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

2009 Press Releases

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)