January 6, 2020 Natural Resources chair, Grijalva, opposes BLM move to Colorado because it’s “racist” In his letter to Bernhardt, Grijalva says the Department will be vulnerable to lawsuits because Grand Junction has a much smaller African-American population (one…
December 26, 2019 D.C. swamp creatures freak over BLM’s “common sense” move to western Colorado …BLM’s employees work in the West, its top officials work in a high-rise office building just steps from the Washington Nationals baseball stadium. BLM…
July 23, 2019 Move out west make sense, “BLM has never belonged in Washington” People make better decisions if they have to walk down Main Street the next day, facing the folks whose lives are affected. That is…
July 16, 2019 Western Caucus members say BLM will be “more responsive” in new Colorado location “BLM will be more efficient and responsive in its new home of Grand Junction, where its employees will live alongside the ranchers, miners, and…
July 15, 2019 Swamp Draining: Senator Gardner announces BLM Headquarters will be moved from D.C. to western Colorado “This is a victory for local communities, advocates for public lands, and proponents for a more responsible and accountable federal government.” July 15, 2019…
April 10, 2017 Would move west improve BLM accountability, or put the fox in the hen house? All this make it worth pondering the question of whether BLM HQ should be moved to rural Western Colorado–which, by the way, has been…