Garfield County supports sage-grouse habitat mapping revisions
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Mapping of greater sage-grouse habitat in Colorado has been refined, updated, and supported by the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners. The Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC), of which Garfield County is a member, worked with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to update and refine habitat mapping in northwest Colorado. The mapping for six separate greater sage-grouse populations in northwest Colorado was updated in this project, including the Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) population. That population is located in central-western Garfield County and southern Rio Blanco County, which are also home to substantial, nationally recognized oil and gas
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County provides input on BLM greater sage-grouse draft management plan amendments
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO –Garfield County has submitted a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper, as well as filed formal comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), providing local input on the Northwest Colorado Greater Sage-Grouse Draft Resource Management Plan amendments. In assessing the draft plan, the county has concerns over “critical errors” in some scientific reports being relied upon, as well as inappropriate “no surface occupancy” (NSO) restrictions under consideration. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) wants to ensure that land-management decisions affecting Garfield County’s economy, agricultural heritage, and the viability of communities, include accurate scientific reports, and input from
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Garfield County backs moving BLM headquarters out west
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. – Garfield County is supporting a push to move the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters to western Colorado. Noting the abundance of BLM lands on the Western Slope of Colorado, a resolution was signed by the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners urging Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to relocate the BLM’s base to Grand Junction. Zinke has stated his intention of moving the BLM headquarters out of Washington D.C., as the vast majority of the country’s public lands are in the western United States. Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has introduced a bill to move
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