we know that he possibly was in the bureau of land management in the surveying service. we have boxes and boxes of correspondent files out of the bureau of land management offices in phoenix and some of the smaller offices like tucson, arizona. the files are great. if you can pick up on a name and keep following through the boxes of records, you can get pretty good stuff. starting here, we see a letter dated march 21 1917. to mr. ac horton junior in phoenix, arizona. at that time, mr. horton was the assistant supervisor of surveys for the blm. mr. secrest is writing him a letter saying i have made an application for an exam for a commission in the u.s. engineers officers reserve corps, respectfully, lloyd secrest. harmless enough. here's what i have done. looking for a job. help me out. a few months later, we have a much longer letter from him to the same guy. if you notice the letterhead at the top, army and navy, ymca. this is dated 1918. he just kind of goes through a few things. "it's hard for me to give you my permanent address, because i am in the army. here is my c

as the countrylf itse >> the law breaking rancher named cliven bundyas literally put the bureau of land management in the crosshairs of sniper rifles. >> frankly, i thought there wast a lack of proportionhere by the government, and snipers and surrounding ur ranch and taking your cattle, none of it made any sense. nkerville happens, it is very much local battle and local relationship with the blm, but becae of the coverage it draws from the media there are other people who willy appropriate buand his cause and make it their own because it seems to support their larger message of o-of-control, tyrannical federal government. >> i'm worried about the lies that are told to us about the irs, about what happened in benghazi, and the lies that sold health care.ne i'm concthat the government is overreaching here. y>> i don't think in any cliven bundy wanted to be the poster child for sean hannity or the far right.k i don't th was particularly interested in any given politicamovement. >> narrator: the bundys wanted to use their new platform to talk aut what mattered to them. their belief that public land s

they are doing that with the scientists at the usda and now the bureau of land management under david bernhardt under investigation by congress for appearing to reverse the permitting process for a land development in little benson, arizona on behalf of a trump donor he met with secretly and off the books. and congressman raul and his committee are on that. they are on that, this david bernhardt scandal and arizona diamondbacks owner, trump donor housing development scandal. they are investigating. on the usda and destruction of the science function of that agency, democrats in congress, particularly in the senate have been pounding away on that, too. >> you basically gave 547 employees 30 days to decide if they were going to move halfway across the country and take their families. this is not a relocation. it's a demolition. >> katherine green is unable to relocate to kansas city. she expects most of the institutional knowledge on organic agriculture will be lost when she is forced to retire. >> for what? it's still unclear what problem the usda is trying to solve with this move. >>

trump entrusted to shepard america's public lands, he's just announced plans to move a whole biggest swath of his agency, to move the bureau of land management out of interior department headquarters, out of washington. specifically he's just announced that he's telling the employees of that agency that they need to move out of d.c. and into western colorado right near his hometown. should be a boom for that part of -- i mean, this is the part of the interior department that oversees the use of federal lands. presumably employees of that agency will now be given the same ultimatum that was just given to all the scientists at usda, right? never mind the hardships. an employee dealing with ms and serious medical treatment issues for ms was told that was not a hardship that would be considered to keep the employee off the roster of those who are moving. an employee in the middle of chemotherapy was told by usda that was not a hardship that would result in the agency taking that person, taking that scientist off the list of people who are being forcibly moved or you lose your job. they're doing that with the scientists at the usda right now. now

overlooked in this conversation are the deferred maintenance needs of the other federal land management agencies, including the forest service, the bureau of land management and fish and wildlife service. combined with the park service, these four agencies face a deferred maintenance backlog totalling $19.4 billion. that's worthy of repeating. within these four agencies that govern our public lands, almost $20 billion in deferred maintenance backlog. this is an overwhelming amount that covers everything from direct visitor experiences to projects that will perhaps never be noticed by the average family. regardless of the agency we're talking about, deferred maintenance needs are very real. families visiting the grand canyon national park should not be greeted by locked bathrooms and campers should not be left without access to shower and laundry facilities, as was the case for ten days when the sole water line serving the canyon burst last month. this is a water line that's had over 80 separate breaks since 2010. so it's not like we didn't see this one coming. for us in alaska, one that hits close to home, is in denahli national park wh

