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BLM proposes projects to help Piceance-East Douglas wild horses

Special to the Herald Times RBC | The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on two projects to benefit wild horses in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in Rio Blanco County. The BLM plans to reconstruct nearly a mile of four-strand barbed-wire fencing near Duck Creek as part[Read More…]

November 13, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

BLM White River Field office employees receive service award

RBC | Three Meeker-based employees received the Director’s Award for Superior Service on Oct. 20 in Denver. Wildlife biologist Edward Hollowed, planning and environmental coordinator Heather Sauls and mining engineer Paul Daggett were members of the interdisciplinary team that developed the White River Field Office Oil and Gas Development RMP[Read More…]

November 8, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM to gather Sand Wash horses in October

RBC | The Bureau of Land Management will begin gathering up to 50 wild horses from the Sand Wash Herd Management Area in October under a decision signed today. Beginning Oct. 21, the BLM will bait-trap wild horses in northwestern Colorado’s Sand Wash Basin in order to administer fertility control treatments[Read More…]

October 12, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM to host Jarvie Fest Oct. 8

RBC | The Bureau of Land Management invites members of the public to the 2016 Jarvie Fest, a family friendly community event, to be held Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Daggett County’s Brown’s Park. The event is located on the historic property of old-time businessman John Jarvie.[Read More…]

October 5, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM director says wild horses in captivity will not be euthanized

RBC I Yesterday BLM head Neil Kornze announced that the BLM was not accepting the recommendation from the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board—an independent panel comprised of members of the public—to destroy wild horses in holding and to offer wild horses that had been passed over for adoption[Read More…]

September 25, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM recommends removal of restrictions on sale and adoption of wild horses and burros

The Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board met Sept. 8-9, 2016, in Elko, Nev., to discuss issues relating to the management and protection of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands. White River and Douglas Creek Conservation Districts’ Executive Director Callie Hendrickson attended the[Read More…]

September 18, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

BLM holds open house briefing on travel plan

RBC I The White River Field Office (WRFO), Bureau of Land Management, hosted a Meeker meeting last Tuesday at the public library to discuss BLM’s travel management plan. Six members of the public were there to meet with four BLM representatives. BLM staff admitted they missed the deadline to get[Read More…]

September 11, 2016 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Tours of proposed OHV areas are open to public

RBC I The Bureau of Land Management is hosting public site tours in September to four areas in the White River Field Office it is proposing as “OHV Open Areas.”

September 7, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Rangely

Off-highway vehicle trail rides new to Septemberfest

RANGELY I New this year at Septemberfest, off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts will have two opportunities to tour some of the trails around Rangely. Locals Brad and Michelle Casto and Jeff and Rebecca Rector have organized the events on Saturday and Sunday and will serve as guides to some of the[Read More…]

September 1, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled