Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley, who in the past advocated for selling off federal lands, told a congressional committee Sept. 10 that he “loves” U.S. public lands, as he defended the planned BLM headquarters move to Grand Junction, Colo.
Accused by Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) of mocking American Indians in a speech a decade ago, Pendley told members of the House Natural Resources Committee that his past statements about Native Americans and public lands are irrelevant as BLM chief.
“I have a new client, and my client is the American people,” Pendley said, ...