New BLM office (Grand Junction) sits idle

[Poser]

BLM headquarters in Grand Junction sits mostly empty

On a recent blustery spring morning in Grand Junction, the parking lot outside the small office building at 760 Horizon Drive steadily filled up as the workday began. Employees filed in and headed to...

www.durangoherald.com

-Only 3 government employees actually relocated from DC to the Grand junction HQ.

 

[conley417]

I never know which BLM people are talking about these days

 

[Poser]

I never know which BLM people are talking about these days

The one relevant to public lands.

 

[WCB]

and?

 

[Poser]

and?

Sounds like it was a systematic dismantling of department leadership and functionality by Pendleton.

 

[Phaseolus]

Sounds like it was a systematic dismantling of department leadership and functionality by Pendleton.

That was the intent. I’d like to see BLM admin consolidated into one central office again, in Grand Junction.

 

[Broomd]

By and large bureaucratic insects....much like the NPS and F&W.

 

[roadrunner]

To what extent did the GJ office function as a minerals management office? I know the Farmington, NM office's sole existence is really minerals management. Without it, the Rio Puerco district out of Alb would probably take over...