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BLM White River Field Office proposed travel plan provides for diverse recreational opportunities and access

RBC | The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it has released the Final Environmental Assessment for its proposed Travel Management Resource Management Plan Amendment for the 1.5-million acre White River Field Office in northwestern Colorado. The proposed plan amendment will provide access for diverse recreational opportunities, including off-road[Read More…]

July 30, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

‘Walter’ the dinosaur gets a lift

RANGELY | The fossilized remains of the dinosaur dubbed “Walter,” found just outside of Rangely in 2014 by a Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) professor, were airlifted to a federal repository on the CNCC Craig Campus Thursday, July 11, where they will join the duck-billed dinosaur’s skull and limbs. The[Read More…]

July 11, 2019 by Niki Turner 5 comments

County

BLM’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council meets June 13 in Kremmling

RBC | The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, June 13 in Kremmling at the Allington Inn, 215 Central Ave. “The Northwest RAC is a diverse citizen advisory board that provides valuable perspectives for managing BLM lands in northwestern Colorado,” said Northwest District Manager Andrew[Read More…]

June 11, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Joint Wolf Creek work session between BLM and commissioners

RBC | BLM White River Field Office Manager Kent Walter hosted a work session with the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners, et al. on May 30 to discuss the Coal Ridge boundary map of the proposed Wolf Creek Reservoir project. Rio Blanco County Commissioners Gary Moyer and Si[Read More…]

June 8, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County Beat: Commissioners draft letter to address ‘discrepancies’ in BLM proposed travel management plan

RBC | In response to “discrepancies” in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed travel management plan for the Wolf Creek reservoir project, the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners have drafted a letter to BLM to address the issue. BLM staff met with Commissioner Gary Moyer and other[Read More…]

May 23, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC broadband project update

RBC | An afternoon work session regarding Rio Blanco County’s Broadband Project was held in Rangely at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 18 after the regular commissioners’ meeting. The work session began with commissioners Rector and Moyer expressing their concerns about Communications Department Director Cody Crooks’ ability to follow through on project[Read More…]

March 23, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County Beat: December 27, 2018

RBC | Hours before non-essential federal employees were due to be sent home without pay Friday, the RBC Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), in a work session prior to a special meeting, heard and reacted to proposed White River Field Office (WRFO) amendments to the local Resource Management Plan (public land[Read More…]

December 30, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

News Notes

BLM Advisory Council meeting Dec. 6

RBC | The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 6 at the BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office in Silt, 2300 River Frontage Rd. “The Northwest RAC is a diverse citizen advisory board that provides valuable perspectives for managing BLM lands in northwestern Colorado,”[Read More…]

December 3, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

National Public Lands Day

MEEKER | All ages are invited to celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 22 by volunteering on the local trails above Meeker with the BLM and ERBM Recreation and Park District.

September 21, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Cabin Lake Fire Closure lifted for natl. forest and BLM lands

MEEKER | Effective at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, the Blanco Ranger District on the White River National Forest and the White River Field Office of the BLM will lift the Cabin Lake Fire emergency area closure and reopen popular hunting areas near Burro Mountain. Much of the burned area[Read More…]

September 21, 2018 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

BLM WR Field Office releases travel management designations for public review

MEEKER I The Bureau of Land Management today released its preliminary environmental assessment detailing alternatives for travel management area designations within the 1.5-million acre White River Field Office in northwestern Colorado for public review and comment.

August 6, 2018 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

UPDATED: Whiskey Fire 31 miles south of Rangely 100 percent contained

RANGELY | Another wildfire sprang up Saturday, July 28, east of Whiskey Creek, 2 miles east of the Utah border and 31 miles south of Rangely in Rio Blanco County. An MMA flight put the burn at 39.5 acres as of Monday, July 30, on BLM land bordering private land in[Read More…]

July 29, 2018 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled