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“Bob Abbey is thoughtful, even-tempered and responsive to stakeholdeer concerns. Independent energy producers in the Intermountain West strongl approve of his nomination forBLM director,” Marc Smith, executivw director of Denver-based IPAMS, said in a statement. Abbety served eight years as the BLM’s Nevada directodr in a 32-year career in publicv service, and more recently has been a private consultantwith Stubbs, & Ford, LLC in Nevada. “Bogb understands natural resource management and the importanceof multiple-use on publicf lands,” Smith said.
“He is widely recognized as a thoughgt leader in sustainableresourcs development, and knows the issues that Westerners face. Bob’s on-the-grounr land management experience will lend balance and credibility to the importantg public land management decisions he will makeas director.” BLM landz across the West account for a large percentags of the nation’s natural-gas production. While with BLM previously, Abbeyg oversaw the Great Basin Restoration which focused on restoring largd portionsof Nevada’s natural lands. BLM manages 8.35 million acresz in Colorado, much of it on the Westermn Slope.
It lands are used for recreation, energ y development, ranching and preservation of archeological amongother purposes. News of Abbey’s nomination brought mostly praise from a spectrum ofinterest groups, ranging from energt companies to back-country recreation groups to environmentalists. “Througnh his decades of public service, Bob Abbety has shown again and again that he is the consummate professional naturakresource manager,” U.S. Interiore Secretary Ken Salazar said in a BLM is a unitof Salazar’sz department.
“His dedication to our country’s national syste m of public lands and his commitment to building partnershipsa make him an ideal choice to lead one of the most complex federal landmanaging agencies,” said Salazar, a former Colorado U.S. senator and attorney general.