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September 9Th, 2020 Honorable David L. Bernhardt Secretary September 9th, 2020 Honorable David L. Bernhardt Secretary United States Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20240 Re: Remove William Perry Pendley from the Bureau of Land Management Dear Secretary Bernhardt, On behalf of the undersigned organizations and businesses and our millions of members and supporters nationwide, we write to asK that you immediately remove Mr. William Perry Pendley from his role leading the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). On August 3rd, over 300 organizations, Tribes and businesses wrote to the Senate opposing Mr. Pendley’s nomination for Director of the BLM. Mr. Pendley remains completely unfit to lead the BLM in any capacity due to his decades-long record of inflammatory rhetoric and actions opposing virtually all issues of social justice and diversity, opposing Tribes’ efforts to protect sacred sites and mocKing indigenous religious beliefs, virtually unprecedented conflicts of interest and ethical issues, and embrace of radical anti-conservation positions including advocating for the sale of public lands. This previous letter documenting Mr. Pendley’s lacK of fitness for leading the BLM is enclosed for reference. The withdrawal of Mr. Pendley’s nomination for Director of the BLM is a clear admission that Mr. Pendley is fundamentally unfit for the job and incapable of receiving Senate confirmation. Leaving Mr. Pendley in charge of the Bureau of Land Management in his current capacity exercising the authority of the Director or in any other leadership role is unacceptable. The American people deserve to have our public lands, including those administered by the Bureau of Land Management, managed in the public interest by a qualified leader who is fit to serve. Leaving Mr. Pendley in charge indefinitely while acKnowledging his lacK of fitness and inability to receive Senate confirmation is nothing more than an attempt to avoid accountability. We urge you to remove Mr. Pendley from his position leading the Bureau of Land Management immediately. Sincerely, 198 methods 350 Triangle 350 Colorado 350PDX 350 New Orleans AlasKa's Big Village NetworK AlasKansTakeAStand Conserve Southwest Utah Amargosa Conservancy Continental Divide Trail Coalition American Horse Protection Society Defenders of Wildlife American Wild Horse Campaign Denver Audubon Animal Wellness Action Dolores River Boating Advocates Animal Wellness Foundation Earth Action, Inc Archaeology Southwest Earthjustice Arizona Conservation Partners EarthworKs Arizona Trail Association Eat for the Earth Arizona Wildlife Federation Ecoflight ArKansas Valley Audubon Society Endangered Species Coalition Audubon New Mexico Environmental Defense Fund Audubon RocKies Environmental Protection Information Bighorn Audubon Society Center BiKepacKing Roots Evergreen Audubon Bold Alliance Faithful America Brown Folks Fishing Food & Water Action Business for Montana's Outdoors Forests Forever California Chaparral Institute Friends of AlasKa National Wildlife California League of Conservation Refuges Voters Friends of Big Morongo Canyon California Native Plant Society Preserve California Wilderness Coalition Friends of Ironwood Forest Californians for Western Wilderness Friends of Nevada Wilderness Call to Action Colorado Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Cascadia Wildlands Peaks Catholic NetworK US Friends of Sloan Canyon Center for a Humane Economy Friends of the Agua Fria National Center for American Progress Monument Center for Biological Diversity Friends of the Earth Center for Sustainable Economy Friends of the Inyo Chispa Arizona Friends of the Lost Coast Christian Council of Delmarva Friends of the Missouri Breaks Cienega Watershed Partnership Monument Clean Energy Now Texas Friends of the San Pedro River Clean Water Action Friends of Yaquina Lighthouses Climate HawKs Vote Gila Resources Information Project Coalition to Protect America's National Golden Eagle Audubon Society ParKs Grand Staircase Escalante Partners Conejos Clean Water Great Old Broads for Wilderness Conservation Colorado GreenLatinos Conservation Lands Foundation Greenpeace US Conservatives for Responsible HECHO (Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Stewardship Hunting, and the Outdoors High Country Conservation Advocates Nevada Wildlife Federation High Plains Architects New Energy Economy Horses For Life Foundation New Mexico Wild Inclusion Outdoors NM Dream Team Information NetworK for Responsible NM Environmental Law Center Mining Northeastern Minnesotans for Inland Ocean Coalition Wilderness Institute for a Progressive Nevada Northern Plains Resource Council Interfaith Power & Light Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project Kangombe Linda Foundation Oil Change International Keep Sedona Beautiful OKaloosa County Democratic Yellowstone Safari Company Environmental Caucus of Florida Klamath Forest Alliance Oregon League of Conservation Voters Klamath-SisKiyou Wildlands Center Oregon Wild La Parrilla Outside Media Group Las Cruces Green Chamber of Policy Solutions Institute Commerce Portneuf Valley Audubon Society Latino Outdoors ProgressNow Colorado LEAD Agency, Inc. Public Citizen League of Conservation Voters Public Employees for Environmental Los Padres ForestWatch Responsibility Lynn Canal Conservation Quiet Use Coalition Malach Consulting Rachel Carson Council Oregon Natural Desert Association Rapid Shift Match On Real Angels LLC Moms Clean Air Force Resource Renewal Institute Montana Audubon RESTORE: The North Woods Montana Conservation Voters Rio Grande Valley Broadband of the Montana Wilderness Association Great Old Broads for Wilderness Montana Wildlife Federation Rivers Without Borders Morongo Basin Conservation RocK CreeK Alliance Association RocKy Mountain Wild Mountain Mamas Salt Palm Development NAACP Save Our Cabinets National Audubon Society Sequoia ForestKeeper® National Equality Action Team (NEAT) Shine- Beer Sanctuary National ParKs Conservation Association Sierra Club National Wildlife Federation Sierra Forest Legacy Native American Land Conservancy Soda Mountain Wilderness Council Native American Rights Fund South Beach District 6 Democratic Club Natural Resources Council of Maine of San Francisco Natural Resources Defense Council Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Nature for All SPIRET Foundation Nevada Outdoor Recreation Association Spirit of the Sun Sustainable Energy & Economy NetworK Texas Campaign for the Environment TFMPL The Climate Center The Cloud Foundation, Inc. The Lands Council The Mountain Pact The Wilderness Society Transition Habitat Conservancy Trap Free Montana Trustees for AlasKa Tuleyome Umpqua Watersheds Unexpected Wildlife Refuge Union of Concerned Scientists Upper Gila Watershed Alliance Urban Breakthroughs Utah Native Plant Society Utah Valley Earth Forum Vermont Conservation Voters Vet Voice Foundation Wasatch Audubon Society Washington Wild Weber Sustainability Consulting Western Colorado Alliance Western Environmental Law Center Western Organization of Resource Councils Western Values Project Western Watersheds Project Wild Connections WildEarth Guardians Wilderness Workshop Wild Path Consulting Wyoming Wilderness Association .
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