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

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Montana-Dakotas

Boy Scout Troop 649 achieves Dark Butte project

Jonathan Moor, Public Affairs Specialist, North Central Montana District
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Montana-Dakotas
Forestry BMP COVER

Protecting our water quality

The 2018 BMP Audit Team discus
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New Mexico, Las Cruces DO

Summer day camp shapes future public land ambassadors

This July 2018, thirteen 4th grade girls from Sunrise Elementary School in Las Cruces, New Mexico participated in an Every Kid in the Park summer day camp.
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Montana-Dakotas

Where's the Water?

Alden Shallcross, Program lead for Soil, Water, Air and Riparian, Montana/Dakotas State Office
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Montana-Dakotas

Clean. Drain. Dry

Carmela Romerio, Rangeland Management Specialist, Montana/Dakotas State OfficeWhat Are Aquatic Invasive Species?
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Montana-Dakotas

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

David Abrams, Public Affairs Specialist, Western Montana District
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Montana-Dakotas, Butte FO

After flood hits small town, BLM crew has it in the (sand)bag

Story by David Abrams, Public Affairs Specialist, Western Montana District Photos by BLM staff
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Montana-Dakotas

HiLine Riparian Tour

Story by Thomas Probert, Hydrologist, Glasgow Field Office; and Abby Hall, Range Technician, Havre Field Office
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Montana-Dakotas, Billings FO

Signature Day at Pompeys Pillar National Monument

John Reffit, Monument ManagerAll photos credit Sheldon Begay, PPNM Intern (Salish Kootenai College)
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Montana-Dakotas, Billings FO

Excavation site in Carbon County Yields Miniature Dinosaurs

Story by Jennifer Macy, Archaeologist, Billings Field OfficePhotos by Laurel Owen, Archaeology Technician, Billings Field Office
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Montana-Dakotas, Western Montana DO
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A Tale of Two Counties...and their Wetlands

By the late 1800s cattle prices were at record highs as Americans demanded more beef. Even though the cattle business was in the Best of Times, Nature was beginning to see the Worst of Times as unmanaged and overstocked Montana public rangelands were all too common.
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