U.S. Bureau of Land Management Colorado News Releases

Public Invited to Select Mural for the Montrose Public Lands Center (02-10-12)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:10 -0700

MONTROSE, Colo. – Local artists submitted mural concepts depicting area resources managed by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service, and they need your vote.

National Forests Added and Comment Period Formally Extended on Planning for Sage-Grouse Conservation Measures (02-10-12)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:35:10 -0700

In cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue a corrected Notice of Intent to address sage-grouse in 10 additional National Forest System Lands and Resource Management Plans and formally extended the comment period through March 23, 2012. The notice will appear in the February 10, 2012, Federal Register.
The BLM and the Forest Service are seeking public comment on issues that should be addressed in Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements (SEIS) that will evaluate and provide greater sage-grouse conservation measures in land use plans in 10 Western states. This notice extends the time period for public comment on the scoping process for the EIS/SEIS through March 23, 2012.
The EIS/SEIS will be coordinated under two regions: The Rocky Mountain Region, previously designated as the Eastern Region, which includes land use plans in the states of Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and portions of Utah and Montana; and the Great Basin Region, previously designated as the Western Region, which includes land use plans in northeastern California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and portions of Utah and Montana.
Within the Rocky Mountain Region, the potentially affected National Forest System Land Management Plans include:
• Colorado’s Routt National Forest
• Wyoming’s Thunder Basin National Grassland, Medicine Bow National Forest and the Bridger-Tetons National Forest.
Within the Great Basin Region, the affected Land Management Plans include:
• Idaho’s Boise National Forest, Salmon National Forest, Challis National Forest, Targhee National Forest, Caribou National Forest and the Curlew National Grassland;
• Montana’s Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest;
• Nevada’s Humboldt and Toiyabe National Forests;
• Utah’s Ashley National Forest, Manti-LaSal National Forest, Wasatch Cache National Forest, Uinta National Forest, Dixie National Forest and the Fishlake National Forest.
The BLM and the Forest Service aim to incorporate conservation measures into all affected Land Management Plans by September 2014 in order to make the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) timeline for making a listing decision on this species. As a result, the accompanying EIS’s/SEIS’s will be conducted under expedited timeframes.
All comments and submissions to be considered for the environmental analysis process must be received by the BLM by close of business on March 23, 2012.
Comments may be made to the by any of the following methods:
• Rocky Mountain Region
o web site: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/eastern.html
o email: sageeast@blm.gov
o fax: 307-775-6042
o mail: Rocky Mountain Region Project Manager, BLM Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone, Cheyenne, WY 82009
• Great Basin Region
o web site: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/sagegrouse/western.html
o email: sagewest@blm.gov
o fax: 775-861-6747
o mail: Great Basin Region Project Manager, BLM Nevada State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, NV 89502
For further information or to have your name added to the mailing list, contact: Johanna Munson, Rocky Mountain Region Project Manager, (307) 775-6329; mailing address 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009; email jmunson@blm.gov; or Lauren Mermejo, Great Basin Region Project Manager; (775) 861-861-6400; mailing address 1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno, NV 89520; email lmermejo@blm.gov.

BLM Colorado greater sage-grouse comment period extended (02-08-12)

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:20:10 -0700

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The public scoping period for the Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Colorado District greater sage-grouse planning effort has been extended through March 23, 2012.

BLM?s Colorado State Office Posts List of Proposed Parcels for May Oil and Gas Lease Sale (02-09-12)

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:45:20 -0700

DENVER¬ – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office posted the list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., May 10, 2012, at the State Office in Lakewood.

Comment Period for Great Sage-Grouse Scoping Extended by BLM and Forest Service (02-07-12)

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:05:30 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are seeking public comment on issues that should be addressed in Environmental Impact Statements (EIS’s) and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements (SEIS’s) that will evaluate and provide greater sage-grouse conservation measures in land use plans in 10 Western states. To address requests for additional time to provide comment, the two agencies have extended the public scoping period an additional 45 days and will continue to accept scoping comments through March 23, 2012.

BLM Announces Three Selections for National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (02-06-12)

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:55:30 -0700

The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it has made selections for three positions on the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The BLM has chosen Callie Hendrickson of Grand Junction, Colorado, as a new appointee for the category of General Public; June C. Sewing of Cedar City, Utah, as a new appointee for the category of Wild Horse and Burro Advocacy; and Boyd M. Spratling, DVM, of Deeth, Nevada, as a re-appointee to the category of Veterinary Medicine. These individuals will each serve three-year terms as members of the Advisory Board.

BLM Uncompahgre Office Accepting Comments on Special Recreation Permits (02-07-12)

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:55:30 -0700

MONTROSE, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 15 Special Recreation Permit applications, including four new applications and eleven applications for renewals.

BLM Seeks Nominations to Front Range Resource Advisory Council (01-27-12)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:40:50 -0700

CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Front Range District is seeking nominations for five positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises BLM Colorado on public land issues.

Bureau of Land Management Seeks Artists in Residence for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (01-26-12)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:25:20 -0700

DOLORES, Colo.— The Bureau of Land Management will inaugurate an Artist-in-Residence program at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument near Dolores, Colorado during summer 2012. Each residency will be for one week during April, May, June, or July. Artist applications will be accepted from February 1 through February 29.

BLM Seeks Nominations to Western Slope Resource Advisory Councils (01-27-12)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:30 -0700

MONTROSE, Colo.-The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest and Northwest Districts are seeking public nominations for ten open positions on their Resource Advisory Councils (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues.