Public Land - The BLM-The Big Open, August 2001 National Geographic Magazine
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Shrouded in dust, cowgirl Heidi Redd drives...
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A climber hops from boulder to boulder on a...
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Shafts of silver, not sunlight, lured miners...
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Poised for acrobatic moves, Judo Patterson...
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A wildflower blooms in the Black Rock Desert as...
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Joshua trees dot the high desert landscape in...
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A silver-painted, masked man takes in the...
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Heidi Redd runs the ranching operation on the...
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Bandit-style bandannas shield law abiders from...
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Freewheeling four-wheelers and dirt bikes ride...
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Castleton Tower is a well-known, rare desert...
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Thousand-year-old Lowry Pueblo grew with the...
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Morning fog fills a canyon below sheer...
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Land yachts race across the Alvord playa's flat...
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A bucket that can hold 170 cubic yards of...
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A worker stands inside the bucket that can hold...
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Smoke and flames rise in eastern Oregon from a...
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Marine Corps troops trained in fire fighting...
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Rising above a cloud of dust, Dugout ranch...
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Children of the Davies family turn a ranch...
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Lending his weight, Zed Davies helps his...
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Stormy winds blow flowering leafy spurge near...
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Aspens gild the slopes of the San Juan...
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Evening sun kisses the tops of aspens as fresh...
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A young bull moose forages amid the woodlands...
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Gossamer blossoms of farewell-to-spring flutter...
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Trumpeter swan leads little ones carefully...
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Harsh desert winds swirl around a 70-foot...
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Wearing a smile and a sousaphone, Erin "Red"...
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A sandstorm blasts across the desert of the...
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A fish bike is abandoned in the Great Basin...
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A man with his hat of flame rides on a bicycle...
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All hands turn to branding a new addition to...
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Cowboys from central Utah wait for a signal to...
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After a dry winter, Heidi Redd drives her...
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Morning light reflects on canyon walls above...
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Deepening shadows signal the close of a long...
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A string of wild horses roam Wyoming's Red...
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Frigid waters greet a swimmer cooling off in...
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A thin ribbon of humanity flows across the...
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The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline crosses Alaska's...
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Snow-capped peaks of the Alaska Range rise...
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Castle Valley's regal monoliths shadow a red...
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Too rugged for roads, too lovely to ingnore,...
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Smothered in dust, a cowboy on horseback works...
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Shadows fall on sand dunes in the Red Desert,...
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Workers tie down chains on a rotary drilling...
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Aerial pictures of oil drilling pads in the...
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A bucket that can hold 170 cubic yards of...
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Caribou pass by a fuel tank at a now unmanned...
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Dusted in snow, the Grand Wash Cliffs in...
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Airborne wranglers working with the BLM corral...
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Freewheeling four-wheelers ride over the Coral...
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Freewheeling four-wheeler flies over the Coral...
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Crossbeds of Navajo sandstone paint the Coyote...
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A woman looks out over Black Sand Beach, part...
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Sea lions sprawl across an offshore...
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A lone cyclist crosses the maritime chaparral...
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Golden aspens line the banks of Lake Fork of...
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Nightfall brings tranquility over the Rogue...
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The Wave, a unique, fragile sandstone formation...
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A footprint-size pool of indigo reflects a...
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A footprint-size pool of indigo reflects a...
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The Missouri River flows through Missouri...
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Honeycomb Buttes catch early morning light in...
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Spikey red penstemons splash color across a...
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Honeycomb Buttes catch early morning light in...
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Rain that never hits the ground, virga paints a...
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The Matanuska Glacier, a large 24 mile long and...
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Morning fog fills valleys between Colorado's...
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A hungry moose, a denizen in the wilderness...
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Blazing sunset leaves in shadow the famous gap...
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A clearing thundershower creates striking...
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A sage grouse anxiously tries to draw...
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Scientists place transmitters on sage grouse...
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Researchers track sage grouse on flat...
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A one day old sage grouse chick is radio...
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Horses from a neighboring ranch graze Aravaipa...
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Nineteenth century inscriptions attest to the...
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Discoveries still abound in Alaska's remote BLM...
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Wind eroded sandstone crests above a 3,000 foot...
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Sandstone-capped escarpment of the Vermilion...
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Sandstone-capped escarpment of the Vermilion...
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Ancient sand dunes are the backdrop for modern...
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Climbing ranks high with the non-mechanized...
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A wall of flame snakes up an Idaho ridge....
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Smoke and flames rise as BLM staff sets a...
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Smoke and flames rise as BLM staff sets a...
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A helicopter lifts a bucket of water to fight...
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Military trained as firefighters break for the...
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Military trained as fire fighters rest after a...
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Smoke and flames rise as BLM staff sets a...
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Blazing sunset lights grasslands near Kiger...
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A family picnics at Bear Lake on the Wind River...
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Dugout herd owner Heidi Redd runs about 700...
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All hands turn to branding and castrating a new...
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Dugout herd owner Heidi Redd moves cattle on...
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Cowboys gather in the shade during the heat of...
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Cowboys talk over breakfast in the bunkhouse at...
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Rancher Heidi Redd makes a breakfast for ranch...
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Rancher Heidi Redd feeds her horses before...
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Cowboys cool off in the heat of the day in the...
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Light-stepping pack goats, favored for their...
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Family tradition of surf casting passes to a...
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Campers and canine soak off springtime heat at...
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Tasting triumph over the rapids, Rogue River...
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Light-stepping pack goats, favored for their...
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A herder moves his flock across Oregon's high...
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Fall colors peak through fog shrouded valleys...
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New Mexico's Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National...
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Painted Hand Pueblo which dates back to the...
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Morning light streams through clouds to...
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Morning light streams through clouds to...
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An aspen gilds the slopes of the San Juan...
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The Paria Canyon is a famous 38 mile long hike...
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Pilot Rock?a plug of volcanic basalt?juts 400...
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A bonfire marks the culmination of Burning Man...
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Elaborate, colorful and clever costumes of...
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A road system is laid out in a semi-circle of...
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A man catches the wind in a giant tube at the...
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Wind blows the veil of a green dressed man on...
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A semi-nude Uncle Sam braves a duststorm at the...
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Rain that never hits the ground, virga paints a...
