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BLM State Director recognizes team response to 2023 dam incident in Blaine County, MT

North Central Montana District

Bureau of Land Management

HAVRE – A grazing permit operator and BLM employees from the North Central Montana District earned special recognition Aug. 16 for their actions to prevent a BLM dam near Harlem, Montana, from potentially failing during the unusually high-flow spring runoff season in 2023.

Sonya Germann, BLM-Montana/Dakotas state director, presented the State Director's Award for Safety to Frank Baldik, BLM grazing permit operator; Abby Hall, rangeland management specialist; Ben Hileman, field manager; Ken Koncilya, civil engineer; Jeremy McKellar, range...