The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will conduct a meeting on Feb. 28, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson St., Craig, Colorado. The meeting is open to the public. A virtual option will be offered through the[Read More…]
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Piceance prescribed burns underway
PRESS RELEASE The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning pile burns in the White River Field Office between Jan. 31 and March 30, 2024. The 415-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker on BLM public lands in Rio Blanco County. The pile[Read More…]
Prescribed burns planned for Piceance Basin
PRESS RELEASE The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning pile burns in the White River Field Office between Dec. 5, 2023, and March 30, 2024. The 454-acre project area is in the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles SW of Meeker on BLM public lands in Rio Blanco County. The[Read More…]
BLM seeks public input on new recreation plan
RBC | The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is welcoming public input on a plan to inform recreation management on America’s public lands. The new Blueprint for 21st Century Outdoor Recreation will guide Bureau decisions to proactively meet modern demands for exceptional and unique outdoor experiences, complementing the significant public[Read More…]
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
This past weekend 11 students traveled to Denver to compete at the state level for National History Day. “Although no students are moving on to the National competition I am extremely proud of each of them,” said BMS teacher Kris Casey. “Their hard work and dedication to their projects was[Read More…]
Fire break still in the works
MEEKER | It’s been a little more than a year since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requested public comment on a proposed wildfire mitigation project which would involve a planned fuels reduction treatment along the north and west portion of the town of Meeker. This action would create a[Read More…]
BLM planning prescribed burn in Piceance Basin
MEEKER | The Bureau of Land Management is planning a prescribed burn at the Piceance Basin, approximately 25 miles southwest of Meeker. The burn is scheduled between Dec. 12, 2023 and Mar. 30, 2023, weather permitting. Prescribed burns reduce hazardous fuels near residences, improve range conditions, and reduces catastrophic wildfire[Read More…]
When wild horses heal
It’s 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Mesa County Fairgrounds in a covered, but open-sided arena where a brisk, teasing breeze can capture a touch of winter and blow through. Mustangs gathered in July and August from northwestern Colorado’s Piceance Basin, mostly blacks, bays and sorrels, chew on hay in a[Read More…]
BLM seeks nominations to resource advisory councils
The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on the Northwest, Rocky Mountain and Southwest Resource Advisory Councils (RAC). These citizen-based councils assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues within BLM managed public lands in the State of Colorado. [Read More…]
BLM adds opportunities for public comment on Wolf Creek
U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials have decided to increase the opportunities for members of the public to weigh in on a controversial reservoir project in northwest Colorado with an additional round of public engagement. Members of the BLM’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council expressed support for early public engagement on[Read More…]
Romance versus reality
Range report Sunday, April 11, 2022. Started out in Barcus Creek, road very dry and dusty, several spots were deep mud ruts that had dried. Yellow Creek where it crosses 88 is very low. I saw about 40 horses in the Barcus area. The windmill tank is overflowing making a[Read More…]
ROUND UP …
From the Grand Junction Sentinel: “More than 300 wild horses have been gathered from lands in Rio Blanco County and nearly 200 of them shipped to a Utah holding facility, now that operations to reduce their numbers have ramped up with the start of a helicopter-assisted roundup Friday (pictured above.)[Read More…]
