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

2009 Press Releases

Deadline Extended for Dominguez-Escalante NCA Advisory Council Member Nominations (12-29-09) Draft Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Report Available for the BLM Uncompahgre Planning Area BLM Uncompahgre Releases Final Travel Plan for Dry Creek Area Winter Pile Burns Planned in Mesa County (12-15-09) BLM Colorado to Hold Feb. 2010 Oil and Gas Lease Sale (12/11/09) Wolford Mountain travel restrictions begin Dec. 15 (12-10-09) Gunnison Field Office Outdoor Recreation Planner Wins BLM Stewardship Award (12-04-09) Pile Burns Planned in Gold Basin Could Start This Week (12/03/09) BLM SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON FORESTRY PROPOSAL (12/04/09) BLM Seasonal Road Closures in Effect Today (12/01/09) BLM to Gather Input on Trails in McInnis Canyons NCA Front Country (12/01/09) BLM, USFS to hold public meeting for prescribed burn planned south of Silt (11-30-09) BLM seeks comment on nine commercial recreation permits (11/30/09) BLM winter closures begin Dec. 1 (11/24/09) BLM seeks members for New Dominguez-Escalante NCA Advisory Council (11/23/09) BLM Christmas tree permits available in Grand Junction and Silt starting Monday (11/20/09) New Interpretive Signs Greet Canyon Pintado Visitors (11/18/09) BLM Joins With Audubon for 110th Annual Christmas Bird Count (11/17/09) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Weed Management Plan (11/17/09) MEDIA ADVISORY:BLM to Recognize Hundreds of Public Lands Volunteers (11/13/09) Fire crews to burn slash piles in Roaring Fork Valley (11/13/09) BLM to close lower Transfer Trail gate Monday (11/13/09) Fire crews to burn slash piles near Wolcott (11/13/09) Public invited to open house for BLM’s new Silt building (11/12/09) BLM oil and gas lease sale nets $112,969 (11/12/09) Oak Ridge prescribed burn begins today near Meeker (11/09/09) BLM Will Collect $6,500 Oil and Gas Lease Processing Fee (11/04/09) BLM Grand Junction Accepting Comments on 27 Special Recreation Permits (11/04/09) Fire crews to burn slash piles southwest of Meeker (10/28/09) BLM and US Forest Service personal use Christmas tree permit sales (10/30/09) Youth Corps to Start Trail Project on Opal Hill (10/27/09) Desert Goblins to Get Treats for Trash (10/27/09) Montrose/Ouray Area Kids Volunteer on Public Lands (10/22/09) Nearly 100 Grand Junction Volunteers Turn Out For 2009 National Public Lands Day Events (10/22/09) Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area celebrates 20 years! (10/20/09) BLM Implementing Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Protections (10/20/09) BLM seeks comments on grazing permit renewals (10/20/09) Members sought for White River RMP advisory group (10/15/2009) BLM Colorado Volunteer Work Valued at Nearly $3.5 Million (10/14/2009) BLM seeks public comment on natural gas well-development proposal southwest of Rifle (10/13/09) BLM closes portion of Missouri Creek Road due to washout (10/09/09) Gunnison Gorge NCA Observes 10th Anniversary (10/07/09) Secretary Salazar Announces New Wild Horse and Burro Plan (10/07/09) Members Sought for Uncompahgre RMP Planning Effort (10/06/09) Prescribed Burn Planned Near Powderhorn (10/06/09) BLM Seeking Rock Art Vandals Who Hit Dominguez Canyon (10/01/09) Mechanical habitat improvement work resumes on Light Hill (10/01/09) Public Workshops Scheduled on Upcoming Fuels Reduction Contracts (10/01/09) Members sought for White River RMP advisory group (9/30/09) Prescribed Burning Planned to Treat Sudden Aspen Decline (9/29/09) BLM Online Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $153,637 (09/18/09) BLM to Finalize Rules for Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (9/16/09) Volunteers sought for National Public Lands Day projects (9/16/09) Key trail on Emerald Mountain should be complete this fall (9/16/09) BLM to conduct public meeting for Fairplay mining proposal (9/15/09) Company to Test Wind Energy Potential on BLM’s Horse Mountain (9/15/09) Volunteers Invited to Celebrate America’s Public Lands September 19 and 26 (09/11/09) Shooting Range Clean-up Planned for National Public Lands Day Sept. 26 (09/11/09) Fire Officials Urge Hunters to be Cautious with Fire This Fall (09/11/09) BLM Employee Honored with the Lifetime Service Award (9/11/09) BLM Colorado Announces Upcoming Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Lease Sale (09/11/09) Colorado BLM Offers Mustangs