Sec Of Interior Bernhardt

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Sec of interior bernhardt. David longly bernhardt is an american politician attorney oil and energy industry lobbyist and a government administrator. Department of the interior. He was a shareholder at the colorado law firm brownstein hyatt farber schreck he began working for the united states department of the interior in 2001 and served as the department s solicitor from 2006 to 2009 among other roles.

Senate on april 11 2019 and took office on the same day. Bernhardt served as the solicitor of interior during the george w. Secretary of the interior david bernhardt announced tuesday the expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities on more than 2 3 million acres at 138 of the nation s 568 national wildlife refuges and at nine national fish hatcheries the largest expansion in history.

Since then he has led interior s review of the 2015 sage grouse plans started weakening the endangered species act rescinded obama era climate change and conservation policies and undermined interior s ability to make decisions based on the best available scientific research just to name a few of his attacks on public lands and wildlife. Senate on april 11 2019 and took office on the same day. Secretary of the interior david longly bernhardt was born in august 1969 in rifle colorado.

He currently serves as the 53rd united states secretary of the interior. As secretary of the interior bernhardt leads an agency with more than 70 000 employees who are stewards for 20 percent of the nation s lands including national parks monuments wildlife refuges and other public lands. He earned an undergraduate degree from the university of northern colorado earned an internship at the supreme court of the united states and later graduated from the george washington university school of law.

Bush administration but subsequent lobbying and legal work on behalf of fossil fuel and water interests have drawn heavy. Bernhardt serves as the 53rd secretary of the u s. Department of the interior.

President donald trump nominated bernhardt to be the united states d. David bernhardt serves as the 53rd secretary of the u s. Newly appointed secretary of the interior david bernhardt is the latest member of president donald trump s cabinet to come under investigation by his own agency s watchdog.