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DENVER—The Bureau of Land Management’s associate state director in Wyoming has been named the agency’s new director of the National Operations Center in Denver.
BLM Director Bob Abbey announced the appointment of Ruth Welch on Tuesday.
The National Operations Center provides internal and technical support to BLM offices and the general public. It has 350 employees and 100 contractors.
Welch began her federal career with the Office of Surface Mining in 1989 and joined the BLM in 1993. She helped lead the BLM’s effort to prepare a new wild horse and burro management strategy, which will be rolled out in the near future.
She succeeds former National Operations Center director Lynda Stelzer and acting director Deb Rawhouser.
