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Northwest DO, White River FO
Image of map of Dry Ryan Hand Piles and Burn Area

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker

Bureau of Land Management plans pile burns southwest of Meeker
Colorado
Silt Mesa

BLM seeks comment on proposed rule for Colorado Western Slope areas

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, Royal Gorge FO
The Arkansas River flows through Eastern Colorado, the region managed through the principles outlined in the ECRMP.

BLM approves new Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan

CAÑON CITY, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management recently signed a record of decision to update resource management planning guidance for about 658,200 surface acres and 3.3 milli

National Office, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana-Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming
angled solar panels

BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout the West

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced an updated roadmap for solar energy development across the West, designed to expand solar energy production in more Western states

Southwest DO
Southwest RAC members discuss issues on Silverton field trip in October 2023

BLM Southwest District Resource Advisory Council to meet February 7

Montrose, Colo.

Colorado
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BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Colorado

National Office
Utah desert arch frames a hilly panorama

BLM invests $6 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration partnerships in eight states

Southwest DO
Attend a public scoping meeting to learn more about the Uncompahgre RMP Amendment.

BLM seeks public input on Uncompahgre Field Office plan amendment

MONTROSE, Colo.

Colorado, Colorado River Valley FO
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BLM to offer small parcel for direct sale in Eagle County

SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to sell a 7.55-acre parcel in Eagle County to Sweetwater Rydev LLC, operator of Anderson Summer Camp.

National Office
Carthage Institute of Paleontology citizen scientists, at the end of the field season, winterizing Upside Down Trike in August 2022. From Left to Right: Matthew Wojtyla, Josh Schwartz, Matthew Lee, Sula Bloore, Andrew Goebel.

BLM releases Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Action Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In order to inform the mission of the agency, the Bureau of Land Management today released the agency’s Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Action Plan, which is designed to help BLM and its partners identify new opportunities for the public to assist the BLM in filling critical gaps in knowledge of the ecosystems, landscapes, and native wildlife and plants found across the 245 million acres managed by the agency.
Northwest DO, Kremmling FO
photo of Kremmling Seasonal Closure Sign

BLM winter travel restrictions begin Dec. 15 in Grand and Jackson counties

BLM winter travel restrictions begin Dec. 15 in Grand and Jackson counties
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.

National Office, California
A transmission line at sunset in southern New Mexico.

BLM to Analyze Potential Changes to West-wide Energy Corridors as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

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

Arizona
Firefighter lighting a prescribed burn with a torch. (BLM)

BLM prescribed burning planned near Parker

Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will conduct prescribed burning near Parker, Ariz., between December 2023 and March 2024 as weather and fuel conditions allow.
Rawlins FO
BLM fire crews conduct controlled burns to help reduce the potential for large-scale wildfires on Colorado ranges.

BLM High Desert District plans to conduct prescribed burns

RAWLINS. Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office this Fall and Winter.

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.

Arizona
Yuma Field Office

BLM prescribed burning planned at Mittry Lake Wildlife Area and near Walter’s Camp

YUMA, Ariz.

Arizona
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BLM prescribed burning planned in the Hualapai Mountains

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Fire managers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District, in cooperation with Pinion Pine Fire District, Pine Lake Fire District, Mohave County P

Arizona
Yuma Field Office

BLM prescribed burning planned at Senator Wash North Shore

YUMA, Ariz.

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