The Bureau of Land Management has a new field manager at the Little Snake River Field Office. Bruce Stilltoe , who most recently worked for the BLM in Salt Lake City, arrived in Craig last week. Stilltoe will be responsible for managing the 1.3 million acres of BLM land in Moffat, Routt and Rio Blanco County’s. According to BLM Northwest District manager Joe Continue reading
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New Field Manager At BLM’s Little Snake Field Office
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BLM May Limit Access To Land
A meeting to discuss a Travel Management Plan for BLM managed land in Moffat County will be held next week in Craig. The meeting will take place Thursday from 11:30 to 7 at the Center of Craig. According to Dario Archuleta, the outdoor Continue reading
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BLM Seeks Public Comment on Travel Management Plan
The Bureau of Land Management is now seeking public input on route inventory for their Little Snake Field Office, Travel Management Area 1. TMA 1 includes parts of Hiwatha, Vermillion Basin, Sandwash and the Little Bears Ears areas near Craig. The comments will be accepted Continue reading
BLM Finishes Grand Junction Project, Working on Moffat County Plan
A document that will guide the management of more than 1 million acres in western Colorado for 20-plus years is now complete, but the battles are not over. The Bureau of Land Management issued its record of decision Friday for the resource management plan for the Grand Junction Field Continue reading
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BLM Planning Prescribed Burns in Moffat County
The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is planning to conduct up to two prescribed fires in the upcoming week in the Douglas Mountain area 30 miles west of Maybell to reduce the threat from large wildland fires and Continue reading
BLM to Perform Prescribed Burn in Western Moffat County
The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is planning a prescribed fire 30 miles west of Maybell in the Douglas Mountain area on 124 acres of BLM land. Burning is expected to take place today, if weather and ground Continue reading
BLM Re-issues Shed Antler Hunter Warning
The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is reminding people collecting shed antlers in northwest Colorado that it is illegal to travel off existing roads in a motor vehicle on lands managed by the BLM. The BLM is re-issuing the reminder after an uptick in people seeking Continue reading
BLM Reminds Shed Hunters to do so Legally
The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is reminding people planning to collect shed antlers in northwest Colorado this spring that it is illegal to travel off existing roads in a motor vehicle on lands managed by the BLM. People that illegally leave roads on ATVs or other Continue reading
Public Warned that Roads on BLM Lands Can be Dangerous this Weekend
The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is urging the public to use caution this holiday weekend as recent rains have left many roads across BLM impassable, and the danger of local flash-flooding remains. Several visitors have reported being temporarily Continue reading
BLM Seeking Comments on Lease Sales
The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office yesterday released a preliminary environmental assessment analyzing the proposed sale of oil and gas leases on 41 parcels totaling 31,225 acres of public mineral estate in Moffatt and Routt counties. The Assessment Continue reading
BLM to Delay Issuing Special Recreation Permits
The Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office has announced it will not be issuing new special recreation permits for big game or mountain lion guiding and outfitting until it completes a study evaluating the capacity for such permits. Permitting commercial Continue reading
BLM Seeks Public Input on Coal Mine Modification
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