** BLM relocation chaos
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office ([link removed])
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's plan to ship hundreds of jobs out of Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Washington hit a snag on Wednesday, when BLM missed its own deadline to tell employees and state directors which jobs were moving. ([link removed])
One BLM employee told The Hill that “The state directors were never notified in regards to the BLM staff relocating to their offices. They never contacted any of the state directors to tell them this was happening here in the Washington office.” Another BLM source told E&E News ([link removed]) that the delay was also related to specific positions that had been slated for relocation, including congressional affairs staffers who were to be sent, inexplicably, to Reno, Nevada.
Just last week, Acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley told Congress that the agency would finalize its decisions by September 17th and notify workers "promptly."
** Jon Tester goes West
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Senator Jon Tester of Montana joins the latest episode ([link removed]) of CWP's Go West, Young Podcast. Tester talks about the need to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, how public lands became a key issue for Montana voters, and the growing urgency to address climate change.
In one week, Go West, Young Podcast will be live in Missoula ([link removed]) . Join us at Imagine Nation Brewing starting at 4:00 pm on September 26th — the first beer is on us!
Quick hits
** Trump administration muzzles park superintendents, stops them from airing drilling concerns
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** Uncertainty reigns as BLM misses self-imposed relocation deadline, group sues over documents
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The Hill ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed]) | The Hill ([link removed])
** Land & Water Conservation Fund could permanently protect Colorado's Sweetwater Lake
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
** Interior transfers public lands to Army for border wall construction
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Wall Street Journal ([link removed]) | The Hill ([link removed]) | ABC News ([link removed])
** Compromise plan brings together ranchers, some wild horse advocates
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** Public lands access trial begins in Grand Junction, CO
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Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ([link removed])
** Opinion: Fracking plan could endanger Colorado peaches
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** Opinion: Wyoming can't be saved by coal marketing scheme
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WyoFile ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Seldom are there projects that have such a pull on the heart strings and an impact on a broader community than Sweetwater Lake Resort. We are interested in promoting conservation of important cultural and natural resources as more and more development pressure impacts our mountain communities. Sweetwater Lake has so many attributes that define Colorado for what it is, from horse packing trips to canoeing to stunning scenery and vital habitat with the backdrop of the Flat Tops Wilderness.”
—Jim Daus, outgoing Executive Director of the Eagle Valley Land Trust, Colorado Sun ([link removed])
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Be patient, #FatBearWeek ([link removed]) is only two weeks away. A bear like 480 Otis will patiently wait for hours to catch up to 40 salmon per day. Vote for the 2019 fattest bear in Katmai. October 2 - 8 on Katmai’s Facebook page. [link removed] ([link removed])
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