Dear HCN,
A short correction to the
article by Tony Davis in the Feb. 21 edition, Western Roundup
section: In the first article on Jim Baca, the last paragraph
mentions acting BLM director Mike Dombeck. Mike is not a career BLM
employee … in fact, as recently as 1990, Mike was a staff fish
biologist with the Forest Service in Washington, D.C. But the
Bureau of Land Management was glad to get
him!
Mike served as a special science advisor to
the BLM director, and became known among BLM biologists as an
insightful scientist, and a very quick study in political
processes. He is a real “people person” with genuine concern for
natural resources. I think Mike’s tenure as acting director,
however long it lasts, will be beneficial for the
agency.
Lou
Jurs
Spokane,
Washington
The writer is a
wildlife
biologist.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Getting Dombeck was a coup.
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