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E&E News
4 days ago
- Business
- E&E News
Trump's Interior budget would eliminate major programs
The Trump administration's fiscal 2026 Interior Department budget proposal made public late Friday would slash funding and staffing across a wide array of programs, many of them with proven political appeal across party lines. The budget proposal also calls for the elimination of major programs, including the Bureau of Land Management's onshore renewable energy program and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's offshore wind program. The U.S. Geological Survey's entire 'ecosystems' program budget likewise would drop from the fiscal 2025 level of about $293 million to zero in fiscal 2026. Advertisement In an accompanying budget summary, the USGS explains that the plan would eliminate the Ecosystems Mission Area, including grants to universities that duplicate other research programs or that support 'social agendas [such as] climate change research.'
Washington Post
27-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Bureau of Land Management ousts official who reportedly resisted DOGE
Security officers escorted a top official at the Bureau of Land Management out of the agency's building on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. The reason for the removal of Michael 'Mike' Nedd, a 30-year veteran of the bureau who serves as deputy director for administration and programs, was not immediately clear. But it comes after Politico reported that he had resisted a directive from an appointee of the U.S. DOGE Service, which stands for Department of Government Efficiency, though it is not a Cabinet-level agency.
Washington Post
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Washington Post
Wildfire damages Civil War-area historical site in New Mexico as campgrounds are evacuated
SANTA FE, N.M. — Campgrounds and a horse ranch were evacuated Monday as wildfire swept through a Civil War-era historical site in southern New Mexico. Ground crews, air tankers and helicopters joined efforts to contain a blaze that damaged several buildings at the Fort Stanton Historical Site, authorities said. The wildfire scorched more than a half square mile (1.4 square kilometers) of terrain at the site and surrounding conservation lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
E&E News
23-05-2025
- Politics
- E&E News
Senior BLM leader and Western states liaison exits
Another senior Bureau of Land Management official has left the agency. John Gale, who served as the bureau's liaison to Western states, has resigned and his Grand Junction, Colorado-based position is no longer listed on BLM's online leadership page. Gale, whose formal job title was program executive for intergovernmental and external affairs, a senior executive service-level position, quietly submitted his resignation and informed his staff and colleagues of his departure over the past week. Advertisement BLM declined to comment on Gale or the future of his Western liaison post.
E&E News
21-05-2025
- Business
- E&E News
BLM loses senior budget official
The Bureau of Land Management continues to undergo senior leadership changes. Barbara Eggers, BLM's assistant director for business management and administration who oversees development of the bureau's annual budget, among other things, is resigning as part of the deferred resignation proposal that was offered to staff last month, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. She plans to leave the bureau by the end of the month, the people said. Advertisement Eggers appears to be the first senior BLM official to have taken the deferred resignation offer as the bureau undergoes extensive changes to personnel, its top priorities and deployment of resources under President Donald Trump.
