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== Directors == {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" ! colspan=6|Directors of the BLM 1946–present<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.publicland.org/35_archives/documents/doc_1400_hist_record.pdf#page=17 |title=Historical Record of the Offices, Managers and Organizations of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Grazing Service, General Land Office and O & C Revested Lands Administration 1934–2012 |date=April 2012 |publisher=Public Lands Foundation |page=16 |access-date=September 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108013452/http://www.publicland.org/35_archives/documents/doc_1400_hist_record.pdf#page=17 |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} ! Image ! Director ! Term start ! Term end ! Notes |- | 1 | [[File:Fred W. Johnson.jpg|75px]] | [[Fred W. Johnson]] | 1946 | 1948 | <ref>Johnson was the last [[List of Commissioners of the General Land Office|Commissioner of the General Land Office]] (1933–1946)</ref> |- | 2 | [[File:Marion Clawson.jpg|75px]] | [[Marion Clawson]] | 1948 | 1953 | |- | 3 | [[File:Edward Woozley.jpg|75px]] | Edward Woosley | 1953 | 1961 | |- | 4 | [[File:Karl Landstrom.jpg|75px]] | Karl Landstrom | 1961 | 1963 | |- | 5 | [[File:Charles Stoddard.jpg|75px]] | Charles Stoddard | 1963 | 1966 | |- | 6 | [[File:Boyd Rasmussen.jpg|75px]] | [[Boyd Rasmussen]] | 1966 | 1971 | |- | 7 | [[File:Burton W. Silcock.jpg|75px]] | [[Burton W. Silcock]] | 1971 | 1973 | |- | 8 | [[File:Curt Berklund.jpg|75px]] | [[Curt Berklund]] | 1973 | 1977 | |- | 9 | [[File:Frank Gregg.jpg|75px]] | Frank Gregg | 1978 | 1981 | |- | 10 | [[File:Robert F. Burford.jpg|75px]] | [[Robert F. Burford]] | 1981 | 1989 | |- | 11 | [[File:Cy Jamison.jpg|75px]] | Cy Jamison | 1989 | 1992 | |- | 12 | [[File:JimBaca (148013469).jpg|75px]] | [[Jim Baca]] | May 19, 1993 | February 3, 1994 |<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/issue-4/blm-chief-jim-baca-leaves-amidst-cheers-and-boos/ |title= BLM chief Jim Baca leaves amidst cheers and boos |first=Tony |last=Davis |date=February 21, 1994 |magazine=[[High Country News]]}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | Acting | [[File:DombeckMichael.jpg|75px]] | [[Mike Dombeck]] | February 4, 1994 | January 6, 1997 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov/1995/07/1995-07-13-dombeck-named-director-of-bureau-of-land-management.html |title=PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES MICHAEL PAUL DOMBECK DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR |date=July 13, 1995 |publisher=The White House}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/newsroom/releases/usda-forest-service-chief-mike-dombeck-retire |title=USDA Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck To Retire |date=March 27, 2001 |publisher=Forest Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213192717/https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/newsroom/releases/usda-forest-service-chief-mike-dombeck-retire |archive-date=2024-12-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[File:Pat Shea 1998.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[Patrick Shea (Utah lawyer)|Pat Shea]] | August 1997 | October 2, 1997 | |- | 13 | October 2, 1997 | November 13, 1998 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/10/2/19337475/shea-formally-sworn-in-as-director-of-blm/ |title=Shea formally sworn in as director of BLM |first=Lee |last=Davidson |date=October 2, 1997 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref><ref name="shea fry">{{cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/1998/11/14/19412148/shea-has-new-job-description/ |title=Shea has new job description |first=Jerry |last=Spangler |date=November 13, 1998 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[File:Tom Fry 1999-4-20.jpg|75px]] |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"| Tom Fry | November 14, 1998 | May 2001 |<ref name="shea fry"/> |- | 14 | May 2001 | December 2001 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nnbw.com/news/2001/dec/19/blm-director-tom-fry-to-leave-agency/ |title=BLM director Tom Fry to leave agency |date=December 19, 2001 |newspaper=[[Northern Nevada Business Weekly]]}}</ref> |- | 15 | [[File:Kathleen Clarke (Bureau of Land Management).jpg|75px]] | [[Kathleen Clarke (Bureau of Land Management)|Kathleen Clarke]] | January 2002 | December 28, 2006 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/archive/news/archive/06_News_Releases/061228.html |title=Secretary Kempthorne Announces Resignation of Kathleen Clarke |date=December 28, 2006 |publisher=Department of the Interior}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Jim Hughes BLM.jpg|75px]] | James M. Hughes | February 7, 2007 | August 7, 2007 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/archive/news/archive/07_News_Releases/070207.html |title=Jim Hughes is Acting Director of Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management |date=February 7, 2007 |publisher=Department of the Interior}}</ref> |- | 16 | [[File:James Caswell - blm.jpg|75px]] | James Caswell | August 8, 2007 | January 20, 2009 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7907848 |title=Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Idaho [to conduct swearing-in session for Bureau of Land Management(BLM) Director James Caswell, and to address local] BLM staff |date=August 8, 2007 |publisher=Department of the Interior |via=[[National Archives]]}}</ref> |- | 17 | [[File:Robert Abbey 2010-09-15.jpg|75px]] | Robert Abbey | August 8, 2009 | May 31, 2012 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2009/aug/08/abbey-confirmed-as-blm-director/ |title=Abbey confirmed as BLM director |date=August 