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POCATELLO, ID – The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District is pleased to announce the selection of Melissa Warren as the Pocatello Field Office's new manager. “We are thrilled to have Melissa on board in Pocatello,” said Lance Brady, acting district manager. “She has a strong background in lands and realty, and a solid grasp of how BLM functions in its day-to-day activities. She’ll be a great asset to the community.” The field manager position has been vacant since April when Dave Pacioretty, the previous manager, retired.

Melissa joins BLM Idaho from Tuscon, Arizona, where she served as manager for the BLM Tuscon Field Office. Melissa has a diverse work history beginning with her service in the U.S. Navy as a hospital corpsman during Desert Storm. She sold insurance for years while going to college at night to earn a degree in business information systems. In 2000, she accepted a position with the U.S. Forest Service as a business management assistant. She later moved to the BLM, working as a land law examiner, National Environmental Protection Act coordinator, realty specialist and project manager.

As the Pocatello field manager, Melissa is responsible for coordinating the activities of 25 personnel and overseeing land management for over 620,000 acres of land in southeast Idaho. “I am excited to be in an office that has a true working landscape mission,” said Warren. “Pocatello has a broad variety of resources to manage and an excellent staff to work with.”

In her free time, Melissa enjoys searching secondhand stores, finding old things to repurpose and give new life, or just exploring the local landscape. “I am looking forward to making Pocatello my home and learning how to snowshoe,” said Melissa. Her Shorkie, Daisy, may not be as excited to learn some new snow hobbies.