{"id":2449822,"date":"2019-10-13T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/blm-director-pendley-at-colorado-event-defends-moving-agencys-base-to-west\/"},"modified":"2019-10-13T11:52:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T17:52:01","slug":"blm-director-pendley-at-colorado-event-defends-moving-agencys-base-to-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/blm-director-pendley-at-colorado-event-defends-moving-agencys-base-to-west\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM Director Pendley at Colorado event defends moving agency\u2019s base to West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.7307692307692\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-314315-131\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/bizcover-atd-101419-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/bizcover-atd-101419-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Judith Kohler \/ The Denver Post | Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference on Oct. 11, 2019, in Fort Collins.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference on Oct. 11, 2019, in Fort Collins.<\/strong><br \/>Judith Kohler \/ The Denver Post<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/bizcover-atd-101419-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference on Oct. 11, 2019, in Fort Collins.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/bizcover-atd-101419-2-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/bizcover-atd-101419-2-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Tristan Scott \/ Associated Press file photo | Flathead Beacon | This June 16, 2015, aerial file photo, shows the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Glacier National Park, rear, in Montana. President Donald Trump's public lands steward, acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley, has recused himself from dealings with a company seeking to drill in the Badger-Two Medicine following criticism from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and environmentalists.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"3\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"17\">\n<p><strong>This June 16, 2015, aerial file photo, shows the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Glacier National Park, rear, in Montana. President Donald Trump&#8217;s public lands steward, acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley, has recused himself from dealings with a company seeking to drill in the Badger-Two Medicine following criticism from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and environmentalists.<\/strong><br \/>Tristan Scott \/ Associated Press file photo | Flathead Beacon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/bizcover-atd-101419-2-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"This June 16, 2015, aerial file photo, shows the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Glacier National Park, rear, in Montana. President Donald Trump's public lands steward, acting U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley, has recused himself from dealings with a company seeking to drill in the Badger-Two Medicine following criticism from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and environmentalists.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/blm-director-pendley-at-colorado-event-defends-moving-agencys-base-to-west\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/blm-director-pendley-at-colorado-event-defends-moving-agencys-base-to-west\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">FORT COLLINS \u2014 Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley, speaking at a conference Friday, insisted that moving his agency\u2019s headquarters to Colorado will make the staff more responsive to the public despite concerns that public involvement is being curtailed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Pendley, a longtime Colorado resident and attorney who has argued against federal lands protections, spoke at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Fort Collins. He said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt wants to move the BLM\u2019s top executives to the West to ensure the public is heard on decisions on public lands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe decsion-makers in Washington, that\u2019s where it\u2019s centralized. And I\u2019m afraid they\u2019re out of touch with what\u2019s going on out on the land,\u201d Pendley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">He said 222 positions in Washington, D.C., will move out to the states where the BLM lands are to do \u201cheadquarters work in the states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">BLM will move its headquarters and 27 top staffers to Grand Junction, while other Washington-based staffers will transfer to Lakewood and other offices in the West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For more on this story, go to <a id=\"N0x2c5b7a0N0x2c914c0:N0x2c5b7a0N0x2bc69b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/10\/11\/blm-director-pendley-defends-move-west\/\">denverpost.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/blm-director-pendley-at-colorado-event-defends-moving-agencys-base-to-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley speaks at a conference on Oct. 11, 2019, in Fort Collins.Judith Kohler \/ The Denver Post This June 16, 2015, aerial file photo, shows the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Glacier National Park, rear, in Montana. 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