WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release:

Clouds dot the blue sky at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in a photo by Alan Nyiri.

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office is pleased to announce the selection of Alan Nyiri, resident of Bandon, Ore., site host at the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area and photographer, as its first artist in residence.