As part of Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” the Resettlement Administration created a headquarters north of Briggsdale, Co. The Resettlement Administration Headquarters started the Land Utilization Project to purchase sub-marginal and eroded lands, restore them, and then convert them to grazing, forestry, wildlife or recreation areas. The Land Utilization Project provided assistance to the failing farm families, created parks and recreations areas and represents a shift in land management. The Pawnee National Grassland is still managed today for recreation, grazing, wildlife and conservation of the land.