Bureau of Land Management Announces New State Director
This week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that Jerome (Jerry) Perez will replace retiring BLM California State Director Jim Kenna. In this capacity, Mr. Perez will oversee the management of 15.2 million acres of public lands, nearly 15 percent of California’s land mass.
Additionally, BLM manages 47 million acres of subsurface minerals, 2.5 million acres of privately owned land, and 592,000 acres of tribal land where BLM operates the mineral operations on the trust lands.
Perez most recently served as the BLM Oregon/Washington State Director and also worked for the U.S. Forest Service in a number of positions, including Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Stanislaus National Forest in California, and National Litigation Coordinator in the U.S. Forest Service Headquarters in Washington, D.C.