Locations: Colorado | BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Spotlight

Browns Canyon National Monument hosts online mapping exercise

Mon, 12/12/2016 - 02:00

CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife invite you to participate in an online mapping exercise for Browns Canyon National Monument to increase understanding of how people interact with the monument. Click here to participate in the mapping exercise.

BLM winter closures in effect

Tue, 11/29/2016 - 02:00

DENVER, Colo. - Annual winter closures to motorized and mechanized vehicles are in effect across BLM lands in Colorado to protect critical big game winter range and prevent road damage. Go to our closure page to find which areas are open and closed.

Printable 2017 calendars available.

Tue, 11/29/2016 - 02:00

Download your 2017 BLM Colorado calendar!

Quick Facts

Economic Contributions

Each year, activities on public lands in Colorado contribute $6.6 billion to local economies like energy development, grazing, recreation and forestry.

Colorado Peaks

BLM Colorado manages three 14ers and 30 13ers. Handies Peak, which rises 14,048 feet above sea level, is the highest point of land the BLM manages in the contiguous United States.

A view of Cannonball Mesa in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado. Photo by Bob Wick.

Canyon of the Ancients

BLM Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients National Monument has the highest known density of archaelogical sites in the nation. It is one of the most studies archaeological landscapes in the nation, with more than 6,000 archaeological sites recorded to date and up to 100 per square mile in some places.

Wild Horse Inmate Program

BLM Colorado works with the Colorado Department of Corrections to support the Wild Horse Inmate Program - one of only five in the nation. Through the program, mustangs and burros receive extensive training so they are suitable for adoption and inmates gain meaningful and marketable work experience.