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Nevada

BLM Director Kornze Announces $79 Million for Conservation and Recreation Projects in Nevada

LAS VEGAS, NV – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze today announced a package of 30 conservation and recreation projects totaling nearly $80 million in a ceremony at Red Rock Can
Colorado

Motorized travel restrictions on Wolford Mountain begin Dec. 15

KREMMLING, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management will begin its annual winter restrictions on motorized travel north of Kremmling in the Wolford Mountain Travel Management Area on Dec.

Colorado

BLM plans slash pile burns

CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to conduct slash pile burns in 10 locations throughout the winter of 2016 and 2017.

Colorado

Seasonal closures at Emerald Mountain now in effect

CRAIG, Colo. – Annual winter closures at the Bureau of Land Management’s Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Area outside Steamboat Springs went into effect Dec.

Colorado

BLM winter closures begin Dec. 1 in Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin counties

SILT, Colo. – Annual winter closures to motorized and mechanized vehicles begin to go into effect Dec.

Colorado

Durango winter trail closures begin Dec. 1 for wildlife protection

DURANGO, Colo. – Annual winter closures go into effect Dec.

Colorado

BLM seasonal road closures in effect Dec. 1

MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office and the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area are implementing seasonal road closures beginni

Colorado

BLM's Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets Dec. 8 in Grand Junction

SILT, Colo.  – The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 8 in Grand Junction at the Courtyard Marriott, 765 Horizon Drive.

Colorado

Sand Wash wild horse gather continues

CRAIG, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Christmas tree permits available in Silt

SILT, Colo. – Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands are available in Silt at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road. 

Colorado

BLM to offer 17 parcels in February oil and gas lease sale

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management will offer 17 parcels totaling 17,632 acres in the Tres Rios Field Office at its Feb. 9, 2017, quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

Colorado

BLM completes East Ridge Trail by Meeker

MEEKER, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management put the final touches on the 1.3-mile East Ridge Trail above Meeker Nov. 3. 

National Office

Department of the Interior Finalizes Rule Providing a Foundation for the Future of BLM's Renewable Energy Program

WASHINGTON – Advancing the President’s Climate Action Plan to create jobs, cut carbon pollution and develop clean domestic energy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today

Wyoming

BLM Partners with the University of Wyoming to Study Wild Horse Movement in the Adobe Town Herd Management Area

BLM released its decision to gather and collar up to 30 wild mares within the Adobe Town Herd Management Area (ATHMA) as part of collaboration with the University of Wyoming to study wild horses.

Colorado

BLM to host update on South Park Master Leasing Plan in Fairplay

CANON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office will be hosting a public meeting on Nov.

Colorado

BLM evaluating oil and gas leasing proposals in Royal Gorge Field Office

CANON CITY, Colo.

Colorado

BLM Uncompahgre Field Office Accepts Comments for the 2017 Special Recreation Permit Applications

MONTROSE, Colorado. – The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 26 Special Recreation Permit applications including five new ap

New Mexico

Public Invited to Attend Focus Group Meetings in Las Cruces

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District is hosting two focus group meetings to discuss recreation use and management in the 496,330-acre Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monume

Colorado

BLM to begin bait-trapping Sand Wash wild horses

CRAIG, Colo.

Colorado

Suspect identified in Eagle County trail vandalism

SILT, Colo.

Arizona

Prescribed Burning Planned Near Parker

PARKER, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office plans to conduct prescribed burning on the Parker Strip from Nov.