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Trump to withdraw Pendley’s nomination as public lands chief

Trump to withdraw Pendley’s nomination as public lands chief

SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management, a senior administration official said Saturday — much to the relief of environmentalists who insisted the longtime advocate of selling federal lands should not be overseeing them. Pendley, […]

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Dems in Congress demand update on Interior wild horse plans

Dems in Congress demand update on Interior wild horse plans

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Congressional Democrats are demanding the Interior Department produce an overdue report on plans to manage wild horses roaming federal lands in the West after the head of its public lands agency told reporters it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get overpopulated herds under […]

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

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

RENO, Nev. (AP) — It will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on federal lands across the West, the acting head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday, adding that several developments have made him more optimistic about his […]

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Agency boss: Past support for US land sales is ‘irrelevant’

Agency boss: Past support for US land sales is ‘irrelevant’

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A newly appointed Trump administration official who oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West says his past support for selling federal lands is “irrelevant.” Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley disavowed his longtime advocacy for federal land sales or transfers in an interview with […]

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