Press Releases
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.
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.
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”
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
BLM seeks public comment on proposal to lease Salida East to Colorado Parks and Wildlife
CANON CITY, Colo.
Federal, State Partners to Make Major Announcement Regarding the Greater Sage-Grouse
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – On Tuesday, September 22, U.S.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
BLM Tres Rios Field Office releases preliminary coal exploration analysis for public comment
DOLORES, Colo.
Dinosaur Trail and Shale Ridges Master Leasing Plans finalized as part of Northwest Colorado planning efforts
LAKEWOOD, Colo.
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.
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.
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
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
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.