Upcoming Events & Meetings

Fire managers with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plan to burn piles of cut branches and brush – called slash piles – in Mesa County now through April 2026. Smoke may be visible ...

The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front Field Office seasonal motorized vehicle closure of the Sand Hills Critical Wildlife Area went into effect on Dec. 1, 2025, and will end on April 30, 2026.

BLM Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley Field Offices will begin winter range closures Dec. 1. These seasonal closures protect wildlife and natural resources and reduce damage to roads.

The BLM Colorado Little Snake Field Office will begin winter range closures Dec. 1 near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to reduce the stress on wildlife and protect natural resources.

The BLM Kemmerer and Pinedale Field Offices will close BLM-administered public big game winter ranges to all motorized vehicle travel from Jan. 1 through Apr. 30, 2026. This annual closure is necessary to protect elk, moose, pronghorn and mule deer from disruptive human activities during the difficult winter months which can increase the mortality rate for these animals.

The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is excited to announce three new, curriculum-based school field trip programs, as the Nation celebrates its 250th birthday and the BLM marks its 80th anniversary.

The Bureau of Land Management has closed use of Big Canyon, Sale Barn, and Three Springs trailheads (to Grandview) and the upper loops of Animas City Mountain through April 30, 2026, to protect vulnerable wintering wildlife.

The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, will host its 40th annual spring series of free guided weekend hikes at the Table Rocks.

Join us for a guided plant walk through the lower Sand Canyon area of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument with Marian Rohman, author and long-time interpreter of the region’s flora.

What does it take for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument to earn International Dark Sky Park certification? Join Aaron Watson for an illuminating overview of the process and implications for our monument and community.

The BLM will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering 250 excess horses and burros (200 horses and 50 burros) gathered from western rangelands, April 15-19, 2026, at the Central KY Ag-Expo Center in Liberty, Kentucky.