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

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Color Country DO
Five individuals smiling standing in front of a fire truck that has just been transferred to the Parowan Fire Department.

Rural Fire Readiness: Parowan Fire Department Fire Engine Transfer

Rachel Wootton
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Eastern States
Goblin Valley State Park

Goblin Valley State Park

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! Spooky Season may be over, but we're still celebrating by traveling to Goblin Valley State Park!
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Arizona, Gila DO
Person wearing suspenders and a ball cap standing next to an interpretive panel

BLM Arizona and partner unveil interpretive display during NPLD celebration

BLM Arizona celebrated National Public Lands Day at the Waterman Restoration Site located on the Ironwood Forest National Monument with partners Arizona Native Plant Society and the Arizona Sierra Club, and more than 50 members of the public. 
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Northeastern States DO
BLM partners with Wilderness Inquiry to bring outdoor classrooms back to Milwaukee

BLM partners with Wilderness Inquiry to bring outdoor classrooms back to Milwaukee

From Aug. 15-18, BLM Eastern States Northeastern States District staff participated in Wilderness Inquiry’s Canoemobile event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Montana-Dakotas
Five people standing in a large creek cleaning out debris. One person stands on the bank to help take debris.

Teaching While Doing - Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes Workshop: Building Partnerships and Technical Capacity to Improve Riverscape Health

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New Mexico, Amarillo FO
A large pile of artifacts

Don’t mess with Texas: Looters on BLM-managed land learn the hard way

Story by Cynthia Herhahn, BLM Federal Preservation Officer; Katie Hill, Archaeologist, Socorro Field Office; Michael Merritt, Archaeologist, Socorro Field Office; and Crystal Cowan, BLM Public
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New Mexico, Socorro FO
Two students are climbing the rock face while two staff members are holding their ropes below

Socorro Field Office invites high school students to experience rock climbing on public lands

Story by Nathan Wagliardo, archaeologist intern. Photos by Nathan Wagliardo and courtesy of Merissa Tafoya-Chavez.
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Eastern States
Leadville, Colorado

Leadville, Colorado

Hello and welcome to the Record of the Week! This week, the team travels to Leadville, Colorado!
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Montana-Dakotas
Five people standing in a large creek cleaning out debris. One person stands on the bank to help take debris.

Teaching While Doing - Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes Workshop: Building Partnerships and Technical Capacity to Improve Riverscape Health

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Wyoming, Cody FO
A black-footed ferret sticks its head out of its home, which is a hole in the ground.

First taste of freedom: 18 captive-born ferrets released in northwest Wyoming

BLM Wyoming Cody Field Office had the unique honor of participating in a release of endangered, captive-born black-footed ferrets to private and public land this fall in northwest Wyoming.
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Wyoming
A yellow crane with gravel in front of it.

BLM Wyoming cracks down on wire burning on public lands

Story by Azure Hall, Public Affairs Specialist. Photos by Special Agent Tom Hill.
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