U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Colorado

2003 Press Releases

Primary School Students Raise $1,000 for Sand Wash Wild Horse Herd Management Area (12/23/03) BLM issues Incident of Non Compliance notice to EnCana (12/17/03) Southwest RAC to meet Dec. 12 in Ridgway to discuss energy, skiing (12/9/03) Exception granted for use of BLM Grass Mesa access road (12/5/03) RELEASE OF EA and PUBLIC HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY LEASE APPLICATION (12/1/03) Steamboat Springs students raise $1,000 to repair wild horse water source (11/14/03) Northwest RAC to meet Nov. 13 in Grand Junction (11/5/03) The Colorado Division of Wildlife receives BLM Director's Four Cs Award (10/23/03) New BLM Field Manager assumes post in Kremmling (10/21/03) Colorado Canyons NCA draft plan release set for Oct. 17 (10/16/03) Rio Oxbow Ranch near Creede Receives Riparian Award (10/14/03) BLM tackles wildfire threat in Eby Creek subdivision near Eagle (10/9/03) Southwest RAC to meet at Fort Lewis College in Durango (10/8/03) Bureau of Land Management Sponsors "Butch Cassidy Day" (10/3/03) Land exchange proposed between BLM and Mesa Mood Ranch (10/3/03) BLM Implements Management Plan In Cache Creek (10/6/03) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Fuels Reduction Proposal (10/2/03) BLM releases North Fruita Desert Plan (9/30/03) Northwest Colorado Stewardship Partnership lays groundwork for first community-based planning project (9/29/03) BLM/state/private land swap in the works for Emerald Mountain; Detailed maps available online on BLM web site (9/22/03) BLM Celebrates the Nation’s Public Lands: Reception Will Kick Off National Public Lands Day 2003 and Introduce New Recreation Guide (9/16/03) Public Lands Day events slated for BLM (9/15/03) Secretary Norton Announces New Appointments to BLM Resource Advisory Councils (8/26/03) BLM Extends Public Comment Period on Draft National Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation Strategy: Strategy Complements State Government Planning Efforts (8/21/03) Illegal Icarus Trail near Douglas Pass closed to vehicles (8/18/03) BLM, Rio Blanco County Hazardous Fuels Project Aimed at Reducing Wildfire Threat: White River Powerline project is part of a model Environmental Assessment Pilot (8/15/03) NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY (8/1/03) CO2 Wells Approved for Canyon of the Ancients National Monument (7/24/03) BLM to Hold Nationally Televised Wild Horse Adoption (7/14/03) Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Advisory Committee to Hold First Meeting (7/14/03) BLM Issues Payments in Lieu of Taxes to Local Governments (6/18/03) 3rd Annual OHV Management Workshop (6/17/03) Rule change to federal regulations will streamline BLM wildfire management decisions (6/5/03) High water in the Colorado Canyons NCA poses boating hazards (5/30/03) UTE ELDERS DEMONSTRATE BASKETRY AT ANASAZI HERITAGE CENTER (5/28/03) LIGHTNING STARTS FIRE IN RIO BLANCO COUNTY (5/23/03) BLM approves five exploration wells in Mesa Slopes area (5/23/03) Public comment period for Gunnison Gorge NCA ends June 16 (5/20/03) Flute Performance at Anasazi Heritage Center (5/20/03) Free Day at Anasazi Heritage Center (5/13/03) Compressor station permit approved for Grand Mesa Slopes (4/23/03) Nominations Open for Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (4/22/03) Governor Owens announces state to direct $1.6 million for initial attack against wildfires (4/17/03) Hubbard Gulch Earth Day Volunteer Clean-Up (4/18/03) Prescribed fires in Horsethief Canyon set for April 17 & 21,and the Battlements north of Collbran April 17 (4/16/03) Hopi Basketry Demonstrations at Anasazi Heritage Center (4/15/03) BLM Grazing Policy Workshops Set for April in Grand Junction and Denver (4/11/03) Mark Stiles named new San Juan Forest Supervisor/Public Lands Manager (4/10/03) BLM AND US FOREST SERVICE TO CONDUCT SPRING PRESCRIBED BURNS (4/9/03) BLM Considers "Working Landscape" Grazing Policy Changes, Seeks Public Input in Developing Ideas BLM to Spray Trees in Early April in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (4/9/03) Vandals shoot up recreation facilities north of Fruita (4/9/03) Outstanding Bureau of Land Management Volunteers and Employee Selected to Win 2003 National Volunteer Awards for “Making a Difference” (4/9/03) Billings Canyon Jeep Trail to replace closed routes in Bangs Canyon (4/9/03) SOUTHWEST COLORADO RESOURCE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO MEET APRIL 11 IN DURANGO (4/9/03) BLM, Moffat County, and Interested Stakeholders Work Together to Develop the Northwest Colorado Stewardship Partnership (4/1/03) Boulder County Land Exchange Closing (3/26/03) BLM SEEKS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS (3/12/03) Heritage Center Reopens Saturday March 1, 2004 (2/26/03) Draft Management Plan Being Prepared for BLM Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area – Available March 2003 (2/26/03) BLM CLOSES ROADS DURING SPRING MUD SEASON (2/26/03) COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD APPROVES INSTREAM FLOW PROTECTION FOR COLORADO STREAMS (2/26/03) BLM to Update Land Survey Instructions Manual (1/13/03) Installation Ceremony for Ron Wenker Colorado State Director Bureau of Land Management (1/9/03) Bureau of Land Management - Colorado Current Issues - January 2003 (1/1/03)