Bureau of Land Management Range Con Staffing Final

Dear Jimmy Tobias,

Department of the Interior has received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and assigned it control number DOI-BLM-2024-001073. Please cite this number in any future communications with our office regarding your request.
To Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:Any and all reports, spreadsheets or other documents that show the number of range conservation officers at BLM for each year or fiscal year since January 1, 1995. This request specifically seeks trends in range con staffing at BLM offices across the nation. If there is not data going back as far as 1995, I will accept 2000 or 2010 as the start dates for this request.I am a reporter for The Nation and other outlets.The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Jimmy TobiasUpload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/

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Regards,
DOI FOIA Office

Dear Jimmy Tobias,

The status of your BLM FOIA request #DOI-BLM-2024-001073 has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.

https://foiaxpresspal.doi.gov
The message is being sent from an unattended email box. For any future correspondence, please contact the bureau contact at https://www.doi.gov/foia/contacts.
Sincerely,
DOI FOIA Office

This letter acknowledges your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated August 7, 2024, and received in our office August 13, 2024. Your request has been logged in under control number 2024-001073. Please use this control number in all subsequent correspondence concerning your request.

In your letter you requested the following:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any and all reports, spreadsheets or other documents that show the number of range conservation officers at BLM for each year or fiscal year since January 1, 1995. This request specifically seeks trends in range con staffing at BLM offices across the nation. If there is not data going back as far as 1995, I will accept 2000 or 2010 as the start dates for this request.

I am a reporter for The Nation and other outlets.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

We have received your fee waiver request and it will be processed accordingly. In the interim, we have classified you as an News Media requester.

We have classified you as an News Media. As such, we may charge you for some of our duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our search or review costs; you also are entitled to up to 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. If, after taking into consideration your fee category entitlements, our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.49(a)(1).

We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests that can be processed in one to five workdays. The Normal track is for requests that can be processed in six to twenty workdays. The Complex track is for requests that can be processed in twenty-one to sixty workdays. The Exceptional/Voluminous track is for requests requiring more than sixty workdays for processing. The Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited processing. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a first-in, first-out basis.

This request falls into the Complex track.

We normally process requests on a first-in, first-out basis, however, due to the nature of your request and the circumstances surrounding this request, we will prioritize and process your request as the records become available. Please know that the Bureau’s Management is very committed to providing responses to FOIA requests and remedying the FOIA backlog.

If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov. Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs and activities of the BLM.
Thanks,

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This letter is a final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, dated August 7, 2024. The tracking number is 2024-001073. In your letter, you asked for the following:

Any and all reports, spreadsheets or other documents that show the number of range conservation officers at BLM for each year or fiscal year since January 1, 1995. This request specifically seeks trends in range con staffing at BLM offices across the nation. If there is not data going back as far as 1995, I will accept 2000 or 2010 as the start dates for this request.

I am a reporter for The Nation and other outlets.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Thanks,

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Dear Jimmy Tobias,

The status of your BLM-HQ FOIA request #DOI-BLM-2024-001073 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the PAL Application click on the Application URL below.

https://foiaxpresspal.doi.gov
The message is being sent from an unattended email box. For any future correspondence, please contact the bureau contact at https://www.doi.gov/foia/contacts.
Sincerely,
DOI FOIA Office

This letter acknowledges your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated October 18, 2024, and received in our office

November 13, 2024. Your request has been logged in under control number 2025-000813. Please use this control number in all subsequent correspondence concerning your request.

In your letter you requested the following:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All grazing permits held by the J.R. Simplot company or its subsidiaries (many of which have individual dbas) in the year 2024.
I am a reporter for High Country News.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

We have received your fee waiver request and it will be processed accordingly. In the interim, we have classified you as an

News Media requester.

We have classified you as an News Media. As such, we may charge you for some of our duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our search or review costs; you also are entitled to up to 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. If, after taking into consideration your fee category entitlements, our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.49(a)(1).

We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests that can be processed in one to five workdays. The Normal track is for requests that can be processed in six to twenty workdays. The Complex track is for requests that can be processed in twenty-one to sixty workdays. The Exceptional/Voluminous track is for requests requiring more than sixty workdays for processing. The Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited processing. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a first-in, first-out basis.

This request falls into the Simple track.

We normally process requests on a first-in, first-out basis, however, due to the nature of your request and the circumstances surrounding this request, we will prioritize and process your request as the records become available. Please know that the Bureau’s Management is very committed to providing responses to FOIA requests and remedying the FOIA backlog.

If you have any questions, please contact us at BLM_WO_FOIA@blm.gov. Thank you for your interest in public lands and in programs and activities of the BLM.
Thanks,

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