Press Releases

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Colorado

BLM White River Field Office road and trail inventory available for public review

MEEKER, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management seeks the public’s help in reviewing its road and trail inventory for lands managed by the White River Field Office in northwestern Colorado.

Colorado

White River Field Office Proposed Management Plan Amendment Released

Proposed Plan Advances Dinosaur Trail Master Leasing Plan, Offers Incentives to Minimize Oil and Gas Surface Disturbance, Disruption to Wildlife

Colorado

BLM Plans Several Prescribed Burns in Southwest Colorado

DOLORES, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as Monday, Mar. 30, or as conditions allow.
 

Colorado

BLM announces new appointments to Front Range Resource Advisory Council to help advise agency on balanced management of nation's public lands

CAÑON CITY, Colo.

Colorado

New BLM office opens to the public

MONTE VISTA, Colo. – The new Bureau of Land Management building for the San Luis Valley Field Office is now officially open to the public. The new building is at 1313 E.

Colorado

BLM to conduct Dry Gulch prescribed burn in Rio Blanco County

Rio Blanco County, Colo.

Colorado

Firefighters Plan Spring Prescribed Burns

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

Colorado

Local Wildfire Mitigation Leaders Receive National Awards

DOLORES, Colo. – Firewise of Southwest Colorado and Judy Winzell (Falls Creek Ranch) have received national recognition for their outstanding impacts in wildfire preparedness and mitigation.

Colorado

BLM seeks comment on proposed fuels reduction project near Uncle Bob Mountain Road

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposal to reduce hazardous fuels for wildfires south of the Town of Silt near Uncle Bob Mountain Road and Clear Creek.

Colorado

BLM accepts comments for 2015 special recreation permit applications

MONTROSE, Colo.– The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 17 Special Recreation Permit applications, including two new applications and 15 applications f

Colorado

BLM seeking comments on 15 commercial recreation permit applications in Eagle, Grand and Summit counties

The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is seeking public comment regarding ten new commercial special recreation permit applications and five SRP modifications for the Upper Colorado

Colorado

BLM Tres Rios Field Office Releases Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan

DOLORES, Colo. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management released the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the Tres Rios Field Office.

Colorado

BLM seeks public comment on off-highway vehicle trail connection

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.

National Office

BLM Seeks Bids for New Off-Range Pastures to Care for Wild Horses

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking proposals for new off-range pasture facilities that can provide a free-roaming environment for wild horses removed from Western public lands.

National Office

Secretary Jewell, Secretary Vilsack Applaud President Obama's Designation of Browns Canyon National Monument

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today joined members of Congress, local elected officials, and community members from the Upper Arkansas River Valley

Colorado

BLM planning to burn slash piles today in Mule Creek Area in Grand County

Grand County, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is planning to burn slash piles of lodgepole pine Thursday, Feb.

Colorado

BLM seeks public comment on fees at campsite near Crested Butte

GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office is proposing an overnight use fee at Oh Be Joyful Campground near Crested Butte, Colorado.

Colorado

BLM Colorado State Office posts sale notice

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will offer 42 parcels totaling 10,980 acres within the Royal Gorge Field Office and 44 United States Forest Service parcels totaling 25,215 acres

Colorado

BLM Colorado State Office posts sale notice

The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado will offer 42 parcels totaling 10,980 acres within the Royal Gorge Field Office and 44 United States Forest Service parcels totaling 25,215 acres within t

Colorado

Southwest Resource Advisory Council to meet Feb. 20

MONTROSE, Colo.—The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Friday, Feb. 20, at the Montrose Public Lands Center (2465 S. Townsend Ave.).
 

Colorado

Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in Silt Feb. 19

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

Colorado

BLM Colorado oil and gas lease sale nets $318,455

DENVER – Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 22 parcels totaling 15,424 acres for $318,455 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

Colorado

BLM Colorado oil and gas lease sale nets $318,455

Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 22 parcels totaling 15,424 acres for $318,455 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

Colorado

BLM seeks public comment on proposed withdrawal modification

CAÑON CITY, Colo.