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BLM names new Little Snake Field Manager (12-28-10)
CRAIG, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management has named Wendy Reynolds as the new Field Manager for the Little Snake Field Office in northwestern Colorado. She will begin in mid-March.
Reynolds has worked for BLM since 2002. She currently serves as the Field Manager for the BLM Upper Snake Field Office in Idaho Falls, Idaho, but she has a long history in northwestern Colorado.
Prior to leaving Colorado for Idaho more than seven years ago to become a BLM Field Manager, Reynolds was the Planning and Environmental Coordinator for the Little Snake office in Craig. She also spent eight of her 12 years with the U.S. Forest Service as the planner with the Routt National Forest in Steamboat Springs. She owned and operated a legal and secretarial support business in Steamboat Springs before working for the Forest Service.
“Wendy is a highly successful manager who brings a strong background in natural resources and a familiarity with northwestern Colorado to the position,” said Acting Northwest District Manager Steve Bennett.
The Little Snake Field Office manages 1.3 million acres of BLM-administered public lands and an additional 1.1 million acres of subsurface mineral estate in Moffat, Routt, and Rio Blanco counties. Reynolds will manage a staff of 30 employees.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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