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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the selection of Kyle Sullivan as the new Mojave Trails National Monument Manager and Ashley Adams as the new Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Manager.

Sullivan will manage one of the newest additions to California's National Conservation Lands, which spans more than 1.6 acres of mountain ranges, ancient lava flows and spectacular sand dunes in the southern California desert. President Obama established Mojave Trails by Presidential Proclamation this February. Sullivan comes to California from BLM Colorado, where he has worked in communications at the state and district office level since starting as a student in 2011. He also served as acting Assistant Field Manager in the BLM Colorado Royal Gorge Field Office. Prior to joining the BLM, he coordinated environmental education for the Weld County Youth Conservation Corps in Greeley, Colo. Sullivan has a bachelor's degree in earth science from the University of Northern Colorado and a master's degree in natural resource management from the University of Denver.

"I feel privileged to take on this new role and get involved with the community in the planning process for the Mojave Trails National Monument," Sullivan said. "I look forward meeting with stakeholders and working through the opportunities and challenges that managing a brand new monument is sure to bring."

Sullivan will report to the position in mid-November.

Adams will manage the 280,000-acre Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, which reaches nearly 11,000 feet in elevation and provides a picturesque backdrop to local communities, as well as nationally significant biological, cultural, recreational and geologic values.

"I am honored and thrilled to serve as a steward of this tremendous resource and to build upon the partnerships that have made the monument the treasure it is today," said Adams. "Partnerships are pivotal in managing the public’s land, and it is a privilege to work with such a diverse and engaged set of communities."

Adams comes from Yosemite National Park, where she facilitated partnership collaboration with the City of San Francisco regarding the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and the Tuolumne watershed and served as a liaison to Yosemite Conservancy, the park's friends group, since 2013. Prior to Yosemite, she worked as a wilderness coordinator for the National Park Service Wilderness Stewardship national office; served as an NPS national office liaison to the University of California, Merced for the National Parks Institute; facilitated and co-wrote the strategic business plan for Crater Lake National Park as a consultant; worked as a backcountry ranger for Glacier National Park; and served as a wildlife technician for the Wind River Bear Institute. She has a master’s degree in environmental management from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in human biology from Stanford University.

Adams replaces James Foote, long-time monument manager who retired in April. She will report for duty mid-October.