A realignment of U.S. Bureau of Land Management district boundaries in Colorado has resulted in the establishment of an Upper Colorado River District headquartered in Grand Junction.

The federal agency realigned boundaries for what are four districts in Colorado. This effort is expected to create more efficient geographic boundaries as well as improve public and wildland firefighter safety.

“After the last realignment effort in 2016, the BLM committed to conducting an evaluation to see how things were working and if any adjustments were needed,” said Jamie Connell, state director of the BLM.

“We did our evaluation, had strong dialogue with everyone affected by our new realignment, garnered resounding support and are now poised to better serve the public,” Connell said.

The Upper Colorado River District includes the Grand Junction and Colorado River Valley field offices with district headquarters collocated in the Grand Junction field office.

Headquarters for the Northwest Colorado District will move to the Little Snake Field Office in Craig. The district includes the Kremmling, Little Snake and White River field offices.

The Gunnison field office moved from the Rocky Mountain District to the Southwest Colorado District, which will retain its purview over the Tres Rios and Uncompahgre field offices. District headquarters will remain collocated with the Uncompahgre field office in Montrose.

The Rocky Mountain District now comprises the Royal Gorge and San Luis Valley field offices, with its headquarters remaining collocated with the Royal Gorge field office in Canon City.

A map showing the boundary changes is available at https://go.usa.gov/xGe4g.