for National Wild Horse Adoption Day (9/10/09) BLM Releases Freeman Reservoir Accident Report (9/04/09) Friends of the Mustangs Event to Feature Wild Horses from BLM's Little Book Cliffs (9/4/2009) Prescribed Fires Planned for Fall Burning Window (9/4/2009) BLM Seeking Vandals Who Damaged Toilet at Flat Top (9/02/09) BLM Investigating Chemical Spill in Cochetopa Creek (9/02/09) BLM Colorado Awards Stimulus Contracts for Trail Projects in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (9/1/2009) BLM Seeks Public Input on Land Exchange Near Timber Ridge (9/01/09) BLM Sets September 9 Public Hearing Date for Oxbow Coal Lease Application (9/01/09) Firefighters Battling Cottonwood II Fire Near Gateway (08/31/09) Tabeguache Creek Fire (08/31/09) BLM Mining Fees due Sept. 1 (08/28/09) BLM launches Over The River EIS Web site (08/27/09) BLM offices in Glenwood relocate to Silt Sept. 8 (8/25/09) Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet This Week in Lake City (8/24/09) Kissinger Fire Managed For Resource Benefits (8/19/09) Hundreds expected at Gore Canyon whitewater race this weekend (8/18/09) BLM seeks public comment on natural gas well development proposal southeast of Silt (8/18/09) Flash Floods Limit Texas Creek Access (08/13/09) Secretary Salazar Dedicates Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (8/12/09) Secretary Salazar Will Dedicate Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (08/19/09) Small wildland fire in Browns Canyon WSA (8/6/09) BLM to Finalize Rules for Bangs Canyon and North Fruita Desert (8/6/09) BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council Meets Aug 20 in Meeker (7/30/2009) 27 1/4 Road Shooting Range Closed Saturday, August 1 (7/30/2009) Federal Collaboration Finds New Uses for Wild Horses (7/29/09) Flash Floods washout access to BLM's Texas Creek OHV recreation area (7/27/09) Agencies Extend Public Comment Period for Solar Energy Study Areas (7/27/09) Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Lake City (7/23/09) BLM to begin logging in Parsons Draw in Jackson County (7/22/09) BLM begins Pumphouse Recreation Area renovations (7/21/09) 27¼ Road Shooting Range Closed for Maintenance Wednesday, Volunteers Needed(7/21/2009) Public Comment Period Begins for Grand Junction BLM Roads and Trails (7/17/09) UPDATE ON GRAMMAR FIRE NEAR NORWOOD (7/16/09) Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Resource Management Subgroup to Meet (7/16/09) Measure Signed to Protect Townsend’s Big-eared Bats (7/15/09) BLM to Finalize Rules for McInnis Canyons (7/15/09) Fire Near Norwood Threatening Homes (7/14/09) BLM Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Solar Energy Study Areas and Land Withdrawal (7/14/09) Firefighters to Continue Monitoring Roan Cliffs Fire (7/13/09) BLM Colorado to Hold First Online Oil and Gas Lease Sale (07/10/09) Roan Cliffs Fire Update (07/10/09) Update on Fire Near Colorado-Utah Border (7/08/09) Fire Officials Managing Fire Near Colorado-Utah Border (7/08/09) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Commercial Use of San Miguel River Corridor (7/02/09) Hunter Canyon Fire Grows to 100 Acres (7/01/09) Hunter Canyon Fire Burns in North Bookcliffs (06/30/09) New Assistant Field Manager welcomed to BLM Meeker office (06/30/09) Fire officials urge caution as fire season heats up (06/29/09) BLM fire engine captain killed in accident (06/27/09) Southwest Conservation Corps assists with Arkansas River Travel Management Plan work (06/24/09) New BLM Front Range district manager arrives soon (06/24/09) BLM Front Range Resource Advisory Council to meet July 15 (06/22/09) Plein Art Show Set in Dolores (6/18/09) BLM to Reduce Forest Fuels Near Gypsum (06/18/09) Colorado River running high, cold (06/16/09) Public Input Sought on McInnis Fees, River Use (6/13/09) BLM announces Colorado Federal land title information available on the web (06/12/09) Prince Creek Fire Prescribed Burn Today (06/08/09) Emerald Mountain withdrawn from mineral entry (6/2/09) Quarry work to resume north of Glenwood (6/2/09) BLM adjusts use fees for Upper Colorado River recreation sites (5/29/09) Camping fee adjustments announced (05/29/09) BLM to host wild mustang and burro adoption in Eagle County (5/26/09) Wildfire Safety Workshop Scheduled (05/26/09) BLM Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Camping Fee Increases (05/26/09) Stolen Copper Wire Burns Create Hazardous Sites (05/26/09) Geoarchaeology of the Indian