Bureau of Land Management moving back to D.C., reversing a Trump-era decision
Agency will keep a "western headquarters" in Colorado and have "a leadership presence" in Washington, closer to top administration officials. Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resource, at the U.S. Capitol, on Feb. 24, 2021. WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the national headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management back to the nation’s capital after two years in Colorado, reversing a decision by former President Donald Trump's administration to move the agency closer to the region it serves. The land management bureau, which oversees nearly one-fifth of the nation’s public lands, lost nearly 300 employees to retirement or resignation after its headquarters was moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, in 2019. Grand Junction will be rechristened the agency's “western headquarters,” Haaland said in a news release, and “have an important role to play in the bure