The former director of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wyoming office has retired weeks after being placed on administrative leave following an Office of Inspector General investigation that found he violated ethics rules and procedures.
Andrew Archuleta, who since January 2022 had served as director of the Wyoming office that manages 17.5 million acres of public lands and 40 million acres of subsurface mineral estate, retired effective Monday, according to two Interior Department officials with knowledge of the situation and documents reviewed by POLITICO’s E&E News.
Kris Kirby, the associate state director who has filled in as acting director will remain in that post for now, according to the officials, who were granted anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
BLM declined to comment.
