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US land agency sued over plans for southwest Colorado

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Montana judge blocks actions by Trump’s former land boss

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William Perry Pendley, deputy director for policy and programs at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, speaks to reporters at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Pendley says he remains on the job leading the agency despite a federal judge ruling he's holding the position illegally without Senate confirmation. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

Public lands official defends job despite judge’s ruling

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William &quot;Perry&quot; Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. Pendley wants Wyoming to know that he's still on the job as the nation's acting head of public lands. &quot;I have not been ousted. That is not true,&quot; Pendley, the Bureau of Land Management's deputy director of policy and programs, said during an interview with the Star-Tribune on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Pendley says he’s still on the job as acting director of BLM

By CAMILLE ERICKSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2020, file photo, William Perry Pendley, acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, speaks to the media on the Grizzly Creek Fire in Eagle, Colo. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and blocked him from continuing in the position. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, that U.S. Bureau of Land Management acting director William Perry Pendley was never confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate and served unlawfully for 424 days. Montana's Democratic governor had sued to remove Pendley, saying the the former oil industry attorney was illegally overseeing a government agency that manages almost a quarter-billion acres of land, primarily in the U.S. West. (Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP, File)

Governor asks court to block actions by Trump’s land boss

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks to members of the business community in Billings, Mont., on July 24, 2020. The Democratic governor is asking a federal judge to oust the Trump administration official responsible for overseeing more than quarter-billion acres of public lands. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Judge removes Trump public lands boss for serving unlawfully

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William &quot;Perry&quot; Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. The former oil industry attorney will continue for now calling the shots at a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West. That's despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Trump would withdraw the nomination of Pendley. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Montana governor presses to remove Trump’s public lands boss

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William &quot;Perry&quot; Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. The former oil industry attorney will continue for now calling the shots at a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West. That's despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Trump would withdraw the nomination of Pendley. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William &quot;Perry&quot; Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. The former oil industry attorney will continue for now calling the shots at a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West. That's despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Trump would withdraw the nomination of Pendley. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management, a senior administration official said Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, much to the relief of environmentalists who insisted the longtime advocate of selling federal lands should not be overseeing them. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

William Perry Pendley Bureau of Land Management nomination to be withdrawn by Trump

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management, a senior administration official said Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, much to the relief of environmentalists who insisted the longtime advocate of selling federal lands should not be overseeing them. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Trump to withdraw Pendley’s nomination as public lands chief

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Montana governor: Federal land agency boss acting illegally

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Land management acting director remains, lawsuit filed

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Bureau of Land Management prepared for expected fire season

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Bureau of Land Management director to continue through April

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Demonstrators protest land leaders at new Colorado location

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In this Oct. 11, 2019 photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William &quot;Perry&quot; Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colorado. A new report from the Government Accountability Office highlights violence against employees for the BLM and other agencies amid heightened tensions with anti-government groups. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Trump administration defies environmentalists calling for BLM head’s ouster

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A group of 91 environmental, wildlife and progressive groups called for Bureau of Land Management acting Director William Perry Pendley's resignation in a letter to the Interior Secretary. (Associated Press)

William Perry Pendley ouster demanded by liberal environmentalists

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Acting BLM director willing to move to Colorado

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FILE - In this June 29, 2018, file photo, wild horses kick up dust as they run at a watering hole outside Salt Lake City. Acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley says it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on western federal lands. But he told reporters Wednesday, Oct, 23, 2019, several new developments have made him more optimistic than he's been in years about his agency's ability to eventually shrink the size of the herds from 88,000 to the 27,000 he says the range can sustain ecologically. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Official: Solving wild horse problem will take $5B, 15 years

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press