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Colorado

BLM announces new manager for McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas

Southwest DO

Animas City Mountain prescribed burn in Durango postponed for 2022

Colorado
BLM fire crews conduct controlled burns to help reduce the potential for large-scale wildfires on Colorado ranges.

BLM planning annual prescribed burns: Fire crews prepare two sites northwest of Cañon City

CAÑON CITY, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management is preparing two prescribed burns, scheduled to take place between October, 2022 and April, 2023.

Southwest DO

BLM to open a 30-day public comment period on vegetation management project encompassing over 90,000 acres of public land in the Gunnison Field Office

Colorado

BLM Seeks Nominations to the Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Southwest Resource Advisory Councils

Denver, Colo.,- The Bureau of Land Management t

Southwest DO

Prescribed burn on Animas City Mountain in Durango planned for October

Colorado, Northwest DO

BLM seeks volunteers for National Public Lands Day event near Craig

CRAIG, Colo.

Rocky Mountain DO

BLM seeks public comments on plan for managing camping and travel management in Chaffee County

Colorado

BLM and partners to host multiple National Public Lands Day volunteer events in western Colorado

Colorado

BLM Colorado Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet in September

Northwest DO

BLM Road near Marshall Draw impassable due to washout

CRAIG, Colo.

Southwest DO

BLM to resolve residential encroachments by selling a small parcel of public land

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO
The glassy surface of Shaw Reservoir reflects the sky, clouds, and mountains that surround the lake.

Partners work together to acquire Shaw Reservoir for people and wildlife

Southwest DO

BLM Tres Rios Field Office opens 30-day public scoping period on update to the Sunday Mine Complex operations plans

Dolores, Colo.

Colorado

BLM seeks public comments on the withdrawal to protect the Upper Colorado River Special Recreation Management Area

LAKEWOOD, Colo.

San Luis Valley FO

Multiple roads damaged in San Luis Valley

Colorado

BLM Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council to meet August 16-18

CAÑON CITY, Colo.

Southwest DO

BLM Southwest District Resource Advisory Council to meet in September

National Office, Colorado
Headshot of Colorado State Director Doug Vilsack

The Bureau of Land Management Names Doug Vilsack as Colorado State Director

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Doug Vilsack, the current Assistant Director for Parks, Wildlife and Lands for Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources

Colorado

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

Northwest DO

BLM seeks public scoping comments for reduction of hazardous fuel loads in Grand County

KREMMLING, Colo.

Colorado

BLM seeks public comments for preparation of plan to conserve big game habitat and corridors

Lakewood, Colo.

Colorado, Southwest DO

BLM seeks public scoping comments for its Gunnison sage-grouse Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement

Colorado

The Bureau of Land Management Colorado oil and gas lease sale nets $1,201,794.50

LAKEWOOD, Colo.

Southwest DO

BLM Rescinds Fire Restrictions in Gunnison, Tres Rios, and Uncompahgre Field Offices