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• 2008 Fuels Reduction Projects

Click here to see a map of the planned locations and additional project information

• Plan Ahead before Burning

  High winds are one of the main factors that drive fires out of control.  The National Weather Service in Grand Junction provides local weather information to the public at their website:  www.weather.gov/gjt .  Obtain a weather forecast prior to beginning any projects that involve using fire and plan accordingly.  A shovel, water and bucket should always be at hand.  If ditch or agriculture burns are planned, contact your local County Sheriff's Department with the date and location of the burn.

• BLM is seeking comments on the Overland Pass pipeline proposal

Scoping comments will help BLM identify issues of concern related to a proposal to build a 153-mile pipeline from southwest of Meeker, Colorado, to east of Wamsutter, Wyoming through the Little Snake Field Office.  View the entire News Release or the Project Website.

• New 1:100,000 maps available for purchase

The new updated Craig, Meeker, Steamboat Springs and Walden 1:100,000 BLM maps are now available to purchase.  The maps are $4.00 each and you can stop by our office, call in an order with your credit card or click here for more details on the maps and purchasing information.

• Emerald Mountain SRMA moves ahead

In June 2007, John E. Husband, Field Manager of the BLM Little Snake Field Office, issued a decision approving the Emerald Mountain Recreation Implementation Plan (IP). The 4,139 acre parcel is open for recreational use and Phase 1 of trail construction on the Ridge Trail has been completed. 

 

The BLM anticipates that it will probably be another two years before the Ridge Trail, which connects Blackmere Drive Trail to Cow Creek Road, will be completely done. However, the trail is open to mountain bikes, horseback riding, and hiking. Although the trail is not complete to BLM standards, it has already received a positive response. 

The City of Steamboat Springs, one of BLM’s partners in the management of Emerald Mountain, has recently been awarded a GOCO grant to help clarify the goals and objectives of the IP for future trail and facilities development, rules and regulations, and other issues.   Six public meetings will be held over the next few months to solicit public input.

• View the Management Plan Implementation Meeting News Release
• View the Plan Implementation Meeting Schedule
• View the Emerald Mountain Exchange/Planning information

• BLM Revising Little Snake Resource Management Plan

The Little Snake Field Office is in the process of revising its Resource Management Plan (RMP). The plan will provide a framework to guide subsequent management decisions on approximately 1.3 million surface acres and 1.9 million subsurface acres administered by the Little Snake Field Office in Moffat, Routt, and Rio Blanco counties. The Draft RMP/EIS was released for a 90-day public comment period in February 2007. BLM is currently analyzing the public comments and developing the Proposed RMP/Final EIS. 

Go to the Little Snake Resource Management Plan web page

Bureau of Land Management in Northwest Colorado...

The Little Snake Field Office encompasses 4.2 million acres of federal, state and private lands in Moffat, Routt, and Rio Blanco counties.  Of the total area, 1.3 million acres are public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and 1.1 million acres of the private and state lands are underlain by federally owned minerals.  Resource activities include:  wildlife, cultural resources, grazing, energy & minerals, rights-of-ways, paleontological resources and recreation.

Take a photo tour of Little Snake

John Husband, Field Manager