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The kill site represents approximately 200–300 years of repeated bison kills by protohistoric and historic Southern High Plains peoples. The original drainage was slowly filled, in part by the trapping of sediment by the bones. More recent overgrazing caused erosion producing the current Garnsey Arroyo and exposed the bones in the arroyo ...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands.Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km 2) of land, or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass.
This is a list of National Conservation Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the U.S. State of Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management manages the National Landscape Conservation System in the Western United States.
The Rocky Mountain Front is a somewhat unified geologic and ecosystem area in North America where the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. [1] In 1983, the Bureau of Land Management called the Rocky Mountain Front "a nationally significant area because of its high wildlife, recreation, and scenic values". [2]
Most of the public land managed by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management is in the Western states. Public lands account for 25 to 75 percent of the total land area in these states. [1] The US Forest Service alone manages 193 million acres (780,000 km²) nationwide, or roughly 8% of the total land area in the United States. [2]
Ethnohistory of the High Plains. Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management. Gunnerson, James H. (1989).
The Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways are roads that have been designated by the Bureau of Land Management as scenic byways. Some are also National Scenic Byways or National Forest Scenic Byways. The program was initiated in 1989 and 54 byways have since been designated in the Western United States. [1]
Established in 1984, the Wilderness is a desolate area of steeply eroded badlands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, except three parcels of private Navajo land within its boundaries. [1] The John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act , signed March 12, 2019, expanded the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness by approximately ...