetch is in southwest Colorado, on about 310 acres of mostly public lands managed by the BLM in Gunnison and Saguache counties.
Alaska Fire Service, Alaska
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Feeding the fireys

They may have a few differences in cultures, fir
Utah

Fossils from BLM lands help confirm a new species of Allosaur

On Friday, January 24, the BLM participated in the Natural History Museum of Utah's unveiling of Allosaurus jimmadseni, a new species of Allosaur.
Rachel Wootton
Eastern States
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Deadwood, South Dakota

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Alaska, Alaska Fire Service
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Ice, fire, back to ice

After a month helping firefighting efforts in Australia, BLM Alaska Fire Service Associate Manager Kyle Cowan left the 112-degree weather in Sydney, and returned on to 33-below-zero temperatures in
Beth Ipsen