Creek Area Part of Grand Junction Museum's Special Presentation (05/21/09) Abandoned Horse Found Near Grand Junction (05/21/09) ARRA Funds Will Replace Park Center Well (05/20/09) BLM May oil and gas lease sale nets $652,057 (5/14/09) BLM Colorado Volunteers Honored Nationally for Conservation Efforts (5/18/09) BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets May 28 in Browns Park (5/14/09) Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet (5/13/09) BLM Montrose 2010 Special Recreation Permit Applications Due August 31 (5/12/09) Zuni Educators to Speak at Anasazi Hertiage Center BLM announces new Colorado Southwest District Manager (5/4/09) National Wild Horse Adoption Day Set for September 26 (5/4/09) Volunteers Pick Up 160 Pounds of Dog Waste at Tabegauche Trailhead (5/4/09) BLM Colorado to receive $20,735,000 in stimulus funding (5/4/09) McInnis Canyons Advisory Council to Meet This Week (5/4/09) BLM Announces Clarification on Application of Livestock Grazing Regulations (4/24/09) Recreation RAC Seeks New Members (4/16/09) BLM Announces Front Range District Manager (4/14/09) Brian St. George named BLM Gunnison Field Manager (4/9/09) Cedar Mountain Road Closure to Protect Raptors (4/8/09) Fravert Reservoir Cleanup Scheduled (4/7/09) Forest Service, BLM Recreation Committee to Meet April 21 (04/7/09) BLM workshops will help clarify outfitter permitting rules (4/7/09) Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Report available for BLM Grand Junction Field Office (4/7/09) Public Workshops Set for Training on Geothermal Energy (4/3/09) President Obama Signs Legislation Designating Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area (3/30/09) BLM Colorado Office Closed 3/26/09 Dumping, personal property abandonment, and vandalism on BLM (3/24/09) Colorado BLM staff named National River Manager of the Year (3/24/09) BLM Schedules Regional Tribal Listening Sessions (3/23/09) BLM Colorado Launches E-News (3/16/09) BLM Colorado Releases 2008 Volunteer Report (3/16/09) BLM Colorado Announces May Oil and Gas Lease Sale Wolford Mountain restrictions remain in effect through April 15 (03/12/09) BLM seeking comments on travel management plan for newly acquired land parcels (03/10/09) BLM begins travel management implementation in the Upper Arkansas Valley (03/06/09) BLM seek nominations for Front Range Resource Advisory Council (3/3/09) BLM Seeks Nominations for Western Colorado Resource Advisory Councils (3/2/09) BLM announces proposed decision record to amend resource management plan and an opportunity to protest (2/26/09) BLM names Colorado 2008 Volunteer of the Year (2/25/09) BLM reaches Settlement with Mining Company to Repair Illegal Road and Off-road Damage to Federal Lands near Silverton (2.24.09) Glenwood BLM specialist receives national recognition (2/20/09) BLM, DOW host public open house on Light Hill habitat work (2/23/09) BLM seeks public comment on weed management plan (2/20/09) BLM oil and gas lease sale nets $248,000 (02/12/09) BLM Colorado Oil and Gas Lease sale to offer 12,205 acres (02/09/09) BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets Feb. 26 in Grand Junction (2/18/09) BLM to Hold Joint Resource Advisory Council Meeting Feb. 24-26 in Grand Junction (2/17/09) BLM San Luis Valley Travel Management Plan Takes Next Step (02/12/09) Fire crews to burn slash piles near Silt (2/11/09) Two Men Plead Guilty to Defacing Cultural Artifacts on BLM Land (2/6/09) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to Meet in Reno in March; BLM Announces Three Appointments to Board (2/6/09) Open house and hearing on Red Cliff Mine Draft EIS Thursday (2/4/09) 27¼ Road shooting range closed Friday, Feb. 6 (1/30/09) BLM's new building in Silt being built using green principles (1/30/09) BLM and Forest Service Announce 2009 Grazing Fee (1/30/09) BLM Begins Public Scoping for South Nucla Gas Field (01/30/09) BLM Colorado gives video tour of Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area & Wilderness (1/29/09) BLM seeks local expertise to review road and trail inventory Six workshops to be held this month (1/28/09) BLM holds public open house Friday for new NCA Manager (1/21/09) McInnis Canyons Advisory Council to meet Thursday (1/16/09) Public Comment Period Begins for Red Cliff Mine Draft EIS (1/16/09) Colorado Mustangs to march in Presidential Inauguration Parade (01/13/09) BLM Director Names New National Landscape Conservation System Director (1/5/09)