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Big Cypress National Preserve Announces ORV Office Holiday Closure
Big Cypress National Preserve Announces ORV Office Holiday Closure

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Park takes steps to increase parking safety near busy trailheads
Great Smoky Mountains National Park will begin implementing temporary, single-lane road closures at several locations this week for the installation of permanent roadside protection measures at busy park destinations to eliminate unsafe, damaging roadside parking.

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Olympic National Park announces entrance fee-free days for 2023
Olympic National Park will have five entrance fee-free days in 2023. On those days of commemoration or celebration, all National Park Service entrance fees throughout the country will be waived for all visitors.

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites public comment on proposed Livestock Plan alternatives
The National Park Service (NPS) is developing a Livestock Plan to address livestock, horse and cattle herds, within Theodore Roosevelt National Park, under relevant laws, regulations, policies, and park management priorities including the conservation of native species and natural prairie ecosystem functions.

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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Closed Christmas Day 2022
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is scheduled to be closed to the public three days each year, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Independence Day.


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Black Rock Desert Artist-in-Residence Program Exhibits in Winnemucca and Elko, Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management, Black Rock Field Office, in partnership with Friends of Black Rock High Rock, will hold multiple art exhibits for the 2022 Artists in Residence.

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BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices announce big game winter range closures
The BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale field offices will close BLM-administered public big game winter ranges to all motorized vehicle travel from Jan. 1 through April 30, 2022.


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BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns this winter
The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District plans to conduct slash pile prescribed burns on Rock Springs Field Office-managed lands this winter

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Caisson Platoon horses find a temporary home at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area
Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Army announce a new partnership to temporarily house and pasture the renowned Caisson Platoon horses, of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area, public lands managed by the BLM in Lorton, Virginia.

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BLM acquires 1,600 acres and increases public access through the Land and Water Conservation Fund
The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office has acquired two parcels of land through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, totaling 1,600 acres, in Mesa and Garfield counties.

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BLM announces decision on integrated weed management plan
The Bureau of Land Management announces a decision today on the Integrated Weed Management Plan for the Control and Eradication of Noxious and Invasive Species and Environmental Assessment.

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Wildlife in the Wood River Valley need your help
The earlier than usual snowpack and winter-like conditions in the Wood River Valley means wintering wildlife need your help!

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Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum closing January through March
Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum will be closed from Jan. 1 to March 2023 for significant floor renovations.

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BLM donates fire engine to Fort Bidwell Volunteer Fire Department
The Bureau of Land Management has transferred ownership of a wildland fire engine to the Fort Bidwell Volunteer Fire Department, a small Modoc County department that stands ready to assist the BLM and other agencies with wildfire response in remote northeast California, just south of the Oregon border.

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BLM Casper reopens portions of Price Road after temporary closure
The Bureau of Land Management has reopened approximately 75 percent of the Price Road located 18 miles southwest of Casper, off County Road 316 (Trapper Road).

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