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Montana-Dakotas, North Central DO
Cottonwood Creek: Low-Tech Riverscape Restoration Practices Improve Riparian-Wetland Health

Low-Tech Riverscape Restoration Practices Improve Riparian-Wetland Health

Alden Shallcross, State Lead - Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Habitat Management Program
National Office
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Let's Get Primitive

Arizona, Yuma FO
a man with a kayak paddle rides the tule raft in the river

A tule reed boat runs the Grand Canyon

Staff from the BLM’s Yuma Field Office worked with Tom Martin and his wife Hazel Clark who wanted to harvest native tule reed along the Colorado River. These reeds went on to become a raft that successfully floated through the Grand Canyon in January 2021.
Arizona, Colorado River DO
people clean a motor boat on a trailer

Lake Havasu Field Office staff offer boat decontaminations at fishing tournament

On February 12, the staff from the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office helped decontaminate watercraft at the WON BASS Arizona Open at Lake Havasu tournament. The BLM completed decontaminations with the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) and Woods to Water Wildlife Solutions to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) and protect western waters.
Royal Gorge FO

Helicopters help treat inaccessible invasive plant

By Aaron Richter, Fisheries &amp
Oregon-Washington, Roseburg DO
Letitia Carson's homestead certificate

From slave to landowner: The grit and gumption of Letitia Carson

From slave to Oregon Trail traveler to Black landowner, the story of pioneering Oregon homesteader Letitia Carson is an inspiring one—with a BLM connection.
Greg Shine
Alaska
Alaska Frontiers White Mountains Safety Podcast album art featuring snowmobile, fat tire bike, and skis

White Mountains Safety

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
Alaska, Fairbanks DO
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Podcast: White Mountains Safety

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 you wish you had with you.
James Hart
Eastern States
Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

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.
Montana-Dakotas

Mule Deer Foundation improves winter range on BLM lands

By: Kelly Bockting, Wildlife Biologist, Dillon Field Office
Arizona, Gila DO
a person stands next to piles of bundled wire

Safford Field Office staff and volunteers use creative thinking to complete a clean-up project during COVID-19

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.