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2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Winner Category: Fuels Management and Prescribed Fire
The West Slope Prescribed Fire near Lovel, Wyoming. Photo by Sarah Wempen, BLM
BLM Acting Director visits the Aravaipa Veteran Fire Crew during the Sawmill Fire in Southern Arizona.
2021 BLM Fire Employee Photo Contest Category: Aircraft
Photo by John Colby, BLM
A large helicopter support wildland firefighters on the Rough Patch Complex near Glide, Oregon.
The Bureau of Land Management sent Equipment Shop employees to the BFX Fire Apparatus factory in Weatherford, Texas to perform comprehensive vehicle inspections on new fire vehicles. Over the course of three days the equipment shop inspected eight Type-Six Engines and three Command Vehicles. This process is done to find and address any discrepancies between the received product and the specifications established in the contract before the vehicle is put into service.
The Equipment Shop takes on inspection projects many times a year in addition to research and development, modifications and repairs, and other fire vehicle related duties.
December, 2022
Photo by Joe Ritz, BLM Fire
The Bureau of Land Management sent Equipment Shop employees to the BFX Fire Apparatus factory in Weatherford, Texas to perform comprehensive vehicle inspections on new fire vehicles. Over the course of three days the equipment shop inspected eight Type-Six Engines and three Command Vehicles. This process is done to find and address any discrepancies between the received product and the specifications established in the contract before the vehicle is put into service.
The Equipment Shop takes on inspection projects many times a year in addition to research and development, modifications and repairs, and other fire vehicle related duties.
December, 2022
Photo by Joe Ritz, BLM Fire
W8 BLM (ex HO15 RGE)
2015 DAF XF 510 FTG Super Space Cab
BLM Transport, Gortgare, Co. Londonderry
M1 Junction 17, 15 April 2021
New to Holridge Transport, Gainsborough
Every year, millions of visitors flock to vast BLM landscapes out west like Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. But just an hour or so from the BLM’s national headquarters in Washington DC is Douglas Point Special Recreation Management Area, a lesser-known but equally interesting landscape.
Found within Douglas Point’s hardwood forests are 20 of the state’s 25 interior nesting birds. The area contains evidence of Native American settlements dating back to the 16th century, a Civil War encampment, and the largest sunken wooden ship graveyard in the Western Hemisphere! The site is also home to a variety of terrestrial and aquatic species, including remains of prehistoric sharks, rays, crocodiles, and turtles.
The colonial era Chiles Homesite is the most well-known historic attraction at Douglas Point. A public walking path, complete with interpretive panels, winds around the remaining chimney ruins of the original house.
And if that’s not enough for you – the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail loops through the 540 acre Douglas Point property, which offers endless opportunities for outdoor recreation. You can hike, horseback ride, hunt, mountain bike, and more on miles of trails through hardwood forests and marshes. And at the north end of the property, you’ll find a small beach and Potomac river overlook designated as a “water stop” for the State of Maryland water trail component of the Potomac Heritage NST.
Jeff Roberts, Law Enforcement Officer for the Bureau of Land Management-Idaho, spotted these beautiful rainbows while out patrolling public lands.
Congress established the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in 1993 to protect a unique environment that supports one of the world's most dense concentrations of nesting birds of prey. Falcons, eagles, hawks and owls are found here in unique profusion and variety. It is part of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 officially added the name of conservationist Morley Nelson to the NCA, in honor of Nelson's work on behalf of birds of prey and their habitats.
The BLM manages the area to preserve its remarkable wildlife habitat while providing for other compatible uses of the land, so that birds of prey flourish here as they have for thousands of years.
In addition to outstanding bird and wildlife viewing, this area hosts various recreational opportunities. Visitors can sightsee, ride on horseback, hike, hunt, mountain bike, picnic and camp.
Learn more about the NCA and about birds of prey: www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/birds_of_prey...
BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Jeff McEnroe, BLM
Archie Creek Fire near Glide, Oregon 2020
The Bureau of Land Management sent Equipment Shop employees to the BFX Fire Apparatus factory in Weatherford, Texas to perform comprehensive vehicle inspections on new fire vehicles. Over the course of three days the equipment shop inspected eight Type-Six Engines and three Command Vehicles. This process is done to find and address any discrepancies between the received product and the specifications established in the contract before the vehicle is put into service.
The Equipment Shop takes on inspection projects many times a year in addition to research and development, modifications and repairs, and other fire vehicle related duties.
December, 2022
Photo by Joe Ritz, BLM Fire
Summer evening view of Fish Lake, July 10, 2018, by Greg Shine, BLM.
Fish Lake Campground is located on the western slope of Steens Mountain. At 7400-foot elevation, visitors will find 23 campsites among aspen stands and shore willows. Camping, swimming, picnicking, cross-country hiking, and fishing are the most popular activities in the area. The lake is stocked annually with keeper rainbow trout and has a naturally reproducing population of brook trout. Anglers can enjoy motor-less boat, dock, or shoreline fishing for up to five, 8-inch minimum, trout per day. Just three miles to the southeast, Jackman Park Campground is a small, 6-site camp amid aspen trees and lush greenery.
This area has some of the best fall-color viewing on the mountain. Keep your eyes out for historic tree carvings made by sheepherders in the early to mid-1900s, too.
Know Before You Go: Campgrounds are open in conjunction with snowpack conditions on the Steens Mountain Loop Road -use is typically early July through October.
Camping fees are $8 at Fish Lake and $6 at Jackman Park, per vehicle, per night. Campsites are available on a first come, first serve basis -no reservations.
Drinking water and vault restrooms are available.
Fish Lake can accommodate trailers up to 26 feet; Jackman Park is suitable for tent or vehicle camping only.
From Bums, take State Highway 78 southeast for approximately 2 miles. Tum right onto State Highway 205 and travel south for 60 miles to Frenchglen, Oregon. Just past Frenchglen, tum left onto the Steens Mountain Loop Road. Travel approximately 17 miles on the Loop Road before turning right into Fish Lake Campground. The entrance to Jackman Park Campground is three miles past Fish Lake.
Contact:
Bums District Bureau of Land Management 28910 Hwy 20 West
Hines, OR 97738
541-573-4400
Video by Greg Shine, BLM, July 20, 2016.