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The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments through Dec. 5, 2022, on the proposed sale of 24.79 acres of BLM-administered public land to the Town of Bairoil in Fremont County, Wyoming.
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BLM and partners kickoff Nevada County Tire Amnesty Week

The Bureau of Land Management and partners invite Nevada County residents to participate in the annual tire amnesty event from Oct. 24-28, from 8 a.m.
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Decision: Changes coming to how Campbell Tract is managed

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Anchorage Field Office signed a decision on the Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) for the Campbell Tract on Sept. 30.
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BLM and FOAL improve habitat for wild horses, wildlife and livestock

The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office and Friends of a Legacy (FOAL) partnered in October to remove saltcedar on public and private land in the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) east of Cody.
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BLM lifts fire restrictions in five eastern Wyoming counties

Fire restrictions have been lifted for Bureau of Land Management administered public lands in Campbell, Converse, Crook, Platte, and Sheridan counties.
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The Butterfly Effect: A Small Voice with a Big Story

When we think about landscape conservation, we tend to think big – big problems that require big solutions.
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Animas City Mountain prescribed burn in Durango postponed for 2022

 The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office will postpone the prescribed fire treatment on Animas City Mountain located within the Durango area until spring 2023.
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General conservation plan for the desert tortoise in California

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) listed the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (Act) in 1990 due to habitat loss and fragmentation, excessive predation, and disease.
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Catching the Bug with the Service’s Groundwater Invertebrate Experts in Texas

In Texas, nine major aquifers hold the groundwater that meets up to 60 percent of the state’s water needs.
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical minerals research in Washington State

The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that, thanks to substantial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it will invest about $2.8 million to collect a large swath of geophysical data focusing on critical mineral resources in northeastern Washington State.
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Assistant Secretary Cantor Meets with Virgin Islands Leaders, Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to the Territory

U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor today completed her first official visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) where she met with Governor Albert Bryan and other island leaders to emphasize the agency’s commitment to the people of the territory.
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Reclamation expands fuels management work to reduce wildfire threats in the Auburn State Recreation Area

On Friday, Oct. 21, Reclamation will expand fuels and vegetation management activities in the Auburn State Recreation Area.
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A decade worth of cleanups continue at New Melones Lake

The Bureau of Reclamation’s New Melones Lake Park Rangers and volunteers have participated in Sierra Nevada Alliance’s Great Sierra River Cleanup for about 10 years.
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Juvenile bald eagle released at New Melones

New Melones park rangers excitingly met with Tri County and Stanislaus Wildlife Care representatives last month at the Angels Creek Boat Launch.
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As Wildfires Grow, the National Park Service Increases Efforts to Protect Natural and Cultural Resources

It’s late evening and the warm summer breeze blows thick smoke across the incident command post. The red glow beyond the nearby ridgeline has grown brighter.
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