“Acting National Park Service (NPS) Director David Vela is retiring, he announced Friday, leaving the job amid a lawsuit challenging the legality of his tenure in the post.
The lawsuit from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) challenging continued use of temporary orders to keep Vela in his post also included William Perry Pendley, the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management who was nominated to the role this summer after spending nearly a year in the role.”
