Contact: David Boyd, 970-947-2832

Dec. 1, 2008

BLM seasonal road closures in effect December 1

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office is implementing its seasonal road closures beginning today.  

Specific BLM roads in the Grand Junction Field Office are closed to motorized use from Dec. 1 through April 30 each year to protect critical big-game winter range and other sensitive areas as well as to prevent road damage.  Affected areas include: the Beehive, Grand Mesa Slopes, Lands End, Chalk Mountain, Sunnyside, Big Salt Wash/Coal Gulch, Blue Mesa, Demaree and Rapid Creek. 

The Coal Canyon road in the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Area closes to motorized use Dec. 1 and reopens May 30.
 
While gates will be locked on some roads, other areas will be closed through signing. All of the areas continue to be open to non-motorized recreation such as hiking and horseback riding.

For more information contact BLM Wildlife Biologist Heidi Plank at 970-244-3012.

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