Pendley stays on as BLM head
by The Daily Sentinel | June 5, 2020
“William Perry Pendley will remain in charge of the Bureau of Land Management after the Interior Department took a different approach to extending Pendley’s time at the helm of the agency, possibly due to a pending lawsuit. “The leadership of the BLM will not change,” Interior ...
Acting chiefs to lead BLM, NPS indefinitely
by E&E News |
“The Interior Department is bypassing legal concerns over whether the acting directors of the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service are qualified to lead the agencies.Instead, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is authorizing William Perry Pendley and David Vela to ...
FWS tries again with cormorant-killing permit plan
by E&E News | June 4, 2020
“The Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed a new permit system that could effectively streamline the killing of voracious double-crested cormorants. A federal judge vacated the orders in 2016 after concluding FWS did not sufficiently consider the effects of the depredation orders ...
Regulations finally coming for scenic air tours over Utah’s national parks but not all pilots like the idea
by Salt Lake Tribune |
“Scenic overflights at national parks, though pricey, prove popular with tourists. But they have gone largely unregulated despite a 20-year-old law requiring the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration to craft management plans for each of the parks that host ...
Yellowstone allows more time for Wi-Fi review
by Gillette News Record | June 3, 2020
“A telecommunications business rebuffed the National Park Service last winter after park officials asked for a smaller, pilot version of the company’s plan to add hundreds of antennas transmitting Wi-Fi signals throughout developed areas in Yellowstone National Park. Ruch, of PEER ...