Press Releases

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Colorado

Continued Prescribed Burning in West Rim Pines

DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as next week, or as conditions allow.

Arizona

BLM Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate Grand Opening of New Facility

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona – The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District and Lake Havasu Field Offices will celebrate the grand opening of their new facility with a public ribbon cutting

Colorado

Wildlife habitat improvement project scheduled south of New Castle

SILT, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management expects work to begin this week on a 270-acre wildlife habitat improvement project south of New Castle on Center Mountain.

Colorado

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Craig

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Aug. 18 at the Memorial Hospital in Craig .  

Colorado

Fire restrictions lifted for BLM Royal Gorge Field Office

CANON CITY, Colo - Stage 1 fire restrictions were lifted Tuesday, Aug. 9, for public lands managed by the Royal Gorge Field Office.

Colorado

Volunteers to Conduct River Clean-up in McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Area volunteers plan to work on portions of public land along the Colorado River Aug.

Colorado

BLM seeks comments on parcels offered in February 2017 oil and gas lease sale

DURANGO, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office is accepting public comments on its proposal to lease 16 parcels totaling about 17,000 acres at the Feb.

Utah

BLM's Historic John Jarvie Ranch Open Tuesdays through Saturdays

Vernal, UT--Cowboys, outlaws, and traders - Explore Utah’s Wild West at the Historic John Jarvie Ranch in Browns Park, in northeastern Utah.  This site has something for every

Colorado

BLM Front Range Resource Advisory Council meets Aug. 18-19

CAÑON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Front Range Resource Advisory Council will meet Aug. 19 from 9:00 a.m.

Colorado

BLM Tres Rios Field Office seeks comments on Sugar and Ridge Trail Connector Project near Durango

DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office is considering building a connector trail to provide a less technical route for users within the Ridge-to­-Ridge trail sys

Colorado

Southwest Resource Advisory Council to meet Aug. 19

MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug.

Colorado

New BLM manager arrives in Craig

CRAIG, Colo. – Bruce Sillitoe arrived in Craig this week to begin his new position as the field manager for the Little Snake Field Office. 

Colorado

BLM Takes Next Step Toward Resolving Thompson Divide Issues

SILT, Colo.

Utah

BLM and NPS Seek Public Input on Old Spanish National Historic Trail Comprehensive Administrative Strategy

SALT LAKE CITY— The National Park Service (NPS) National Trails Intermountain Region and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office are seeking public input on a new str

Colorado

Fire restrictions begin July 29 for BLM lands in Garfield County

SILT, Colo. – Stage 1 fire restrictions begin July 29 for Bureau of Land Management-administered lands in Garfield County. 

Colorado

BLM approves GCC coal exploration license in La Plata County

DURANGO, Colo.

Colorado

BLM releases the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Bull Mountain Unit Master Development Plan

MONTROSE, Colo. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office released its preferred plan for environmentally responsible oil and gas development in th