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In the Spotlight ...
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Emerald Mountain Trails Open Early
The Bureau of Land Management has lifted the seasonal closures in the Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Management Area near Steamboat Springs early this year due to unseasonable warm weather. View the entire news release .
Public Open House Regarding Old Munitions at Two Former Colorado Guard National Training Sites
A public open house will be held on Tuesday, May 22 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at the BLM Little Snake Field office to share information on a study of two former Colorado National Guard Training sites in Moffat County. In the past (1956 - 1978), the Sand Wash Artillery Range and the Craig Small Arms Range at Cedar Mountain were used for live-fire and practice munitions training by the National Guard. View the entire news release .
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Craig Interagency Hotshot Crew has a New Home
 An open house and ribbon cutting ceremony on April 17 commemorated the completion of the Craig Interagency Hotshot facility at 459 Center Street, Craig, Colorado. About 35 people attended representing the Craig Police Department, Routt County Emergency Management, National Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado State Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office Fire Management, BLM West Slope District, local subcontractors, BLM employees and members of the public. View the Craig Hotshot page.
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Unseasonably Warm, Dry Conditions Demand Caution with Outdoor Fire Use
With below normal precipitation, early snowpack runoff and above normal temperatures, the stage is set for fast-growing fires. There have been numerous wildland fires in northwest Colorado, predominantly on private property, from agriculture and debris burning that have burned out of control. One of the reported fires caused damage to neighboring property and the loss of one structure in Rio Blanco County. View the entire news release .
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Motorized Travel Limited to Existing Roads and Trails in Little Snake
With a mild winter continuing and spring fast approaching, the Bureau of Land Management's Little Snake Field Office is reminding the public that motorized-use within the majority of its boundaries in Moffat, Routt and northern Rio Blanco counties is now limited to existing roads and trails. Under the Little Snake Field Office Resource Management Plan signed in fall 2011, motorized access is allowed on the majority of the lands managed by the field office, but motorized vehicles need to stay on existing roads and trails unless they are marked otherwise. Prior to this updated plan, motorized users could travel cross-country over about 73 percent of the 1.1 million acres managed by the field office. View the entire news release .
May 10, 2012 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale
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BLM Begins Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Effort with Public Open House Meetings
The Bureau of Land Management's Northwest Colorado District will begin a district-wide greater sage-grouse planning effort with four open house meetings to hear from the public. The BLM is writing an Environmental Impact Statement to analyze incorporating new sage-grouse conservation measures into its Resource Management Plans for the five field offices within the District: the Colorado River Valley Field Office in Silt, the Grand Junction Field Office, the Kremmling Field Office, the Little Snake Field Office in Craig and the White River Field Office in Meeker. More than 1.8 million acres of Colorado's greater sage-grouse habitat are on BLM lands in the Northwest District. That's almost half of the entire greater sage-grouse habitat in Colorado. View the entire news release .
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BLM Issues Final Decision for the Little Snake Management Plan
The Bureau of Land Management today released the Record of Decision for the Little Snake Resource Management Plan in northwestern Colorado. The Record of Decision is the final step of an extensive, multi-year effort to develop a Resource Management Plan for approximately 1.3 million acres of BLM-administered public lands and an additional 1.1 million acres of subsurface mineral estate administered by the Little Snake Field Office in Moffat, Routt, and Rio Blanco counties.
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BLM Plan Proposes Balanced Management, Responsible Oil and Gas Leasing in NW Colorado, and Protection of Vermillion Basin
The Bureau of Land Management announced today that its upcoming Proposed Resource Management Plan for the Little Snake Field Office in northwestern Colorado would continue to allow oil and gas development on most of the lands and minerals managed by the Field Office, but would protect the 77,000-acre Vermillion Basin from energy development.
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Bureau of Land Management in Northwest Colorado...The Little Snake Field Office encompasses 4.2 million acres of federal, state and private lands in Moffat, Routt, and Rio Blanco counties. Of the total area, 1.3 million acres are public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and 1.1 million acres of the private and state lands are underlain by federally owned minerals. Resource activities include: wildlife, cultural resources, grazing, energy & minerals, rights-of-ways, paleontological resources and recreation. For more information, click here or on "Programs" from the menu above. Take a photo tour of Little Snake
Wendy Reynolds, Field Manager Phone: 970-826-5000 | Fax: 970-826-5002 | Office Hours: 7:45 am – 4:30 pm M-F
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