(NOVEMBER 2, 2015) — The Bureau of Land Management’s Acting High Desert District Manager, Dennis Carpenter, announced today that Caleb Hiner has been selected to serve as the new Pinedale Field Manager in Pinedale, Wyo.
Hiner will oversee more than 924,000 acres of public lands and 1.2 million acres of federal mineral resources in the Pinedale Field Office area. He will report in Jan. 2016.
“We are very excited to welcome Caleb as our new Pinedale Field Manager,” said Carpenter. “Caleb was currently filling in as our Acting Pinedale Field Manager for the past few months and we know he will do a great job.”
“I look forward to returning to Pinedale to live, work, and serve this community. The Pinedale Field Office has been doing excellent work with many partners to improve the public lands. The office has a great staff of enthusiastic and dedicated professionals and an amazing group of partners. I am excited about becoming part of this team,” said Hiner.
Hiner started with the BLM 15 years ago in Nevada as a geologist before moving to Wyoming as a Planning and Environmental Coordinator for both the Pinedale Field Office and the Wind River/Big Horn Basin District. He has recently been a Senior Resource Advisor for the Wyoming State Office and a Resource Advisor for the High Desert District.
Hiner grew up in Pinedale and is a graduate of Idaho State University with a degree in geosciences. He enjoys hiking, hunting, camping, and fishing with his family.
*The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM’s mission is to manage and conserve the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations under our mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield. In Fiscal Year 2014, the BLM generated $5.2 billion in receipts from public lands.