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National Office

BLM Announces Leadership Appointments in Three Key States,

Colorado

Long-time local BLM employee named CRV Field Manager

SILT, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management announced today that Karl Mendonca has been selected as the new field manager for the Colorado River Valley Field Office based in Silt.

Colorado

Firefighters Plan Prescribed Burn in Palisade Watershed

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Colorado

Firefighters planning prescribed burns in Eagle, Garfield counties

SILT, Colo. – Firefighters from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Unit are planning prescribed fires in Eagle and Garfield counties this fall if conditions warrant.

Colorado

Historic Conservation Campaign Protects Greater Sage-Grouse

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines federal land management plans and partnerships with states, ranchers, and NGOs avert ESA listing by conserving America’s “Sagebrush Sea”

National Office

Historic Conservation Campaign Protects Greater Sage-Grouse

An unprecedented, landscape-scale conservation effort across the western United States has significantly reduced threats to the greater sage-grouse across 90 percent of the species’ breeding habita

Colorado

Federal, State Partners to Make Major Announcement Regarding the Greater Sage-Grouse

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – On Tuesday, September 22, U.S.

Colorado

National Public Lands Day volunteers needed for wildlife habitat project

SILT, Colo. – Volunteers are needed Sept. 26 to help improve wildlife habitat near Eagle, Colo.
 

Colorado

BLM Plans Indian Creek Prescribed Burn

GUNNISON, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Announces Annual Spring Fever Fun Run

CRAIG, Colo.

Nevada

Public Comment Sought on Basin and Range National Monument Proposed Funding

Las Vegas – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will accept public comments from September 10 through September 25, 2015 on the request for Special Account Reserve (SAR) funding from the Southern Nevad

Colorado

BLM approves connector trail increasing off-highway vehicle opportunities

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Colorado

BLM opens new wood-cutting area near Gypsum

SILT, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management recently opened a new area for public wood-cutting in Eagle County.

Colorado

Volunteers needed for National Public Lands Day trail work near Meeker

MEEKER, Colo. – Volunteers are needed Sept. 19 to help expand the popular hiking and biking trail system adjacent to Meeker, Colo.

Colorado

September Front Range Resource Advisory Council Meeting Rescheduled

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Front Range Resource Advisory Council meeting scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 in Monte Vista will be rescheduled due to scheduling conflicts.

Colorado

BLM Colorado invites volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day

Mark your calendars for Sept. 26, the 21st annual National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the largest hands-on volunteer effort on public lands in Colorado and across the country.

Colorado

Storms ignite wildland fires in Northwest Colorado

Craig, Colo. – Lightning is the confirmed cause of several of the nine fires reported to the Craig Interagency Dispatch Center this afternoon and evening.

Colorado

BLM Colorado State Office Posts Sale Notice for 2015 November Oil and Gas Lease Sale

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will offer 19 parcels totaling 10,050 acres within the Royal Gorge Field Office and 102 United States Forest Service parcels totaling 79,487 acres

Colorado

BLM Colorado State Office Posts Sale Notice for 2015 November Oil and Gas Lease Sale

The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will offer 19 parcels totaling 10,050 acres within the Royal Gorge Field Office and 102 United States Forest Service parcels totaling 79,487 acres within t

Colorado

BLM Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets in Meeker August 20

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Aug.