Upper Colorado River District Office

The Upper Colorado River District Office manages 1.85 million surface acres. The district is comprised of the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley field offices and encompasses 4 million acres of subsurface minerals. The BLM’s Upper Colorado River District includes several specially designated areas, including McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and the northern portion of Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area. The Little Book Cliffs Herd Management Area is located within the Grand Junction Field Office.

Mark Your Calendars! Fee-Free Days in 2026

Come experience your public lands! Beginning in 2026, free access on these days will be for U.S. citizens and residents only. Nonresidents will pay the regular standard amenity fee and any applicable nonresident fees.

On BLM-managed lands, the fee-free days for 2026 are: 

• President’s Day (February 16, 2026)
• Memorial Day (May 25, 2026)
• Flag Day/President Trump’s birthday (June 14, 2026)
• Independence Day weekend (July 3–5, 2026)
• Constitution Day (Sept. 17, 2026)
• Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday (Oct. 27, 2026)
• Veteran’s Day (November 11, 2026) 

On fee-free days, the waiver applies to recreation standard amenity and day-use fees on BLM lands, including visitor centers, picnic/day use areas and National Conservation Lands units. Expanded amenity fees and other fees (i.e., group day-use, developed camping, cabin rentals, and individual special recreation permits for the use of special areas) remain in effect. Many other BLM locations are always free -  search additional BLM recreation sites.

Fees for overnight camping at the campgrounds listed below still apply. 

For information on BLM-managed locations participating in the 2026 Fee-Free Days, visit the webpage here.