department of agriculture and bureau of land management, to move career scientists and experts out ofton, and into places like kansas, or colorado, and in a transparent effort to just hollow out the agencies, complete them of the employees who have the scientific expertise. now this explosive report is the latest that shows something about this trend line. the administration not only rushed through basically 40 years of policy to prevent the oil drilling but willingness to basically scrub scientific findings of the nonpartisan career scientists to speed up a process that otherwise might not be happening. as promised earlier in the show, adam fetterman, the investigative journalist and reporting fellow with type investigations, who was in this story here, reporting this out for politico's, and that partnership, is here, thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> i'll break it down. the trump officials are overriding scientific and environmental concerns about how this should work? >> you know, it is worth pointing out that this administration has been hell hell-bent

cannot show you the full somebody --here is there is one that is called " time to move the bureau of land management out of washington, d.c.." toohere a sense that it is d.c. centric and there is not enough outreach to the areas directly affected? guest: absolutely. i think it is a huge problem that most of the people living in -- making these decisions are located thousands of miles away. they have never visited the area. i have been getting -- i think getting managers closer to that land they are managing is a great idea. host: dug, in arizona. caller: good morning. i am a gold cross get -- prospector in tucson, and i prospect in the santa rita mountains. for years we have been able to get to the global -- to the gold claims. all of a sudden we cannot get to 60% of them because a federal land cited that they have it offate -- cordined and put fencing around it, thousands of feet of it, hundreds of miles. lease the land for their cattle, but they have been doing it for years, and everybody has been getting along fine. about five years ago, i went up there and i could not get in. the ranchers were g

horses were malnourished, one is a mass tongues, her markings say she's a rescue from the bureau of land management. animal services left an owner if they ever come back. this trailer going nowhere fast. it's got a flat tire. so far no leads. >> the plate went with the trailer, it was stolen. >> to just dump them off is just awful. >> reporter: this volunteer hopes the culprits will be caught. >> somebody should stick them in a hot trailer with no food or water for 24 hours. >> reporter: those responsible could face animal cruelty charges. if the horses are not claimed, they could be put up for adoption in the future. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> it is 4:34. developing news out of part where the governor is bowing to says of massive protests. he's finally resigning. protesters erupted in cheers as rick car door rossello made the announcement overnight. a joke about bodies piling up after hurricane maria sparked particular anger. rossello says he will step down next week. >>> a $2500 reward is offered for the capture of a man wanted for the murder of a 16-year-old boy in livermore. 21-year-old w

. >> reporter: mike herder works with the bureau of land management. says the agency's considering opening up the wave for up to 96 permit holders per day in part due to high demand. >> that's more than 400% the amount of people we're letting in now. >> what we're doing with the wave really is doing a environmental assessment. can we in fact increase the number without tipping that balance where solitude is lost? and it just becomes a line of people that are coming through this spot. >> reporter: so what are the dangers of this? >> potentially spoiling a beautiful place. it would be very challenging to put 96 people into the wave because it's a relatively small feature. >> reporter: tara mckinnon from the center of biological diversity worries that the feature is already endangered at current use levels. >> it's an american right to enjoy public lands, but it's also our obligation to ensure that we're not ruining these places, these very fine delicate sandstone structures. even under the current use levels we're seeing impacts that the b.o.m. never ant

her markings say she is a rescue from the bureau of land management. animal service left a notice for the own fer they ever come back, but this trailer going nowhere fast. it's got a flat tire. so far few leads. >> the plate went with the trailer is not -- it was stolen. >> it just dumped them off. it's awful, just awful. >> reporter: barbara volunteers with the sonoma county horse rescue organization. she hopes the culprits will be caught. >> somebody should stick them in a hot trail were no food and no water for 24 hours. >> reporter: those responsible could face felony animal cruelty charges. if the horses are not claimed, they could be put up for adoption in the future. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> in our effort to help build a better bay area, we've taken a in-depth look at transportation and homelessness. in the south bay, we're seeing how those two can impact one another. people who use a busy bikeway to commute into downtown san jose say they're having to maneuver along homeless camps along the trail, and they point to one problem stretch of

one is a mustang and her markings show she's a rescue from the bureau of land management. >> we have lutely no idea why somebody would show up in our county, especially windsor, a small community up there and dump their horse trailer. >> those responsible could face charges of felony cruelty. if the horses aren't claimed, they could be put up for adoption. >>> developing news out of puerto rico where the governor is bowing to days of massive protests and finally resigning. [ cheers and applause ] >> protesters erupted in clears asry darko rossello made the announcement last night following a techsist scandal following sexist and homophobic messages. a joke about bodies piling up after hurricane maria sparked particular anger. rossello says he'll be step down next week. >>> san francisco is moving closer to restricting car traffic on a large portion of market street. the planning commission is set to certify an environmental impact report this fall that would eliminate private vehicles on market from van ness to stewart street near the embarcadero. taxis, commercial trucks and buses wo

one is a mustang and her markings show she's a rescue from the bureau of land management. >> we have ly no idea why somebody would show up in our county, especially the town of windsor. it's a real small community up there and dump their horse trailer. >> those responsible could face charges of felony cruelty. if the horses are not claimed, they could be put up for adoption. >>> developing news out of puerto rico where the governor is bowing todays of massive protests, finally. [ cheers and applause ]. >> most important part of this store i have is he's resigns. rick card dough rossello made the announcement he'll resign last night following a texting scandal involving sexist and homophobic messages. a joke about bodies piling up after hurricane maria sparked particular anger. he's going to be replaced by justice secretary juan vasquez. she's been a big supporter of rossello. >>> a reward offered for the capture of a man wanted for a 16-year-old boy. police say jorge tellez shot and killed moseby on july 7th. moseby was a student at livermore high school. >>> in the east bay police ar

. >> mike: dunn is the relocation of much of the bureau of land management from washington to west oft a smart move? >> 245 million acres of land, 99% of those acres are west of the mississippi river. it just makes sense to have the management, the decisions, the directors, also west of the mississippi river and i can think of no better place than the grand junction, colorado. a western slope company, 70% of the county is held by public -- either the federal government or the state government, so to have these decision-makers local in the communities where the decision to impact the most, i think it will result in entirely better decision-making. >> mike: senator cory gardner, thanks so much for your time. >> thanks for having me, mike. >> mike: for the first time in nearly 30 years and drop in the number of opioid overdose deaths. the president claiming credit. dr. siegel will check the facts next. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a company i can trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-w

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. >> and this is moving more of the bureau of land management staff out west to colorado. anages so much land in the west. it makes sense to run more of the operations on while if management working with ranchers and working cooperatives with state government. to do some of the work out west, so cheers to interior secretary david bernhardt for getting it done. >> kyle? >> a hit, 50 is believed to neil armstrong, buzz and michael for the moon landing 8 to 69. i re-watched the video this week and is still thrilling. they cannot seem to find them into the back to the moon but those guys got it done. >> i remember that. thank you for >> and they are scorching high temperatures from new mexico to maine. hot weather claiming some for the lives of six people. hello everyone and welcome to a new out of america's news headquarters i'm eric shawn. laura: i am laura ingle in for arthel neville. and dealing with scorching weather, temperatures reaching triple digits from the central place the east coast as eric mentioned, right now 23 states remain under excessive heat warnings and he

. >> and this is moving more of the bureau of land management staff out west to colorado. d manages so much land in the west. it makes sense to run more of the operations on while if management working with ranchers and working cooperatives with state government. to do some of the work out west, so cheers to interior secretary david bernhardt for getting it done. >> kyle? >> a hit, 50 is believed to neil armstrong, buzz and michael for the moon landing 8 to 69. i re-watched the video this week and is still thrilling. they cannot seem to find them into the back to the moon but those guys got it done. >> i remember that. thank you for my panel and thank you all for watching. i am paul gigot. i hope to see you all next week. >> one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> and with that mankind stepped onto the surface of the moon for the very first time. that, 50 years ago today. now the history making moment is being celebrated throughout the country today. events taking place in florida, texas, here in new york city and there is the promise that we will go back to

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. >> and this is moving more of the bureau of land management staff out west to colorado. mission and manages so much land in the west. it makes sense to run more of the operations on while if management working with ranchers and working cooperatives with state government. to do some of the work out west, so cheers to interior secretary david bernhardt for getting it done. >> kyle? >> a hit, 50 is believed to neil armstrong, buzz and michael for the moon landing 8 to 69. i re-watched the video this week and is still thrilling. they cannot seem to find them into the back to the moon but those guys got it done. >> i remember that. thank you for r r r r right? i'm going to be in trouble for saying that. [inaudible conversations] trish: thank you so much. maria bartiromo's next. >> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: happy weekend, everyone. welcome to program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. coming up in just a few moments, sam zell is my special guest. we're talk

is a part of the wild horse program where the inmates work with mustangs rounded up the bureau of land managemente them basic training to be auctioned off to the public. >> once you establish the leadership of the horse you have the horses trust. is going to let you get closer. start running and picking up their feet. it is a slow process but also amazing. >> the goal is to avoid overpopulation on federal landing at the wild horses adopted out to loving owners. in the process of teaching these horses how to trust people the inmates end up learning a lot about themselves too. >> if you come in there with a bad attitude or a bad day the horses going to give you a bad day. if you come in there with a good mind and a clear mind the horse will be joining up with you curious and you have a good day. >> the program has a proven track record. only 27 percent of men who participate in the program return to prison. that compares to about 7% nationwide. >> the horses going to do some big things to. >> chris is excited about his next chapter in life. he is getting ready to be released from jail next week and

cannot show you the full somebody --here is there is one that is called " time to move the bureau of land managementgton, d.c.." toohere a sense that it is d.c. centric and there is not enough outreach to the areas directly affected? guest: absolutely. i think it is a huge problem that most of the people living in -- making these decisions are located thousands of miles away. they have never visited the area. i have been getting -- i think getting managers closer to that land they are managing is a great idea. host: dug, in arizona. caller: good morning. i am a gold cross get -- prospector in tucson, and i prospect in the santa rita mountains. for years we have been able to get to the global -- to the gold claims. all of a sudden we cannot get to 60% of them because a federal land cited that they have it offate -- cordined and put fencing around it, thousands of feet of it, hundreds of miles. lease the land for their cattle, but they have been doing it for years, and everybody has been getting along fine. about five years ago, i went up there and i could not get in. the ranchers were given the keys

bureau is coordinate closely with the department of home land security on cyber issues. dhs has provided this assistance through cyber threat intelligence and information sharing and through conducting incident management and vulnerability assessments among other activities. all of these internal and external assessment efforts including recent evaluation performed by the commerce department's office of the inspector general are vital especially since the majority of the systems that will support 2020 operations contain personally identifiable information. at the end of the day, however, they will only be as valuable as the corrective actions the bureau takes in response to them. we recently made two recommendations to the bureau calling for management attention in this area. the first call for the bureau to address the security to do list in a timelier manner and to establish a more formal process for tracking and completing actions in response to dhs assessments. the bureau reported that it is working to implement the recommendations. the bureau will be better positioned to ensure that the assessments will have improvements to the cybersecurity posture. in summary, we are running short on time before

of the federal land is located. think about that. 93% of the federal lands in the red. that's where 47%, nearly half of all the federal land is located. nationwide, nationwide the bureau of land management is responsible for managing approximately 700 million acres of federal mineral state underground. 245 million acres are surface acres. federal surface lands. all but 100,000 acres of those surface acres, all about 100,000 of those acres are west of the mississippi river and located predominantly, even the 11 most western states and alaska. one of the frustrations i hear from local county be officials and environmental activists and farmers and ranchers, that when they deal with their b.l.m. local field office, they seem to have a very good experience, that people are working together to solve problems that they like the conversations that they have and the cooperation they're getting from the local and regional offices. but something happens when that decision-making process then moves to washington, d.c. something happens and all of a sudden the conversation and communication can stop. it changes, and all of a sudden the outcomes aren't what they thought it would be based on those lo