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BLM names new Northwest Colorado District Manager
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Colorado has named long-time BLM employee Jim Cagney as its new Northwest District Manager.
Cagney will oversee management of the 5 million surface acres of public lands and the 8.7 million acres of sub-surface federal minerals in northwestern Colorado within the Grand Junction, Colorado River Valley, Kremmling, Little Snake and White River BLM field offices.
Cagney is scheduled to arrive at the District Office in Grand Junction in late March.
He has worked for BLM for 33 years as a manager and rangeland specialist, including nine years in northwestern Colorado as a resource advisor in Craig and an associate field manager in Meeker. He returns to northwestern Colorado from his most recent position as the Field Manager for the BLM field office in Lander, Wyo.
Cagney earned a Bachelor of Science degree in range and forest management from Colorado State University.
“Jim brings a great combination of managerial experience and technical knowledge to Colorado,” said Colorado Associate State Director John Mehlhoff. “He has a long and successful career that has focused on working with local communities and interests on complex natural resource issues.”
The BLM Northwest District includes a wide variety of resources and challenges. The public lands and minerals in the Northwest District provide vast recreational opportunity, some of Colorado’s most productive oil and gas fields, extensive deposits of oil shale, important habitat for some of Colorado’s largest deer and elk herds, three of Colorado’s four wild horse herd management areas, the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, and a portion of the recently designated Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area.
“I am looking forward to returning to northwestern Colorado and working with a wide range of interests on the many challenges and opportunities in this district,” Cagney said
Cagney is married. He has two grown daughters and a granddaughter.
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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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