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

2013 Press Releases

Fire restrictions initiated for BLM lands along Colorado’s Front Range (06-18-13) BLM Institutes Stage One Fire Restrictions in Eight Southwest Colorado Counties (06-18-13) BLM seeks comments on preliminary oil and gas drilling analysis (06-18-13) Royal Gorge Fire is 100 Percent Contained (06-16-13) Royal Gorge Fire at 65 Percent Containment (06-15-13) Highway 50 reopens and Evacuations lifted at Royal Gorge Fire (06-13-13) BLM Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Commercial Oil Shale Regulations (06-13-13) BLM to hold open house meetings on Dominguez-Escalante Resource Management Plan (06-13-13) Royal Gorge Fire Update (06-13-13) Royal Gorge Fire reaches 20 percent containment (06-12-13) Firefighters continue work on Royal Gorge Fire, Highway 50 remains closed west of Canon City (06-12-13) Royal Gorge Fire, Update 10:15 p.m. (06-11-13) ROYAL GORGE FIRE UPDATE (06-11-13) BLM Approves Potassium Prospecting and Exploration near Egnar (06-11-13) NAVAJO ELDER TO SPEAK AT THE ANASAZI HERITAGE CENTER (06-11-13) BLM Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule (06-07-13) BLM Grand Junction draft resource management plan comment period coming to a close (06-06-13) Conditions Are Favorable for Prescribed Burn near Powderhorn, CO (06-04-13) Volunteers needed to build ATV trail (06/04/13) BLM Competitive Coal Lease Sale in Rio Blanco, Moffat Counties Nets $6.39 Million (05/29/13) Lecture on Possible Ice Age Rock Art at the Anasazi Heritage Center (05-29-13) BLM Seeks Public Input on Preliminary Assessment of Blanca Wetlands Area Expansion (05-28-13) Crews Respond to Wildfire in Rio Blanco County (05-24-13) BLM releases draft management plan for 210,000-acre Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (05-17-13) Interior Releases Updated Draft Rule for Hydraulic Fracturing on Public and Indian Lands for Public Comment (05-16-13) BLM Evaluating Five Parcels in Southwest Colorado for Feb. 2014 Lease Sale (05-17-13) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission meets May 29 in Alamosa (05-17-13) Prescribed Burn Canceled (05-16-13) Smoke likely visible north side of Grand Mesa (05-15-13) BLM Seeks Comments on Trail Project (05-13-13) BLM Signs Decision Record Finalizing the Ridgway Comprehensive Travel Management Plan (05-10-13) Volunteers needed for Transfer Trail maintenance May 18 (05-10-13) Northwest Colorado parcels scheduled for upcoming oil and gas lease sales (05-10-13) BLM oil and gas lease sale nets nearly $34,000 (05-09-13) Wildfire preparation and prevention workshop set for Glade Park (05-09-13) USFS and BLM to hold La Garita Hills analysis public meeting (05-09-13) BLM NW Colorado advisory council meets May 22 in Grand Junction (05-08-13) BLM proposes supplemental rules for Gunnison Basin Travel Management Plan (05-08-13) BLM Releases Environmental Assessment for November Oil and Gas Lease Sale (05-03-13) Agencies seek input on La Garita Hills analysis (05-02-13) BLM and USFS begin scoping for proposed Vegetation Management (05-01-13) BLM Holds Public Forums to Kick Off Updates to Onshore Oil and Gas Orders (04-30-13) Zapata Falls Campground Closes for Three Days During Volunteer Work (05-01-13) Grand Junction Field Office hydrologist earns Safety Award (04-30-13) BLM seeks nominations for eight positions on the Dominguez-Escalante Advisory Council (04/29/13) Volunteers partnering with fire managers to reduce wildfire threat in Fruita (04-29-13) BLM releases environmental assessment on proposed Sutey Ranch land exchange (04-29-13) Garden Park Fossil Area earns national recognition (04-26-13) Prescribed fire planned Friday for Palisade Watershed (04-25-13) Stockade Fire burns by Pike Stockade (04-23-13) Volunteers needed to help complete Bookcliffs Trail (04-22-13) BLM Plans Prescribed Burn near Naturita, CO (04-22-13) BLM Awards 2012 Eric Finstick Award to Dolores Resident (04-17-13) BLM Plans Prescribed Burn in Gold Basin (04-16-13) Fee changes on Upper Colorado River begin May 1 (04/15/13) BLM Grand Junction Field Office volunteers honored Wednesday (04-12-13) “TRACKING ANCIENT SKYWATCHERS WITH A CAMERA” AT THE ANASAZI HERITAGE CENTER (04-10-13) BLM and Boy Scout Troop to clean-up public lands for Earth Day (04-10-13) BLM Approves Lease Suspensions in Thompson Divide (04-09-13) Volunteers remove nearly 7 tons of garbage from Hubbard Mesa (04/09/13) BLM Plans Prescribed Burn near Powderhorn, CO (04-08-13) BLM working to improve camping at McInnis Canyons (04-08-13) Hartman Rocks Recreational Area Reopens for Public Use (04-05-13) BLM to host roads and trails meeting Saturday (04-04-13) Public invited to participate in volunteer workshops (04-03-13) BLM Initiates Environmental Review for the Bull Mountain Oil and Gas Unit (04-04-13) Most motorized routes north of Kremmling to open April 15 (04-02-13) BLM Offers Land in Rio Blanco, Moffat Counties for Competitive Coal Lease (04-02-13) Grandview Ridge, Animas City Mountain and Twin Buttes Reopen for Public Access (03-29-13) BLM accepting scoping comments on White-Nose Syndrome Adaptive Management Strategy and Environmental Assessment (03-28-13) BLM Announces Three Selections for National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (03-27-13) Bypass reopens near Park Center Well as work continues (03-25-13) BLM Issues Two Lease Modifications for West Elk Mine in Gunnison County (03-26-13) Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council to Meet (03-26-13) Secretary Salazar Finalizes Plan Promoting Responsible Oil Shale and Tar Sands Research, Demonstration and Development (03-22-13) Volunteers needed for Hubbard Mesa Clean-up (03-21-13) New boat launch proposed at Radium (03-21-13) BLM seeks public interest to develop solar energy (03-21-13) BLM Accepts Comments for the 2013 Special Recreation Permit Applications (03-19-13) BLM Plans Pile Burns near Lake City, CO (03-15-13) Local BLM staff named Outstanding Rangeland Management Specialist (03-14-13) BLM seeks comments on grazing permit renewals in Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin counties (03-08-13) BLM extends Grand Junction RMP comment period, schedules additional public meeting on travel management (03-06-13) Website Updates Feature One Page for Online Environmental Documents (03-05-13) Rio Grande Natural Area Commission meets March 14 in Cañon City (03-05-13) Spring Road Closures on Public Lands (03-05-13) BLM to hold Roan Plateau scoping meetings this week (02-26-13) BLM Acquires Land in Three Southwest Colorado Counties (02-20-13) BLM oil and gas lease sale nets $2.1 million (2-14-13) BLM issues the Arkansas River Travel Management Plan Supplementary Rules (02-14-13) Katie Stevens named BLM Colorado Grand Junction Field Manager (02-13-13) BLM’s Colorado State Office Posts Sale Notice for May Oil and Gas Lease Sale (02-13-13) Local Landowner Donates Public Access Easements in Hartman Rocks Recreation Area (02-08-13) BLM to Begin Reseeding Pine Ridge Burn Area (02/07/13) BLM to Offer Nearly 90,000 Acres at February Colorado Oil and Gas Lease Sale BLM Defers North Fork Valley Parcels from Sale (02-06-13) BLM Sets Meeting of National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board for March 4-5 in Oklahoma City (02-06-13) BLM to Hold Joint Resource Advisory Council Meeting Feb. 13-15 in Golden (02-04-13) BLM Strengthens Wild Horse and Burro Policies to Ensure Humane Treatment of Animals, Greater Transparency (02-01-13) BLM and Forest Service Announce 2013 Grazing Fee (01-31-13) BLM Launches Interactive Website About Minerals (01-29-13) BLM Seeks Nominations to Southwest Resource Advisory Council (01-29-13) BLM Seeks Nominations to Western Slope Resource Advisory Councils (01-29-13) BLM Seeks Nominations to Front Range Resource Advisory Council (01-29-13) Coal Exploration License Filed in Las Animas County for 16,323 Acres (01-25-13) BLM to conduct Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Resource Management Plan for Roan Plateau (01-25-13) BLM to host series of open house meetings for management plan (01-24-13) New Construction and Improvements Await Visitors to Area NCAs – More on the Way (01-17-13) BLM releases draft management plan for 1.2 million-acre Grand Junction Field Office (01-14-13) BLM conducts hazardous fuels reduction throughout Fremont County (01-11-13) BLM asks for public input on Special Recreation Permit applications (01-08-13) BLM Seeks Public Comment on Natural Gas Exploration Project (01-07-13) BLM Issues New Policy regarding Conditions on Wild Horse and Burro Sales (01-04-13) Open House to Discuss Options for Hand Cycle Trail at Hartman Rocks Recreation Area (01-03-12)