Collin Ewing named manager of BLM Arcata Field Office
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ARCATA, Calif. – Collin Ewing, a natural resource professional with 20 years experience in the West, has been named manager of the Bureau of Land Management’s Arcata Field Office on California’s North Coast. He reports for duty in Arcata on Aug. 8.
Ewing comes to Arcata from Grand Junction, Colo., where he has been manager of the BLM’s McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas for the past nine years.
“Collin brings experience across a wide variety of natural resource management disciplines to his new position as Arcata field manager,” said BLM Northern California District Manager Dereck Wilson. “In addition to working with our agency, he has diverse experience with the Forest Service and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He has shown a great ability to develop and maintain partnerships, an important attribute for working on the North Coast where partnerships are critical in managing natural and cultural resources.”
Ewing holds a bachelor’s degree in rangeland ecology from Colorado State University. During his career in federal service, he has worked as a rangeland management specialist, fish and wildlife biologist, planning and environmental coordinator, and lastly, as a national conservation area manager. He has experience successfully engaging local communities and staff in developing a resource management plan, the BLM land use plan that guides BLM decision making in the long term. The experience will be immediately beneficial, as the Arcata and Redding BLM field offices are now working together on a new RMP for BLM-managed lands in northwest California.
“My wife, Amanda, our two teenage children and I are thrilled to be moving to the North Coast.” Ewing said. “I am really looking forward to working with the local staff and community partners to steward the amazing landscapes overseen by the Arcata Field Office.”
In Arcata, Ewing will oversee a staff of about 30 and a public land base of about 250,000 acres in parts of Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and Mendocino counties. The field office jurisdiction includes the King Range National Conservation Area, the Headwaters Forest Reserve, parts of the California Coastal National Monument, and seven wilderness areas. These areas have national significance through inclusion in the BLM’s system of National Conservation Lands. Ewing succeeds Molly Brown, who has moved to a position on the BLM’s Northern California District staff.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.