"Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt must soon decide whether to maintain eight temporary agency directors, as the Trump administration presses into its third year without appointees for a slew of top posts at the department.

According to Secretarial Order 3345, eight temporary appointments — including the heads of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service — will expire on Jan. 31.

The latest version of that order, signed by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in mid-November 2018, also names individuals to take on the duties of the solicitor; assistant secretary for policy, management and budget; assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks; special trustee for American Indians; and director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement."

Jennifer Yachnin reports for Greenwire January 11, 2019. [2]