Press Releases

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Colorado

BLM seasonal road closures in effect Dec. 1

MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office and the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area are implementing seasonal road closures beginni

Colorado

BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets Dec. 8 in Grand Junction

SILT, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 8 in Grand Junction at the Courtyard Marriott, 765 Horizon Drive.

Colorado

Sand Wash wild horse gather continues

CRAIG, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Christmas tree permits available in Silt

SILT, Colo. – Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands are available in Silt at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road. 

Colorado

BLM to offer 17 parcels in February oil and gas lease sale

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management will offer 17 parcels totaling 17,632 acres in the Tres Rios Field Office at its Feb. 9, 2017, quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

Colorado

BLM completes East Ridge Trail by Meeker

MEEKER, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management put the final touches on the 1.3-mile East Ridge Trail above Meeker Nov. 3. 

National Office

Department of the Interior Finalizes Rule Providing a Foundation for the Future of BLM's Renewable Energy Program

WASHINGTON – Advancing the President’s Climate Action Plan to create jobs, cut carbon pollution and develop clean domestic energy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today

Wyoming

BLM Partners with the University of Wyoming to Study Wild Horse Movement in the Adobe Town Herd Management Area

BLM released its decision to gather and collar up to 30 wild mares within the Adobe Town Herd Management Area (ATHMA) as part of collaboration with the University of Wyoming to study wild horses.

Colorado

BLM to host update on South Park Master Leasing Plan in Fairplay

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office will be hosting a public meeting on Nov.

Colorado

BLM evaluating oil and gas leasing proposals in Royal Gorge Field Office

CANON CITY, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Uncompahgre Field Office Accepts Comments for the 2017 Special Recreation Permit Applications

MONTROSE, Colorado. – The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 26 Special Recreation Permit applications including five new ap

New Mexico

Public Invited to Attend Focus Group Meetings in Las Cruces

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District is hosting two focus group meetings to discuss recreation use and management in the 496,330-acre Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monume

Colorado

BLM to begin bait-trapping Sand Wash wild horses

CRAIG, Colo.

Colorado

Suspect identified in Eagle County trail vandalism

SILT, Colo.

Arizona

Prescribed Burning Planned Near Parker

PARKER, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office plans to conduct prescribed burning on the Parker Strip from Nov.

Colorado

BLM initiates Stage One fire restrictions in four Central Colorado Counties

CANON CITY, Colo. – On Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Bureau of Land Management will begin Stage One fire restrictions within El Paso, Jefferson, Park and Teller counties.

Colorado

BLM plans prescribed burns at Deer Haven and Trail Gulch

CANON CITY, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct two prescribed burns at Deer Haven and Trail Gulch this fall.

Colorado

Browns Canyon National Monument hosts listening sessions

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management and U.S.

Colorado

BLM proposes supplemental rules for the Cache Creek Placer Area

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is proposing supplementary rules for public lands at Cache Creek, located in Chaffee County, Colorado.

Colorado

BLM plans prescribed burn at Blanca Wetlands

MONTE VISTA, Colo. - The San Luis Valley Field Office in conjunction with the Interagency Fire Management Unit will conduct prescribed burns at Blanca Wetlands this fall.

Colorado

BLM to offer 31 parcels in December oil and gas lease sale

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management will offer 31 parcels totaling 20,135 acres in the Royal Gorge, Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley field offices at its Dec.

National Office

BLM Announces Additional Online Oil and Gas Lease Sales in 2016

WASHINGTON – Building on the success of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) recent Eastern States Office online oil and gas lease sale, the BLM announced today that it will hold four additional o

Colorado

BLM hosts public meetings and extends comment period on draft Gunnison Sage-Grouse rangewide plan amendment

LAKEWOOD—The Bureau of Land Management is hosting public meetings and extending the public comment period on the Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft En