Blm Chief Asked To Resign By Coalition Of 91 Groups Who Say His Actions Betray Agency S Mission
The coalition of groups with interest in public lands demands that Bernhardt relieve Pendley of his position if he does not voluntarily resign. The coalition claims Pendley’s “actions betray” BLM’s mission, while declaring him unfit to lead the agency. “We, the ninety-one undersigned conservation, sportsmen, public interest, and wildlife advocacy organizations, representing over 3.9 million Americans,” the coalition writes in the letter, “call for the immediate resignation or removal of William Perry Pendley from his position of Deputy Director for Policy and Programs of the Bureau of Land Management, ’exercising the authority of the Director....