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

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Dennis Brandt and Kelly Cole at Missoula Field Office photo by David Abrams

A cry in the wilderness: Montana BLM rangers help search for lost infant

The search team faced nearly impossible odds that chilly night: find a baby, no bigger than a football, abandoned in a dense Montana forest the size of 600,000 football fields.
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Idaho wildfire

BLM Law Enforcement Cases: Public tip leads to arrest of suspect who started Idaho wildfire

On Aug. 20, 2011, a human-caused wildland fire started on BLM- managed public lands near Emmett, Idaho. BLM fire investigators were able to locate the origin of the fire, but they were unable to determine a specific cause of the fire. The case was closed because there were no suspects identified.
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A ranger helps hikers.

Good Neighbors: BLM law enforcement rangers serve local communities

Special agents working a fire case on BLM- managed public lands intercepted and arrested four subjects carrying backpacks with marijuana.  On processing the narcotics load, agents discovered this was the first known high grade hydroponic marijuana load seizure in the area.