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Colorado
Photo of intern on adaptive bicycle at National Public Lands Day event

Bureau of Land Management is hiring 100 student interns

Bureau of Land Management is hiring 100 student interns
Northwest DO
photo of piles burning

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker
Northwest DO
Photo of Emerald Mountain Road Sign and snow

BLM Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Area seasonal closure

BLM Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Area seasonal closure
Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO
Throughout the year, dead wood is collected into piles. Those piles are then burned under optimal conditions in the winter months.

BLM plans two pile burns in San Luis Valley

MONTE VISTA, Colo.

Colorado
Elk bugling in Wyoming

BLM Public Meetings in Colorado for the Big Game Habitat Conservation Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Southwest DO
Cutting a Christmas tree on public lands in the BLM Southwest District.

BLM Southwest District offering permits to cut your own Christmas tree

MONTROSE, Colo.

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO
To remove the leftover fuels after thinning treatments, wood is gathered into piles and then burned during parts of the year when accidental spread is least likely.

BLM plans annual pile burns

Canon City, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct pile burns in six locations this winter.

Colorado
Map of prescribed burn

BLM plans prescribed pile burns

BLM plans prescribed pile burns
Colorado
BLM lands provide important sagebrush habitat for the Gunnison sage-grouse. Photo: Kathy Broadhead

BLM seeks public input for plan supporting Gunnison sage-grouse recovery

LAKEWOOD, Colo.

Colorado
A photo of a mule deer doe with some snow on her head.

BLM welcomes comments on draft plan for big game habitat conservation in Colorado

LAKEWOOD,

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO
A BLM wildland firefighter conducts prescribed burn operations to help improve vital habitat for sensitive species in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

BLM planning prescribed burns

MONTE VISTA, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a prescribed burn at the Blanca Wetlands, approximately 11 miles northeast of Alamosa, Colo.

Colorado
Arkansas River in Canon City

Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council to Meet in November

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the BLM’s Royal Gorge Field Office on Nov. 9, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. MST.

Northwest DO
Fire fighter tending to a prescribed burn

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns near Douglas Mountain and Juniper Mountain

Craig, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management is planning two pile burns this winter within the Little

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO
BLM Logo

Notice of Public Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council, Colorado

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council (RAC) is announcing its 2023 fall meeting.
Southwest DO
BLM Colorado logo

BLM issues decision for North Fork Mancos Master Development Plan

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO
The BLM Official Logo displaying an inverted triangle with a pine tree, snow capped mountain, a river an hills.

BLM signs Penrose Commons Decision

CAÑON CITY, Colo.

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO
Firefighters conduct a prescribed burn to help reduce fuels that contribute to the severity of wildfires.

BLM planning annual prescribed burns

CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management is preparing two prescribed burns, scheduled to take place between October, 2023 and April, 2024.

Southwest DO
Southwest RAC members and BLM employees make a stop along the Gunnison River in June 2023.

BLM Southwest District Resource Advisory Council to meet October 11

MONTROSE, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold a meeting on October 11 at the Gunnison Field Office, 2500 E.

Little Snake FO

Volunteer opportunity for National Public Lands Day

CRAIG, Colo.

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO

Dale Culver selected as new San Luis Valley field manager

Monte Vista, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Rocky Mountain District has announced the selection of Dale Culver as the San Luis Valley Field Manager.

Southwest DO

Prescribed fires planned on Carpenter Ridge and West Dolores Rim

MONTROSE, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct prescribed fire treatments this fall in the Tres Rios and Uncompahgre field offices.

Colorado

Buffalo Horn Land Exchange Offers Opportunities for Improved Public Access

Southwest DO

BLM Tres Rios Field Office lifts Stage I Fire Restrictions

DOLORES, Colo.

Colorado, Northwest DO
a group of wild horses run along a temporary fence in the high desert.

BLM to conduct wild horse gather in West Douglas Herd Area

Colorado

Kymm Gresset selected as new Little Snake Field Manager