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AIMing High: AIM crew gathers soil and vegetation data from the Pryor Mountains in Montana

By truck, UTV, and foot, the Billings Field Office Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) Crew recently found its way to an elevation of 5,500 feet in the Pryor Mountains.
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More than a Throwback, Historical Aerial Imagery Provide Irreplaceable Data

In a world where it seems everything is digital, computed, and programmed, a trove of aerial images dating back decades are just beginning to prove their lasting value for federal land managers and the public.   Starting in the 1960’s and spanning into 2008, Bureau of Land Management Alaska pilots and aerial photographers documented Alaska’s vast landscape from airplanes, according to BLM Alaska Intelligence Imagery and Geospatial Analyst Chris Noyles. 
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Bats

Bat Week

Welcome to another Record of the Week!

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Biscayne National Park

Biscayne National Park

This week's interesting General Land Office record features a survey of an island plat that displays the Biscayne National Park area.
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Helen Keller

Helen Keller

In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the General Land Office Record of the Week features Helen Keller.
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Palm Beach Florida

Hidden Smile in Palm Beach County, Florida

The GLO website provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than 12 million federal land title records issued between 1788 and the present.
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