by Ed Shepard I’m just getting back from the annual meeting in Billings. The annual meeting always means it is time for the Fall Monitor edition. It’s been a busy...
Author: Public Lands Foundation
President’s Column – Summer 2018
by Ed Shepard My late Uncle Albert was a cattle rancher from the Nebraska Sandhills and a bit of a cowboy philosopher. I remember someone asking him to predict how...
President’s Column – Spring 2018
By Ed Shepard Where does the time go? It seems like only a few days ago that we were taking down the Christmas tree and putting away the decorations. Now,...
Lee Barkow’s Perspective on Reorganization
Note: Lee Barkow wrote the following analysis in the 1990s; it is just as timely today! Great Ideas in ecology for the 1990's AND Some thoughts on Organizational Change By...
Bob Anderson’s Experience with Reorganization
By Bob Anderson, February 2018 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently launched an unprecedented effort to undertake the largest reorganization in the department’s 168-year history, moving to shift tens of thousands of workers to new...
Pete Culp’s Thoughts on Reorganization
With keen interest I have been following the news about moving BLM's Headquarters out of Washington and the Secretary's proposal to regionalize the BLM field structure along with that of other...
President’s Column – Winter 2017/2018
By Ed Shepard Let me start off by saying that I am honored that you have elected me to serve as the PLF president. I appreciate your support and look...
Mat Millenbach’s Comments on Reorganization
I can still remember the day back in 1991 or so when BLM Director Cy Jamison came down to my office on the third floor of the Main Interior Building...
Reorganization Thoughts from Mike Ferguson and Rich Whitley
By Mike Ferguson and Rich Whitley Much has been written lately about the multitude of unsuccessful reorganizations the BLM has been through in the last 30 or so years. We,...
Proposed Wilderness Act Amendments
By Jesse Juen H.R.1349 - To amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for...