“William Perry Pendley will remain in charge of the Bureau of Land Management after the Interior Department took a different approach to extending Pendley’s time at the helm of the agency, possibly due to a pending lawsuit.
“The leadership of the BLM will not change,” Interior spokesman Conner Swanson said today.
William Perry Pendley will remain in charge of the Bureau of Land Management after the Interior Department took a different approach to extending Pendley’s time at the helm of the agency, possibly due to a pending lawsuit.
Last month PEER and the Western Watersheds Project sued over Bernhardt’s ongoing appointments of Pendley to run the BLM and David Vela to lead the National Park Service in acting capacities. Vela’s latest appointment as acting director was to expire today but also has been extended.”