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Also in August 2020, the BLM headquarters was relocated to [[Grand Junction, Colorado]], by an order signed by Interior Secretary [[David Bernhardt]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Staff|url=https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-secures-site-western-leadership-office|title=BLM secures site for Western leadership office|website=BLM.gov|date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> The relocation was praised by Republican Western politicians but criticized by Democrats as a move to weaken the agency through the loss of experienced staffers, who opted to stay in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Donoghue |first=Amy Joi |date=August 11, 2020 |title=Bureau of Land Management officially relocates to new home in Colorado |url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/8/11/21363659/bureau-of-land-management-headquarters-relocated-colorado-blm-grand-junction |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Beitsch |first=Rebecca |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Interior finalizes public lands agency HQ move out West over congressional objections |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/511371-interior-finalizes-public-lands-agency-hq-move-out-west-over |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> Some ranchers were concerned about the isolation of Grand Junction compared to other Western cities, having limited flights and road access.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grand Junction is 'darn hard to get to': ranchers split on public lands agency's move west {{!}} Environment {{!}} The Guardian|url=https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/11/bureau-land-management-public-lands-west-colorado|access-date=2020-12-23|website=amp.theguardian.com}}</ref> After the announcement, 87% of D.C.-based employees left, prompting former lead career BLM official Steve Ellis to state "the bureau lost a tremendous amount of expertise...[of] very seasoned people."<ref>{{cite news |last=Beitsch |first=Rebecca |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Bureau of Land Management exodus: Agency lost 87 percent of staff in Trump HQ relocation |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/536384-blm-exodus-agency-lost-87-percent-of-staff-in-trump-relocation |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> | Also in August 2020, the BLM headquarters was relocated to [[Grand Junction, Colorado]], by an order signed by Interior Secretary [[David Bernhardt]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Staff|url=https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-secures-site-western-leadership-office|title=BLM secures site for Western leadership office|website=BLM.gov|date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> The relocation was praised by Republican Western politicians but criticized by Democrats as a move to weaken the agency through the loss of experienced staffers, who opted to stay in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Donoghue |first=Amy Joi |date=August 11, 2020 |title=Bureau of Land Management officially relocates to new home in Colorado |url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/8/11/21363659/bureau-of-land-management-headquarters-relocated-colorado-blm-grand-junction |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Beitsch |first=Rebecca |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Interior finalizes public lands agency HQ move out West over congressional objections |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/511371-interior-finalizes-public-lands-agency-hq-move-out-west-over |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> Some ranchers were concerned about the isolation of Grand Junction compared to other Western cities, having limited flights and road access.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grand Junction is 'darn hard to get to': ranchers split on public lands agency's move west {{!}} Environment {{!}} The Guardian|url=https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/11/bureau-land-management-public-lands-west-colorado|access-date=2020-12-23|website=amp.theguardian.com}}</ref> After the announcement, 87% of D.C.-based employees left, prompting former lead career BLM official Steve Ellis to state "the bureau lost a tremendous amount of expertise...[of] very seasoned people."<ref>{{cite news |last=Beitsch |first=Rebecca |date=January 28, 2021 |title=Bureau of Land Management exodus: Agency lost 87 percent of staff in Trump HQ relocation |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/536384-blm-exodus-agency-lost-87-percent-of-staff-in-trump-relocation |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> | ||
On September 17, 2021, Secretary [[Deb Haaland]] announced that the headquarters would be moved back to Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1438965957809016837|user=USInteriorPress |author=US Interior Press Team |title=Today, @SecDebHaaland announced next steps to rebuild and strengthen @BLMNational, including plans to restore the national headquarters to Washington, D.C. and expand the Western headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado.|date=September 17, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405075858/https://twitter.com/USInteriorPress/status/1438965957809016837 |archive-date= Apr 5, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |number=1438966794656567296 |user=SecDebHaaland |author=Secretary Deb Haaland |title=The Bureau of Land Management is critical to the nation's efforts to address the climate crisis and expanding access to public lands. The bureau must have access to the policy, budget, and decision-making levers to best carry out its mission. |date=September 17, 2021 |bot=TweetCiteBot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/politics/bureau-of-land-management-headquarters-return-washington/index.html|title = Bureau of Land Management headquarters to return to Washington, DC|website = | On September 17, 2021, Secretary [[Deb Haaland]] announced that the headquarters would be moved back to Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1438965957809016837|user=USInteriorPress |author=US Interior Press Team |title=Today, @SecDebHaaland announced next steps to rebuild and strengthen @BLMNational, including plans to restore the national headquarters to Washington, D.C. and expand the Western headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado.|date=September 17, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405075858/https://twitter.com/USInteriorPress/status/1438965957809016837 |archive-date= Apr 5, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |number=1438966794656567296 |user=SecDebHaaland |author=Secretary Deb Haaland |title=The Bureau of Land Management is critical to the nation's efforts to address the climate crisis and expanding access to public lands. The bureau must have access to the policy, budget, and decision-making levers to best carry out its mission. |date=September 17, 2021 |bot=TweetCiteBot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/politics/bureau-of-land-management-headquarters-return-washington/index.html|title = Bureau of Land Management headquarters to return to Washington, DC|website = CNN| date=September 17, 2021 |first1=Liz |last1=Stark |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327002358/http://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/17/politics/bureau-of-land-management-headquarters-return-washington/index.html |archive-date= Mar 27, 2023 }}</ref> | ||
Under the Biden administration, the BLM is working on a pilot project called "outcomes-based grazing", to see if cattle grazing can help achieve conservation, agency director [[Tracy Stone-Manning]] said in an interview published in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mohr |first1=Kylie |last2=Stone-Manning |first2=Tracy |date=2022-04-15 |title=Cows, coal and climate change: A Q&A with the new BLM director |url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.5/north-bureau-of-land-management-cows-coal-and-climate-change-a-q-a-with-the-new-blm-director |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=High Country News |language=en-us}}</ref> | Under the Biden administration, the BLM is working on a pilot project called "outcomes-based grazing", to see if cattle grazing can help achieve conservation, agency director [[Tracy Stone-Manning]] said in an interview published in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mohr |first1=Kylie |last2=Stone-Manning |first2=Tracy |date=2022-04-15 |title=Cows, coal and climate change: A Q&A with the new BLM director |url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.5/north-bureau-of-land-management-cows-coal-and-climate-change-a-q-a-with-the-new-blm-director |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=High Country News |language=en-us}}</ref> | ||