New BLM manager arrives in Craig
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CRAIG, Colo. – Bruce Sillitoe arrived in Craig this week to begin his new position as the field manager for the Little Snake Field Office.
As the Little Snake Field Manager, Sillitoe will oversee the management of 1.3 million acres of BLM-administered public lands and an additional 1.1 million acres of subsurface mineral estate in Moffat, Routt, and Rio Blanco counties. He will manage a staff of 30 employees.
“Bruce will be a huge asset to northwest Colorado because he has a wealth of natural resource management experience from both a county and federal perspective,” said BLM Northwest District Manager Joe Meyer.
Sillitoe comes to Craig from Salt Lake City, where he was the assistant field office manager over renewable resources in the BLM Salt Lake City Field Office. He has 15 years of experience working as an environmental planner for Clark County, Nevada. He worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service for nearly five years as well as seasonally for Utah State Lands and the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Montana.
Sillitoe is a native of Henderson, Nevada. He has a B.S. in range science from Utah State University and a master of business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
“I am looking forward to continuing to work closely with the many people and organizations involved in the management of the public lands in the Little Snake Field Office,” Sillitoe said. “After spending my first evening in the Craig area watching elk move out of the trees for their evening feeding, I have no doubt northwest Colorado will be a great fit.”
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.