“As many of you know, BLM leadership has transferred me to the National Operations Center,” Vilsack wrote in a letter to BLM employees Wednesday. Vilsack told Colorado BLM employees that Brian St. George, the associate state director, would be helping the agency build its strategic plan through 2030. Karren Haslam, the deputy state director for support services, will serve as associate state director. He is among several Western BLM state directors who have been shuffled under the Trump administration, with acting state directors in Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. As the BLM’s Colorado state director, Vilsack oversaw management of 8.3 million surface acres and 27 million underground acres.
