"The Interior Department on Friday extended the appointment of William Perry Pendley to lead the Bureau of Land Management in an acting capacity until May 5.

Extending Pendley’s tenure, which was slated to expire on Friday, was met with some pushback from conservationists because of statements he has made opposing federal land ownership.

Pendley previously wrote a number of books advocating for selling off public lands, including titles like “War on the West: Government Tyranny on America’s Frontier” and “Warriors for the West: Fighting Bureaucrats, Radical Groups, and Liberal Judges on America’s Frontier.”"

Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill April 3, 2020. [2]

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"Questions Mount as Longtime Temps Run U.S. Land, Park Agencies" (Bloomberg Environment) [3]