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Environmental Science & Management, B.S. | Class of
Daniel White
Geologist
Employer: Bureau of Land Management
Job description: I oversee all mining projects on BLM lands in northeast Washington, including the mining itself and the reclamation of the land when mining is finished. I also work on the BLM national project team for new geothermal projects on BLM land.
Lane Mountain Silica mine production and site reclamation
Several gold mines in the area
New geothermal database for all new geothermal energy projects on BLM lands
The Bureau of Land Management was created in 1946 by merging the General Land Office and the Grazing Service. The agency administers more than 247.3 million acres of public land and 700 million acres of mineral estate. The agency’s worked is guided by the Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976. While the agency is well known for grazing, mining, and oil and gas production, the BLM also manages 221 wilderness areas, 23 national monuments, and 636 other protected areas as part of the National Conservation Lands system. This includes several areas in northern California, such as the King Range National Conservation Area and Headwaters Forest Reserve.
About Daniel
What would you say to prospective students who are thinking about applying to this program?
The HSU Env. Sci. & Mgmt. program is very well respected in the realm of public lands management (at all governmental levels), and there are many HSU grads working in public lands management. What makes the program great is the variety of offerings and directions your degree program can go. I enjoyed my graduate program a lot, and it is easy to continue straight from the undergraduate program to the graduate level program.