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A map from 2022 USGS paper that illustrates BLM Native Plant Program land management boundaries on the Colorado Plateau

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A map from a USGS paper titled "Restoration research actions to address rapid change in drylands: Insights from the Colorado Plateau," that illustrates the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Native Plant Program land management boundaries on the Colorado Plateau with call-out photos that identify different regions within the land management area. Ownership of lands shown in the map includes the National Park Service (NPS), tribal lands, BLM, U.S. Forest Service (USFS), state, county, and city lands (state), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and private and all other ownership types. The upper left inset shows the location of the Colorado Plateau in the southwestern United States, spanning Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. (1) Photo of a RestoreNet site testing seeding trials in SE Utah. (2) Photo of experimental plots within Arches National Park exploring invasive species response to global change drivers. (3) Photo of a burnt PJ forest in Mesa Verde National Monument where coproduction of PJ restoration is occurring. (4) Photo of the Chuska Mountains, a forested region of the Navajo Nation.

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