Upper Colorado River District Office

The Upper Colorado River District Office manages 1.85 million surface acres. The district is comprised of the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley field offices and encompasses 4 million acres of subsurface minerals. The BLM’s Upper Colorado River District includes several specially designated areas, including McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and the northern portion of Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area. The Little Book Cliffs Herd Management Area is located within the Grand Junction Field Office.

Mark Your Calendars! Fee-Free Days in 2025

Come experience your public lands! On six days in 2025, sites that charge recreation standard amenity fees will offer free admission to everyone. On BLM-managed lands, the fee-free days for 2025 are:

• January 20 (Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
• June 19 (Juneteenth National Independence Day)
• July 16 (BLM Anniversary)
• Aug. 4 (Great American Outdoors Act Anniversary)
• Sept. 27 (National Public Lands Day)
• Nov. 11 (Veterans Day)

On fee-free days, recreation standard amenity and day-use fees are waived on BLM lands, including visitor centers, picnic/day use areas and National Conservation Lands units. Expanded amenity fees and other fees (i.e., group day-use, developed camping, cabin rentals, and individual special recreation permits for the use of special areas) remain in effect.

BLM manages approximately 3,365 developed recreation sites. The vast majority of those special places are already free of charge for the public to enjoy. Search BLM recreation sites here. For information on BLM-managed locations participating in the 2025 Fee-Free Days, visit the webpage here. Learn about other federal land management agencies offering their own fee-free days in 2025 and interagency public lands passes on the Department of Interior's website.