Matt Preston
Deputy State Director for Resources
Bureau of Land Management
Matt Preston is the Deputy State Director for Resources for the Bureau of Land Management in Utah. Matt previously served as Field Manager for the Salt Lake Field Office (2016-2020) where his work touched all aspects of land management in northern Utah. He has also filled a variety of roles in BLM Headquarters (2011-2016; 2020-2022), where he provided leadership on sage-grouse conservation, wildlife migration, T&E recovery, aquatic restoration, greenhouse gas emissions, the remediation of abandoned mine lands and hazmat sites, mitigation, National Conservation Lands, and scientific integration. Matt has a bachelor’s degree in biology (Univ. of Colorado), and a master’s degree and PhD in evolutionary anthropology (Univ. of California-Davis).
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