Bureau of Land Management
Agency within the US Department of the Interior
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| 2025 | Kathleen Sgamma was nominated by President Trump to become the director of the Bureau of Land Management, but withdrew her nomination during confirmation hearings due to controversial comments about the January 6, 2021 Capitol assault. |
| January 28 2025 | Jon Raby was appointed as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management during the second Trump administration. |
| January 13 2025 | Tracy Stone-Manning's term as BLM Director ends |
| 2024 | Department of the Interior began advancing a new rule allowing BLM to distribute restoration and mitigation leases similarly to oil and gas drilling leases, with a focus on nature conservation and incorporating indigenous knowledge. |
| June 2022 | BLM finalized two land acquisitions in Colorado and Wyoming, obtaining over 40,000 acres of previously inaccessible land. The Wyoming acquisition of 35,670 acres was the agency's largest ever purchase in the state. |
| April 2022 | BLM agency director Tracy Stone-Manning discussed a pilot project called 'outcomes-based grazing' to explore how cattle grazing might contribute to conservation efforts. |
| October 27 2021 | Tracy Stone-Manning becomes BLM Director |
| September 17 2021 | Secretary Deb Haaland announced the Bureau of Land Management headquarters would be moved back to Washington, D.C. |
| August 2020 | BLM headquarters was relocated from Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado, by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The move resulted in 87% of D.C.-based employees leaving the agency. |
| August 4 2020 | President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act, committing up to $1.9 billion annually for five years to the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, and $900 million yearly to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. |
| May 30 2019 | BLM proposed listing 183,668 acres from Canyon Country, Color Country, Green River, and West Desert districts for the quarterly oil and gas lease sale on September 10, 2019. |
| March 2019 | The Salt Lake Tribune reported land lease prices near Golden Spike National Historical Park as low as $1.50 per acre for the next two years. |
| June 18 2018 | The Atlantic reported that under Secretary Ryan Zinke, the Bureau of Land Management was leasing vast acres of Western land to energy companies at extremely low prices. |
| January 20 2017 | Neil Kornze's term as BLM Director ends |
| April 8 2014 | Neil Kornze becomes BLM Director |
| 2013 | Total energy leases on BLM public lands generated approximately $5.4 billion, which was divided among the Treasury, the states, and Native American groups. |
| 2013 | The Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act was unanimously passed, maintaining BLM's oversight of the National Helium Reserve. |
| May 31 2012 | Robert Abbey's term as BLM Director ends |
| 2010 | BLM approved the first utility-scale solar energy projects on public land, initiating a series of renewable energy developments across multiple states. |
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