“Bureau of Land Management employees say that after four years of abuse, the agency needs to be rebuilt before it can carry out its mission of sustainable multiple-use. In the meantime, the resource management plans for the Missoula and Lewistown BLM offices also need major changes.

On Monday, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility released the results of an employee survey that shows the past four years of large policy changes has left the Bureau of Land Management almost unable to do its job. Interviews of 23 BLM employees in nine states were conducted in January and February.”