Ogden • One thing is certain under the major reorganization Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has in mind for the sprawling federal department he oversees: The Bureau of Land Management headquarters will move West, where nearly all the nation’s public land is concentrated.
Salt Lake City has been viewed as a logical host city, but now an up-and-coming city 40 miles to the north has emerged as a possible contender.
A top Interior official, Susan Combs, toured northern Utah on Tuesday and joined a panel with Weber County commissioners extolling the virtues of Ogden, a historic rail town that now prides itself as one of the nation’s hottest outdoor recreation cities.