Today, President Trump announced his intent to nominate William Perry Pendley to be the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Mr. Pendley currently serves as the Bureau of Land Management's Deputy Director for Policy and Programs, exercising the authority of the director. He also has decades of experience in federal land management policy as an attorney. Born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Mr. Pendley received B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics and Political Science from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. Pendley has a distinguished background of public and private service. During the Reagan Administration, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals of the Department of the Interior, where he authored President Reagan's National Minerals Policy and Exclusive Economic Zone proclamation. He presided over the Mountain States Legal Foundation for nearly 30 years before joining the BLM last year.
