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2017 Briefing Book Colorado Table of Contents Colorado Facts U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management 2017 Briefing Book Colorado Table of Contents Colorado Facts .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Colorado Economic Contributions ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 History .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Organizational Chart ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Branch Chiefs & Program Leads ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 Office Map ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Colorado State Office ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Leadership .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Federal Lands/Minerals .................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Rocky Mountain District .......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Gunnison Field Office ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Royal Gorge Field Office ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area .......................................................................................................................................... 27 San Luis Valley Field Office .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Northwest District ................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Kremmling Field Office ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Little Snake Field Office .................................................................................................................................................................... 39 White River Field Office ..................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Colorado River Valley Field Office .................................................................................................................................................... 47 Southwest District ................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Grand Junction Field Office .............................................................................................................................................................. 51 Uncompahgre Field Office ................................................................................................................................................................ 54 Tres Rios Field Office ........................................................................................................................................................................ 58 National Conservation Lands .................................................................................................................................................................. 63 Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ................................................................................................................................ 64 McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area ............................................................................................................................... 67 Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area ....................................................................................................................... 69 Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area ................................................................................................................................. 72 Browns Canyon National Monument ............................................................................................................................................... 74 BLM Colorado Facts 66.4 million acres (66,386,000) total surface lands in Colorado • 8.3 million BLM surface acres in Colorado • 27.1 million BLM subsurface acres in Colorado Energy 6,513 Producing Federal Oil & Gas Wells Recreation 2,253 Producing Federal Leases 6 Producing Coal Mines 354 Developed Recreational Sites 7 Colorado Scenic & Historical Byways 29 Special Recreation Management Areas National Conservation Lands 3 Blue Ribbon Fisheries 1.2M acres 3 Fourteeners 2 National Monuments 3 National Conservation Areas 5 Wilderness Areas 53 Wilderness Study Areas 1 National Historic Trail 1 National Scenic Trail Resources 2 Congressionally-designated Management Areas 4 million acres of Forested Land 671 Wildlife Species 31 Endangered, Threatened, & Candidate Species Heritage & 108 BLM Sensitive Species 7.9 million acres of Small Game Habitat Special Places 7 million acres of Big Game Habitat 4 Wild Horse Herd Management Areas 5 National Historic Landmarks 7.8 million acres Grazed by Livestock 1 National Historic District 41 National Register of Historic Places Listings 52,938 Cultural Resource Sites 87 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 2 National Natural Landmarks 1 BLM Colorado Economic Contributions* *FY 2015 2 public lands. The BLM had no unified legislative BLM HISTORY mandate until Congress enacted the Federal Land The BLM’s roots go back to the Land Ordinance of 1785 Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976. and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. These laws allowed for the survey, sale, orderly settlement and In FLPMA, Congress declared that these lands would governance of the original 13 colonies ceded to the remain in public ownership. Congress also gave the federal government after the War of Independence. The BLM the term “multiple use management,” defined as geographer of the United States surveyed and “management of the public lands and their various numbered public lands into six-mile square townships. resource values so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future As the United States acquired additional lands from needs of the American people.” Spain, France and other countries, Congress directed that the lands be explored, surveyed and made available for settlement. In 1812, Congress established the PUBLIC LAND STEWARDSHIP General Land Office in the Department of the Treasury In Colorado, the BLM manages 8.3 million acres of to oversee these federal lands. As the 19th century public lands and more than 27 million acres of mineral progressed and the nation’s land base expanded further estate. Much of this land is concentrated in the western west, Congress encouraged settlement by enacting a portion of the state. BLM lands in Colorado range from wide variety of laws, including the Homestead Act of alpine tundra, colorful canyons and mesas in the 1862 and the Mining Law of 1872. southwest, to rolling sage covered hills in the northwest. These statutes allowed settlement in western territories. With the exception of the Mining Law of The people of Colorado value balanced use, 1872 and the Desert Land Act of 1877 (which was conservation, resource development, recreation, and amended), all have since been repealed or superseded tourism. The economic health of many Colorado by other statutes. communities is supported by ranching, mining and tourism associated with public lands. Public lands offer The late 19th century marked a shift in federal land recreational opportunities, cultural resources, resource management priorities with the creation of the first and energy potential and – in an increasingly urban national parks, forests and wildlife refuges. By world – vast open spaces. withdrawing these lands from settlement, Congress amended the policy goals served by public lands. BLM Colorado adheres to the principle of multiple-use Instead of using them to promote settlement, Congress management, which means we manage public lands for recognized
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