William Perry Pendley hates #publiclands, and the decisions he made while illegally leading @Interior reflect that. We're suing to overturn NINE of his decisions covering 6.5 MILLION ACRES, all in one case.

Here's the complaint: https://westernlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2019.01.19-Pendley-FVRA-Complaint.pdf

Projects in :

1/9: Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Integrated Resource Management Plans - 4.8 million acres, oil and gas, OK, KS, TX
*Public input
*Inadequate alternatives
*Water impacts
*Climate impacts

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/01/2019-23823/notice-of-availability-of-the-oklahoma-kansas-and-texas-final-joint-environmental-impact-statement

2/9: Moneta Divide Natural Gas and Oil Development Project and Proposed Casper Resource Management Plan Amendment – 327,645 acres, WY
*Migratory Bird Treaty Act
*Sage grouse

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/21/2020-03511/notice-of-availability-of-the-final-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-moneta-divide-natural-gas

3/9: Tres Rios Areas of Critical Environmental Concern Resource Management Plan Amendment ROD – 80,000 acres, CO
*Failure to use best available science
*No consultation with @USFWS on Gunnison sage grouse
*FLPMA violation

https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/63796/20012253/250016645/2016-45_EA_TRFO_ACEC_RMP_Amendment_Decision_Record_ePlanning.pdf

4/9: Dairy Syncline Mine and Reclamation Plan Final EIS – 2,767 acres, ID
*Phosphate pollution
*Administrative procedures tomfoolery
*Privatization of public lands

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/08/2019-24218/notice-of-availability-of-the-final-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-proposed-dairy-syncline

5/9: Central Coast Field Office Oil and Gas Leasing Resource Management Plan Amendment – 725,500 acres, CA
*Inadequate alternatives
*Public input
*Undisclosed environmental impacts

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/10/2019-09599/notice-of-availability-of-the-central-coast-field-office-proposed-resource-management-plan-amendment

6/9: Ray Land Exchange Resource Management Plan Amendment – 9,339 acres, CA
*Privatization of public lands
*Copper mine pollution
*Inadequate NEPA

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/12/2019-14714/notice-of-availability-of-the-ray-land-exchange-final-supplemental-environmental-impact

7/9: Sonoran Desert National Monument Grazing Resource Management Plan Amendment ROD – 252,460 acres, AZ
*Sonoran desert tortoise impacts
*Inadequate alternatives
*Degradation of resources

https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/1502599/200346925/20026935/250033137/Decision%20Record_SD%20signed.pdf

8/9: Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area of the California Desert Conservation Area – 22,800 acres, CA
*Removes protections
*3 noncompetitive leases

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/24/2020-08659/notice-of-availability-of-the-record-of-decision-for-the-haiwee-geothermal-leasing-area-project-inyo

9/9: Gemini Solar Project ROD – 7,100 acres, NV
*Threatened plants
*Threatened desert tortoise
*Inadequate alternatives

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/05/21/2020-10922/notice-of-availability-of-the-record-of-decision-for-the-proposed-resource-management-plan-amendment

Huge thanks to our partners on this case at @CenterForBioDiv, @RockyMtWild, @wildadvocate, @wildearthguard, and @Y2U_Connection!

Let's erase Pendley's legacy on 6.5 million acres of public land! If we don't, they're in for 20 years of degradation.