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

2012 Press Releases

BLM conveys land to City of Glenwood Springs (05-25-12) BLM Releases Environmental Assessment for November Oil and Gas Lease Sale (05-23-12) Fire restrictions begin May 24 for BLM Grand Junction, Colorado River Valley field offices (05-22-12) Salazar Highlights 10 Projects in Pacific Northwest and Western States as America’s Great Outdoors Rivers (05-22-12) BLM seeks comments on Alamosa River Analysis (05-22-12) BLM and U.S. Forest Service institute fire restrictions in Gunnison County (05-21-12) Obama Administration to Hire 20,000 Young People for Summer Work on Public Lands (05-18-12) Environmental Assessment of two proposed oil shale research proposals available for review (05-18-12) BLM welcomes new public affairs specialist to Western Colorado (05-16-12) BLM Competitive Coal Lease Sale in Elk Creek Nets Nearly $1 Million (05-15-12) BLM seeks comments for coal exploration license (05-14-12) Emerald Mountain trails open early (05-14-12) Public open house regarding old munitions at two former Colorado Guard National Training Sites (05-11-12) BLM Colorado State Office Posts Sale Notice for August Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM oil and gas lease sale nets $4.8 million (05-10-12) BLM Director Bob Abbey to Retire After 34 Years of Public Service (05-10-12) BLM seeks public comment on connection trail in Meeker (05-09-12) Artist-in-Residence to lead sketching hike in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (05-07-12) BLM hosts community session about oil and gas development (05-07-12) BLM seeks public comment on proposed Sutey Ranch land exchange (05-08-12) Volunteers needed for river restoration work (05-07-12) Interior Releases Draft Rule Requiring Public Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing on Public and Indian Lands (05-04-12) Forest Service and BLM seek volunteers (05-04-12) Immigration is Old News: Expert Traces Ancient Southwest Exodus (05-04-12) Bureau of Land Management requests comments on carbon dioxide well proposal (05-03-12) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission meets May 16 in Alamosa (05-02-12) BLM defers all North Fork Valley oil and gas parcels in August 2012 lease sale (05-02-12) BLM releases Bowie coal mine lease modifications for public review (04-30-12) BLM Offers Land in Elk Creek for Competitive Coal Lease (04-30-12) BLM and GARNA offer Salida youth experience in natural resources management (04-26-12) Global Wildfire Awareness Week – April 29th – May 5th (04-26-12) Penitente area to be temporarily closed for maintenance (04-27-12) BLM Front Range Resource Advisory Council meets May 8 and 9 in the San Luis Valley (04-26-12) BLM NW Colorado Resource Advisory Council meets May 10 in Silt (04-26-12) BLMs Dinosaur Flats Area closed Saturday for clean-up (04-25-12) Public Events and New Websites Commemorate BLM’s Historic Roots (04-25-12) Gunnison County Road 64 closed until Memorial Day for repairs (04-24-12) BLM offers public more review time for Geothermal Leasing Environmental Assessment (04-24-12) BLM extends nomination period for Front Range Resource Advisory Council (04-23-12) BLM extends nomination period for Northwest Colorado RAC (04-23-12) BLM Offers Webcast of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting (04-23-12) Volunteers Needed for Trail Work in Dry Creek (04-20-12) BLM Continues To Implement Travel Management Plan (04-20-12) BLM Selects Proposed Wild Horse Ecosanctuary on Private and Public Land in Nevada for Environmental Analysis (04-19-12) BLM Mud Springs Campground opens early, but without water (04-18-12) Local volunteers recognized for 500 hours of service (04-17-12) Guest lecturer shares insight into documenting ancient art at the Anasazi Heritage Center (04-16-12) BLM Announces Landscape Approach for Public Land Management (04-13-12) 27¼ Road shooting range closed for maintenance April 21 (04-13-12) BLM to conduct sampling activities at Bassick Mine site (04-13-12) BLM public lands key to Fat Tire Festival (04-12-12) Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet (04-11-12) Mythological Landscapes: Artist-in-Residence Kirk Gittings Shares his Vision (04-10-12) 100% Containment on all Gunnison County Wildfires (04-10-12) BLM Extends Comment Period for Geothermal Leasing Environmental Assessment (04-09-12) Weekend Wildfires in Gunnison County Determined to be Human-Caused (04-09-12) More Details on the Little Henderson Fire Burning in Gunnison County (04-08-12) New Wildfire Starts In Gunnison County As Firefighters Work to Contain Others (04-08-12) Additional Wildfire Starts in Gunnison County While Fire Crews Work to Contain MM 125 Fire (04-07-12) Palisade Rim Trail ribbon cutting Saturday (04-05-12) BLM seeks public comment on revised natural gas pipeline proposal south of Rifle (04-05-12) McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area launches Facebook page (04-05-12) Most motorized routes north of Kremmling to open April 15 (04-03-12) Secretary Salazar Visits North Dakotas Oil Boom; Unveils Initiatives to Accelerate Drilling Permits and Leases on Federal Lands (04-03-12) BLM seeks comments on proposed trail system near Norwood (04-03-12) BLM Extends Deadline for August 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Comments (04-03-12) BLM Invites the Public to Tour Wild Horse Long-Term Holding Pastures in Kansas (03-30-12) BLM seeks comments on the development of the Ridgway Travel Management Plan (03-30-12) National Public Lands Foundation Honors BLM Employees for Exceptional Professional Achievements (03-29-12) Fire Danger Depends On Location in the SLV (03-29-12) BLM Seeks Bids for New Type of Contracts for Wild Horse and Burro Management (03-28-12) Decision to Mine Federal Coal in North Fork Valley Upheld in Court (03-28-12) Grandview