The Bureau of Land Management has decided to move its headquarters from Washington to western Colorado, Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, said Monday.
Some Westerners have long complained that the U.S. government is an absentee landlord, managing vast tracts of public lands in their states from the nation’s capital instead of closer to the properties themselves.
A Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman who declined to give her name said she couldn’t confirm or deny the move. An announcement about the agency’s plans was expected Tuesday.A spokesman for Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop said Colorado, Nevada and Utah could each gain 50 jobs as part of the reshuffling, and another 150 bureau jobs could be moved to other Western states.
Bishop said public lands decisions would be made in the West, “not by bureaucrats from thousands of miles away.” Rep. Raul M. Grijalva , chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, strongly criticized the move and noted that Grand Junction is not far from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s hometown of Rifle, Colo.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, welcomed the change but reminded the Trump administration that he and other Democrats want the president to do more to protect the environment and recreational access on public lands.
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