Kathleen Clarke (Bureau of Land Management)

Kathleen Burton Clarke was the national director of the United States Bureau of Land Management from 2001–2006.

Clarke received her bachelor's degree from Utah State University.[1] She was a law student at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.

Clarke is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was raised in Bountiful, Utah. She was the daughter of Hubert C. Burton, a medical doctor, and his wife the former Elaine Nelson.[2]

Prior to becoming director of the BLM, Clarke served as the executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources.[3] She had worked as a staffer for James V. Hansen and Senator Wallace F. Bennett before that.[4]

During her directing of the BLM it was often criticized by the Sierra Club and other environmental groups for allowing oil drilling at low cost.[5] This action increased domestic oil production and decreased oil production costs, thus keeping the rise in fuel costs below what it otherwise might have been.

Clarke sought to increase energy resource development on public lands. She was criticized for policies that ended up slaughtering many wild horses.[6]

Clarke later served as deputy commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.[7]

Sources

  • Brenner, Noah. "Gas fields win praise". Jackson Hole Daily. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  • Larsen, Kent (September 1, 2001). "Mormon Woman to be First to Head BLM". Mormon News. Retrieved 2009-05-21.

References

  1. ↑ President Bush to Nominate Clarke to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management at the Department of the Interior. News & Policies. The White House. August 27, 2001. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Obituary: Hubert C. Burton, M.D." Deseret News. April 16, 2000. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  3. ↑ Deseret News
  4. ↑ Spangler, Donna Kemp (December 22, 2001). "Utahn OK'd to lead BLM". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  5. ↑ Sierra Club article on oil drilling
  6. ↑ Struglinski, Suzanne (December 29, 2006). "Utahn resigns from BLM". Deseret News. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  7. ↑ Perkins, Nancy (February 3, 2008). "Land policies, climate are hot topics at farm meeting". Deseret Morning News. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
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