Ridge, Animas City Mountain and Twin Buttes Reopen for Public Access (03-26-12) BLM opens northern portions of the Hartman Rocks Recreational Area (03-26-12) BLM to conduct controlled burn in western Moffat County (03-23-12) Prescribed burns planned for this Spring (03-23-12) BLM seeks comments on the SG Interests’ Bull Mountain Unit Master Development Plan (03-23-12) BLM Director Approves Nearly $300,000 in Funding for Projects Aimed at Improving Conditions on Western Rangelands Where Wild Horses and Burros Roam (03-22-12) Bureau of Land Management Names 2012 Artists-in-Residence Winners (03-22-12) Ribbon cutting for new trail section Saturday (03-22-12) BLM Announces Appointment of Ruth Welch to Lead National Operations Center in Denver (03-21-12) BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for April 23-24 in Reno, Nevada (03-19-12) BLM’s Royal Gorge Field Office launches Facebook site (03-16-12) BLM decision allows Oxbow’s Elk Creek Coal Mine operations to continue (03-16-12) BLM Colorado Honors Volunteer of the Year, Loren Otto (03-15-12) Road Scholars help maintain Anasazi Heritage Center’s Ancestral Puebloan Artifacts (03-15-12) Durango area recreationists encouraged to heed BLM closures (03-15-12) BLM Colorado Unveils New Website to Track and Encourage Public Participation in Quarterly Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sales Gold Basin Prescribed Burn Expected to Begin March 16th (03-12-12) Valley resident to receive BLM Colorado Volunteer of the Year Award (03-12-12) BLM Seeks Input on Geothermal Leasing Environmental Assessment (03-13-12) Local Road Closures Protect Gunnison Sage-grouse Habitat and Maintain Roads (03/12/12) BLM releases preliminary environmental assessment for proposed North Fork Valley oil and gas leases (03/08/12) BLM Continues Implementing Travel Management Plan (03-06-12) BLM Colorado Honors 2011 Stewardship Award Winners (03-06-12) BLM Colorado’s oil and gas leasing reform (03-06-12) New trail alliance in Grand Valley to hold public open house (03-05-12) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission meets March 14 in Alamosa (03-05-12) Cosgrove Fire to be re-seeded by air this month (03-05-12) Parcel near Collbran being considered for Aug. oil and gas lease sale (03-01-12) BLM conducts spring prescribed fires near Canon City (03-01-12) Lonny Bagley Hired as BLM Colorado Deputy State Director for Energy, Lands and Minerals BLM seeks comment on State Bridge permit renewal (02/29/12) BLM Colorado presents State Director’s Excellence in Stewardship Award to Boulder County (02-28-12) BLM Front Range Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Montrose (02-27-12) Prescribed fire planned for Palisade watershed (02/27/12) BLM advisory council to consider Upper Colorado River fee adjustment proposal March 8 in Montrose (02-24-12) Weeklong BLM Artist-in-Residence Application Deadline Approaches (02-20-12) BLM Announces 2012 Campground Fees (02-22-12) BLM Seeks Input on Blanca Wetlands Area Expansion (02-22-12) Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet (02-22-12) BLM to Hold Joint Resource Advisory Council Meeting March 6-8 in Montrose (02-22-12) Mesa County Sheriff program brings big benefits to BLM land (02-21-12) Motorized travel limited to existing roads and trails in Little Snake (02-16-12) BLM to increase fees at Shelf Road Campground (02-15-12) BLM Colorado Hosts Student Art Contest (02-13-12) Volunteers to plant 4,000 willows along the Dolores River (02-13-12) Public Invited to Select Mural for the Montrose Public Lands Center (02-10-12) National Forests Added and Comment Period Formally Extended on Planning for Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures (02-10-12) BLM’s Colorado State Office Posts List of Proposed Parcels for May Oil and Gas Lease Sale (02-09-12) BLM Colorado greater sage-grouse comment period extended (02-08-12) BLM Seeks Bids for New, Publicly Accessible Pasture Facilities to Care for Wild Horses (02-07-12) Comment Period for Great Sage-Grouse Scoping Extended by BLM and Forest Service (02-07-12) BLM Uncompahgre Office Accepting Comments on Special Recreation Permits (02-07-12) BLM Announces Three Selections for National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (02-06-12) BLM seeks public comment on water treatment facility on Piceance Basin (02-06-12) BLM Seeks Nominations to Front Range Resource Advisory Council (01-27-12) BLM Seeks Nominations to Western Slope Resource Advisory Councils (01-27-12) Bureau of Land Management Seeks Artists in Residence for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (01-26-12) Closures at Grandview Ridge and Animas City Mountain Areas Effective January 31 (01-26-12) BLM accepting public comments on wildlife habitat mitigation plan (01-25-12) BLM begins greater sage-grouse planning effort in northwestern Colorado with public open house meetings (01-20-12) BLM seeks public comment on proposed Pumba natural gas pipeline south of Rifle (01-19-12) January Southwest District Resource Advisory Council Meeting Canceled (01-19-12) BLM extends comment period to Feb. 29 for draft Colorado River Valley Resource Management Plan (01-17-12) BLM seeks public comment on expanding Garden Park Fossil Area’s National Natural Landmark designation (01-13-11) BLM seeks comments on natural gas development proposal near DeBeque (01-12-12) BLM Colorado Associate State Director presents the State Director’s Excellence Award to the West Region Wildfire Council (01-12-12) Camping permit system to begin this season at Ruby-Horsethief (01-11-12) BLM Associate State Director presents the Colorado State Director’s Excellence Award to Local Organization BLM seeks comments on grazing permit renewals for 2012 (01/05/12) BLM Extends Deadline for August 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Comments (01-03-12)