FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2019
DENVER—Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today signed a Secretarial Order extending William Perry Pendley’s appointment as the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management through at least January 3rd, 2020. The Center for Western Priorities released the following statement from Executive Director Jennifer Rokala:
“The Trump administration seems content to leave our public lands in the hands of a man who wants to see them drilled, mined, and sold off. William Perry Pendley’s epic 17-page list of recusals is a road map showing that he’s spent his career working to strip land and wildlife protections at the behest of drilling and mining companies and trade groups. It’s remarkable that such a conflict-ridden appointee with a shameful track record would be in this position in the first place, let alone get an extension.”
BLM Director is a Senate-confirmed position that has not had a nominee throughout the entirety of the Trump administration.
Learn more:
- Interior Secretary David Bernhardt keeps giving jobs to anti-public lands extremists [Denver Post]
- Pendley: The federal government should follow the Constitution and sell its Western lands [National Review]
- Lawmakers demand acting BLM director’s authority be terminated [CPR]
- William Perry Pendley releases 17-page recusal list of former clients and associates [Associated Press]
- Internal documents suggest Pendley misled Congress on the BLM relocation plans [ProPublica]
- William Perry Pendley recuses himself from national monuments planning [Bloomberg]
For more information, visit westernpriorities.org. To speak with an expert on public lands, contact Aaron Weiss at 720-279-0019 or aaron@westernpriorities.org. Sign up for Look West to get daily public lands and energy news sent to your inbox.
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