The Aspen Daily News
November 10, 2011, Andrew Travers

In its first update since 1984, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is working on a plan to manage its local public lands, including 27,490 acres of property in Pitkin County. The resource management plan addresses a total of 505,000 acres across six counties in western Colorado managed by the BLM’s Colorado River Valley field office. It aims to address increasing pressures from the rising western Colorado population — including recreational use, oil and gas leasing and the need for more wildlife, water and habitat protection...

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