If the Biden administration tries to reverse the move of the Bureau of Land Managementâs national headquarters to Grand Junction, itâs likely to face some hard questions from the chair of a House of Representatives subcommittee with Interior Department oversight.
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Lafayette, who is chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Land, has added his voice to the bipartisan support among leading Colorado elected officials for keeping the headquarters here after it was moved from Washington, D.C., last year.
Neguse put that support in writing Wednesday in a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, after speaking with officials from Mesa County and the city of Grand Junction earlier this week.
Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management s new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo. Photo credit: Jennifer Yachnin/E&E News
The Bureau of Land Management s headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo. Jennifer Yachnin/E&E News
The Bureau of Land Management is asking its employees for input into how to potentially revamp its headquarters to improve the bureau s function after a massive Trump-era reorganization that included moving the leadership office to Colorado.
BLM, in an internal survey sent yesterday to all employees, asks staffers to gauge, on a scale of 1 to 10, the Impact of BLM HQ Relocations to Grand Junction, Colo., and other state offices in the West, on employee morale and the function of the BLM overall.
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Agency Begins Tribal Consultation on Decisions to Open Additional Public Land to Selection
May 15, 2021 - WASHINGTON The Department of the Interior has announced the next steps in the implementation of the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program. While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reviews the previous Administration’s broad Public Lands Orders (PLOs), the bureau will expedite and process veterans’ allotment applications across the area addressed by those orders.
The Department will also conduct government-to-government consultations with federally recognized Alaska Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations to kick off BLM’s efforts to reconsider and correct defects identified in the decision-making process to open these lands, including lack of consultation with affected Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations.
Interior Department Initiates Next Steps for Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program Selections
The Department of the Interior today announced next steps in the implementation of the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment Program. While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reviews the previous Administration’s broad Public Lands Orders (PLOs), the bureau will expedite and process veterans’ allotment applications across the area addressed by those orders.
The Department will also conduct government-to-government consultations with federally recognized Alaska Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations to kick off BLM’s efforts to reconsider and correct defects identified in the decision-making process to open these lands, including lack of consultation with affected Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations.