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Tuesday, 18 December 2012

As BLM Director, Abbey provides direction and oversight for more than 245 million acres of

public land and 700 million acres of on-shore subsurface mineral estate managed by the agency.

In addition, BLM has trust responsibilities on 56 million acres of Indian trust lands for mineral

operations and cadastral surveys. These public lands cover about 13 percent of the total land

surface of the United States and more than 40 percent of all land managed by the Federal

government, making BLM the Nation’s largest public land manager. He oversees 11,000

employees and manages an annual operating budget of more than $1 billion. Since becoming

Director, Abbey has worked closely with other Federal, tribal, state and local governmental

entities in pursuit of common goals related to the management of our Nation’s natural and

cultural resources

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