BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) " U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has changed a proposed overhaul of his department with a new organizational map that more closely follows state lines instead of the natural boundaries he initially proposed.
The revisions follow complaints from Western state governors that they were not consulted before details of the sweeping overhaul were first revealed last month.
Zinke told The Associated Press on Friday that his goal remains unchanged: decentralizing the Interior Department's bureaucracy and creating 13 regional headquarters.
The redrawn map was obtained by AP and shows that states such as Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming would fall within a single region instead of being split among multiple regions.
Other states remain divided, including California, Nevada, Montana and Oregon.
Interior officials say the changes resulted from discussions with governors, members of Congress and senior Interior staff.