CONSERVAMERICA WELCOMES BLM MOVE TO COLORADO

ConservAmerica chairwoman and former Congresswoman Nan Hayworth released the following statement today in support of the Department of Interior’s decision to relocate the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Grand Junction, Colorado.

“Relocating BLM closer to the people most affected by the agency’s decisions is a sensible solution and has been something Westerners have long sought,” Hayworth said. “More than 90 percent of the nearly 245 million acres BLM manages is west of the Mississippi River. It doesn’t make sense for the bureau to be stuck in the swamp of Washington, D.C.”

Read full press release here.