BLM Ridealong
03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ: Jon Young (CQ Jon), the BLM Chief Ranger for Arizona, walks through a wash used by drug and immigrant smugglers on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of "surges" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
