New BLM manager named for Northern Nevada district

RENO — A U.S. Bureau of Land Management official from Utah who previously worked as an environmental protection specialist at Naval Air Station Fallon has been named a BLM district manager in Northern Nevada.

BLM Nevada Director John Ruhs announced Monday that Ester McCullough is the new manager of BLM’s Winnemucca District.

McCullough has served as the Vernal field office manager in Utah’s Green River District since 2015.

She began her career as an environmental protection specialist with the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California.

McCullough was acting natural resources officer for the Naval Air Station in Fallon east of Reno from 1994 to 2001. She later worked as planning and environmental coordinator in the BLM Winnemucca District, which includes the Black Rock National Conservation Area where the annual Burning Man festival is held.