The Gov Agency That Manages America's Worst Land | Wendover Productions
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The Gov Agency That Manages America's Worst Land | Wendover Productions

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202632 min

The Gov Agency That Manages America's Worst Land Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/wendoverInstagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected] Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation led by Max Moser Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterReferences [1] https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2016/01/05/checkered-past/ [2] https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-07/map-hiking-route-ufo-skip-site-roswell-nm-2024.pdf [3] https://burningman.org/wp-content/uploads/2024-BMP-SRP-Additional-Stipulations.pdf [4] https...

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Each year, Burning Man, the famed and occasionally notorious week-long festival, cannot operate unless it gets a signature on this short document. After all, the festival occurs here, on the Playa of the Black Rock Desert, on land not owned by Burning Man itself, but the United States.

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It's public land, managed by an agency called the Bureau of Land Management, so in order for the massive 80,000 person festival to occur, this permit needs the signature of the manager of the BLM's Black Rock Field Office. Getting that signature can be a tenuous process.

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The Black Rock Desert is encompassed in a national conservation area, so the BLM requires that the festival disappear without a trace. 80,000 people must come and especially go without leaving an impact, or at least the BLM's definition of an impact.

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