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Amy Barry is wearing a bucket hat and vest. She stands behind the fixed headstone with her hands on her hips and a small smile on her face.
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The untold story of K. Kawanishi

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Headstone lacks details about an individual, but illustrates an era

Cody Marsh and his fiancée are standing on the balcony of the Department of the Interior in Washington D.C. In the background is the Washington Monument.
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Moab BLM law enforcement officer Cody Marsh receives national award

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Cody Marsh was selected as the national Bureau of Land Management Ranger of the Year for 2021.

10 firemen walk across the burning landscape, surrounded by old-growth ponderosa pines.
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Moab BLM uses prescribed burns to support ecosystems

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Prescribed burns are fires intentionally set and managed by land management agencies can serve several purposes.

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Public lands proposal in progress

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

The Grand County Commission is continuing to refine its vision for a public lands bill proposal, an effort begun in 2021.

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SITLA narrows down BLM parcels it may acquire in land swap

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

Grand County officials are concerned that some of the areas SITLA has identified as possibilities for trade are locations the county prizes for recreation or conservation.

Loretta Domaszewski stands in a river in her Keens with an easel and apron. She's looking up at the canyon walls surrounding her and painting.
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BLM accepting applications for artist-in-residence program

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

The Canyon Country District of the Bureau of Land Management is hosting its first-ever artist-in-residence program.

A campsite with picnic table and firepit is nestled among desert grasses, with a view of the La Sal Mountains.
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BLM opens new Klondike Bluffs campground

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

On April 26, the Bureau of Land Management issued a press release announcing the agency has completed a new campground near the North Klondike Bluffs trailhead.

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SITLA seeks Bears Ears land trade

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

The Utah School and Institutional Trust Administration hopes to conduct a large-scale land swap with the federal government, exchanging SITLA parcels within the recently designated Bears Ears National Monument for federal lands that…

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Book Cliffs Highway project canceled

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

On March 10, the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition—which includes Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Sevier, San Juan, and Uintah counties—voted to cancel planning for the controversial Book Cliffs Highway, a paved 35-mile road that…

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Grand County creates trail adoption program

Ali Harford4 years ago2 years ago

Grand County Active Transportation and Trails held its first trail adoption program training in early March. A small group of volunteers learned the basics of caring for a mountain bike trail, like how…

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