For Immediate Release: February 17, 2004
Contact: Steven Hall, 970-244-3052
 

 BLM’s new Little Snake Field Office to open in summer of 2004

CRAIG, CO—The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office will have a new look this summer, with 40 BLM employees and 20 interagency fire staff moving into a modern, energy efficient building. The building’s total cost will be approximately $3 million.

The new Little Snake Field Office will replace the sprawling modular trailers and add-ons of the current office, originally built in the 1970s. Since then, the Little Snake Field Office has had five separate additions in order to house a growing staff and public services. The most recent addition to the building consisted of two modular trailers attached to the north end of the building.

In addition to providing improved facilities for BLM staff and the public, the new building will be more energy efficient, saving thousands in utility costs.

“The BLM Little Snake Field Office and the Interagency Fire Dispatch Center are important fixtures in the Craig community,” Little Snake Field Manager John Husband said. “This new building will be a wonderful addition to the image of Craig and the BLM.”

The new building will be 12,000 square feet. BLM will move into the building early in the summer of 2004, with additional landscaping and construction to continue throughout the year.

“We’re excited about the new building and particularly pleased with the amount of local businesses that are involved in the project,” said BLM’s Jerry Strahan.

Contractors working on the new building include: from Craig, Anson Construction, Behrman Construction, Dave Corey Electric, Paint Dabbers, and Pam’s Design from Craig, CJ Mudd concrete from Meeker; Timco drywall from Oak Creek, and Lundsford HVAC from Grand Junction. 

The Little Snake Field Office encompasses 3,258,000 acres of federal, state and private lands in Moffat, Routt & Rio Blanco Counties. Of the total area, 1.3 million acres are public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and 1.1 million acres of the private and state lands are underlain by federally owned minerals. Resource activities include: wildlife, cultural resources, grazing, minerals, forest products, rights-of-ways, paleontological resources, and recreation.

For more information on the Little Snake Field Office building project, contact Jerry Strahan at 970-826-5000.

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