8, 2009 |newspaper=[[Nevada Appeal]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/BLM-Director-Bob-Abbey-to-Retire-After-34-Years-of-Public-Service |title=BLM Director Bob Abbey to Retire After 34 Years of Public Service |date=May 10, 2012 |publisher=Department of Interior}}</ref><ref>Retired end of May 2012 {{Cite web |url=http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/may/blm_director_bob_abbey.html |title=BLM Director Bob Abbey to Retire After 34 Years of Public Service |date=May 10, 2012 |publisher=Department of Interior |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929022955/http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/info/newsroom/2012/may/blm_director_bob_abbey.html |archive-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Mike Pool 2009-02-18.jpg|75px]] | Mike Pool | June 1, 2012 | February 28, 2013 | |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[File:Neil Kornze.jpeg|75px]] |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"| [[Neil Kornze]] | March 1, 2013 | April 8, 2014 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanwildhorse.org/stories/elko-native-neil-kornze-to-temporarily-lead-blm-3497 |title=Elko Native Neil Kornze to Temporarily Lead BLM |date=February 26, 2013 |publisher=American Wild Horse Conservation}}</ref> |- | 18 | April 8, 2014 | January 20, 2017 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-applauds-presidents-intent-to-nominate-neil-kornze-as-director-of-the-bureau-of-land-management |title=Secretary Jewell Applauds President's Intent to Nominate Neil Kornze as Director of the Bureau of Land Management |date=November 7, 2013 |publisher=DOI}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevadan-confirmed-to-head-blm/ |title=Nevadan confirmed to head BLM |date=April 8, 2014 |first=Steve Tetreault |last=Stephens |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Kristin Bail 2012.jpg|75px]] | [[Kristin Bail]] | January 20, 2017 | March 14, 2017 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-announces-selections-key-leadership-positions |title=BLM Announces Selections for Key Leadership Positions |date=January 13, 2017 |publisher=BLM}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Michael D. Nedd official portrait.jpg|75px]] | [[Michael Nedd]] | March 15, 2017 | November 15, 2017 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Burr |first=Thomas |url=http://www.sltrib.com/news/5062376-155/interior-names-energy-and-mineral-chief |title=Interior names energy and mineral chief new acting BLM director |date=March 15, 2017 |newspaper=[[Salt Lake Tribune]] |access-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317054401/http://www.sltrib.com/news/5062376-155/interior-names-energy-and-mineral-chief |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Brian Steed official portrait.jpg|75px]] | Brian Steed | November 16, 2017 | July 29, 2019 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://westernpriorities.org/2017/11/secretary-zinke-names-land-transfer-proponent-as-acting-director-of-the-bureau-of-land-management/ |title=Secretary Zinke Names Land Transfer Proponent as Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management |date=November 16, 2017 |work=Center for Western Priorities}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:William Perry Pendley.jpg|75px]] | [[William Perry Pendley]] | July 29, 2019 | September 25, 2020{{efn|Removed by federal judge on September 25, 2020 after unlawfully serving for 424 days without Senate confirmation, but rejected court order and continued running agency as Deputy Director for Policy and Programs until January 20, 2021}} |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/30/bureau-land-management-william-perry-pendley/ |title=Conservative lawyer in favor of selling public lands picked to oversee BLM |first=Ellen |last=Knickmeyer |date=July 30, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/10/william-perry-pendley-bureau-of-land-management-refuses-to-leave |title=Trump's public lands chief refuses to leave his post despite judge's order |first=Cassidy |last=Randall |date=October 10, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Nada Culver official photo.jpg|75px]] | [[Nada Wolff Culver]] | February 23, 2021 | October 27, 2021 |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/environmental-attorney-named-to-pendley-s-former-blm-post/article_8b5c7970-752b-11eb-beae-dbb71a9af32a.html |title=Environmental attorney named to Pendley’s former BLM post |first=Dennis |last=Webb |date=February 23, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado)]]}}</ref> |- | 19 | [[File:Tracy Stone-Manning, BLM Director (cropped).jpg|75px]] | [[Tracy Stone-Manning]] | October 27, 2021 | January 13, 2025 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blm.gov/press-release/tracy-stone-manning-sworn-director-bureau-land-management |title=Tracy Stone-Manning Sworn In as Director of the Bureau of Land Management |date=October 27, 2021 |publisher=BLM}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/tracy-stone-manning-to-step-down-as-blm-director/ |title=Tracy Stone-Manning to step down as BLM director |first=Scott |last=Streater |date=January 8, 2025 |work=[[E&E News]]}}</ref> |- bgcolor="#e6e6aa" | acting | [[File:Jon Raby.jpg|75px]] | Jon Raby | January 28, 2025 | present |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lakecountyexam.com/townnews/politics/jon-raby-formerly-of-lakeview-blm-named-acting-national-director/article_a2a71c9c-dd06-11ef-bf51-c7eacff2bc9e.html |title= Jon Raby, formerly of Lakeview BLM, named acting national director |first=Lee |last=Juillerat |date=January 28, 2025 |newspaper=[[Lake County Examiner]]}}</ref> |- |}
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