Democrats Urge Secretary Bernhardt to Remove Pendley as Leader of Bureau of Land Management

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William "Perry" Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colorado on Oct. 11, 2019. Matthew Brown/AP Photo

The Senate Democratic Caucus is demanding that the Trump administration remove William Perry Pendley, the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led the Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt urging him to remove William Perry Pendley from his position leading the Bureau of Land Management.