In addition to the 66,280 acres of designated Dominguez Canyon Wilderness, in the heart of the National Conservation Area, the BLM updated its inventory of Lands with Wilderness Characteristics (“LWC”) and identified four additional areas within Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation [...]
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System is designed to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. Ten segments on six rivers and creeks in Dominguez-Escalante were found [...]
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (“ACEC”) are areas where special management attention and practices is needed to protect and prevent irreparable harm to important historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources or other natural systems or processes, or to [...]
We’re proud to announce that the Paonia River Park is one of four new sites in the West this year that will be participating in the Collaborative Waterboxx Pilot Project. The Waterboxx Project is a research effort to study the effectiveness and value of the Groasis Waterboxx in various [...]
FRAM Exploration, the Norway-based gas and oil company developing the Whitewater Unit in Mesa county, is considering installing 5-6 multiple well well-pads which will serves as exploration for up to 20 more wells. [...]
A proposal by Fram Operating, LLC, to develop up to 108 wells from 12 new well pads over four years beginning in 2012. About one mile of new roads and 27 miles of pipeline would be constructed. The proposal area covers 26,000 acres in Mesa County. Public comment period closed on August 14, 2013. [...]
April 1, 2013 – Now that we have successfully stopped the lease sale, the time has come to join together to make sure that the BLM puts strong, protective and updated management in place through the new Resource Management Plan. Click here to support the North Fork Alternative! This spring, [...]
Take a hike. Better yet, how about 3 hikes! This spring the Conservation Center is teaming up with Western Colorado Congress and The Wilderness Society to host a series of hikes designed to showcase BLM lands in Delta County with important conservation and recreation values. The hikes are free to [...]
December 7, 2011 – BLM announces 30,000 acres of land are nominated for the August 2012 Oil and Gas Lease Sale. December 19, January 4 and 5 – The Conservation Center co-hosts community meetings in Hotchkiss, Crawford and Paonia to discuss the lease sale. Over 1,000 people attended the [...]