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Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO, San Luis Valley FO

BLM plans prescribed burn to benefit wildlife at Blanca Wetlands

MONTE VISTA, COLO - The Bureau of Land Management’s San Luis Valley Field Office and BLM Rocky Mountain District Fire are preparing to conduct a prescribed burn at Blanca Wetl

Tres Rios FO

Seasonal closure of key Durango winter wildlife habitat begins December 1

DURANGO, Colo. – Annual seasonal closure of wildlife winter range goes into effect today for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado Parks a

Colorado, Southwest DO

Seasonal closure of key Durango winter wildlife habitat begins December 1

DURANGO, Colo. – Annual seasonal closure of wildlife winter range goes into effect today for public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado Pa

Colorado, Northwest DO, Little Snake FO

Seasonal closures now in effect at Emerald Mountain

CRAIG, Colo.

Colorado, Upper Colorado River DO

Bureau of Land Management selling permits to cut Christmas trees in the Grand Junction Field Office

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management is offering permits to cut your own Christmas tree on BLM-administered lands in the Grand Junction Field Office from now

Colorado, Upper Colorado River DO, Colorado River Valley FO

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

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

Colorado, Northwest DO, White River FO

BLM proposes wild horse gathers and fertility control treatments for the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area

MEEKER, Colo.As part of its mission to manage public lands for multipl

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO

Improvements to Zapata Road to begin in San Luis Valley

MONTE VISTA, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) San Luis Valley Field Office will begin improvements on the Zapata Road on the week of November 30. 

Colorado, Northwest DO

Kremmling Field Office opens foot access to BLM lands not burned in East Troublesome Fire

KREMMLING, Colo. – The Kremmling Field Office reduced

Colorado, Rocky Mountain DO

Royal Gorge Field Office evaluating mineral materials proposal in Chaffee County

Colorado, Upper Colorado River DO

Christmas tree permits available in Silt

SILT, Colo

Colorado

The Bureau of Land Management to hold public hearing on use of motorized vehicles and aircraft to manage wild horses and burros

MEEKER, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to use helicopter, fixed wing aircraft and other motorized vehicles to track, inventory, ga

Colorado

Bureau of Land Management plans fall-winter pile burns in Chaffee, Custer, and Fremont counties

CAÑON CITY, COLO - The Bureau of Land Management Rocky Mountain District Fire and Aviation Management Unit is preparing to conduct pile burns in nine locations this winter on Royal

Colorado, Northwest DO, Kremmling FO

BLM drops fire restrictions in northwest Colorado, prepares to begin pile burning

KREMMLING, Colo.

Colorado, Northwest DO, Kremmling FO

Cross-boundary fuel break and hazard tree removal to begin on Sheep Mountain

Grand County, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) are partnering to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health

Colorado, Southwest DO

BLM TO BURN PILES IN DRY CREEK BASIN AND McELMO/YELLOW JACKET CREEKS

DOLORES, Colo.

Colorado, Northwest DO, Kremmling FO, Little Snake FO, White River FO

Kremmling Field Office shrinks East Troublesome Fire area closure

KREMMLING, Colo. – The Kremmling Field Office reduced the size of the East Troublesome Fire emergency area closure today, opening previously closed BLM lands north of U.S.

Colorado, Northwest DO, Kremmling FO, Little Snake FO, White River FO

BLM rescinds fire restrictions in Moffat County

CRAIG, Colo. – The Little Snake and White River Field Offices will rescind fire restrictions on BLM-managed lands in Moffat County on Friday, November 6 at 12:01 a.m.

Colorado, Gunnison FO, Uncompahgre FO

BLM TO CONDUCT PRESCRIBED BURNS IN DELTA, GUNNISON, MONTROSE, SAGUACHE, AND OURAY COUNTIES

MONTROSE, Colo.The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to burn slash piles on BLM-administered lands at several locations in the Gunnison and Uncompahgre fiel