On BLM Move, Pendley Says The West Woos Workers. Just Maybe Not Existing Ones

Map of federal public lands in the West. BLM lands shown in yellow. The red pin marks Grand Junction, Colorado.

BLM Move Pushes Forward Amid Controversy, Congressional Opposition

Noah Glick

The Bureau of Land Management is moving more staff and鈥攑erhaps most significantly鈥攊ts headquarters to the Mountain West. Depending on who you ask,...

Officials at two agencies told the GAO that many employees were traumatized by 2016's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation and some did not return to work, including some who transferred to other agency field units.

Federal Watchdog: Public Lands Employees Face Hundreds Of Threats, Assaults

Madelyn Beck

A new report from Congress鈥檚 watchdog says employees overseeing public lands are facing hundreds of threats and assaults.

William Perry Pendley, acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, says wild horses and burros are the biggest threat to public lands in the West.

BLM Head Reiterates Focus On Removing Wild Horses, Burros From Western Lands

Nate Hegyi

Reducing the number of wild horses and burros on Western public lands could take 15 years and cost $5 billion , the acting director of the Bureau of...