Virginia Cramer, virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org, 804-519-8449
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- E&E broke news today that Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt tomorrow will announce the agency is moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management from its current base in the nation’s capital to Grand Junction, Colorado. The Department has failed to provide details of restructuring plans, leaving it unclear how this move fits into a larger scheme.
In expectation, Athan Manuel, director of public lands protection for Sierra Club issued the following response.
“‘This move is a solution in search of a problem. Spending millions to relocate when there are existing regional offices, billions in park maintenance backlog on the books, and costs still rolling in from Trump’s independence day extravagance is just foolhardy. This is theatrics, not good governance.”
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