Greg Sheehan, head of Fish & Wildlife "stepping down"

"I have been away from my family for quite some time now, and while they have been patient and understanding, it is time that I rejoin them," he wrote.

  The Hill

The old need for spending more time with the family excuse.

He's been on the job for less than two years. Surely when he took the job his family expected him to be at it for at least four.

Since starting at FWS last June, Sheehan has largely been regarded as a driving force behind some of the service's more controversial decisions. A member of the Safari Club, Sheehan was a key figure in the Trump administration's push last fall to overturn an Obama-era ban on elephant trophy imports from a number of African nations.

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He acknowledged that he will not be serving his full term, as he originally promised Interior Secretary Zinke.

In the letter he cited a number of achievements he accomplished while at the agency, including "opening more than 380,000 acres of our Refuge System to new hunting, fishing, and other recreational uses."

Sheehan additionally mentioned his close relationship with Zinke saying that [Zinke] was "constantly under the gun in the media."

Yeah, and who wants to make a bet that Sheehan has some corrupt dealings he's trying to avoid becoming public? Or maybe he's just another rat abandoning ship before it sinks.

This whole administration stinks of rot.

A member of the Safari Club, Sheehan was a key figure in the Trump administration's push last fall to overturn an Obama-era ban on elephant trophy imports from a number of African nations.

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In July, he helped the agency rollout a number of new proposals that could ultimately weaken the Endangered Species Act's species protections.

On a call with stakeholders, Sheehan — the former head of Utah’s wildlife agency — said the changes would help the agency meet the legislation's main goal of “species recovery,” so that animals and plants could more easily be removed from endangered and threatened species lists.

Mission accomplished.

But wait. That's not all.

As acting administrator of FWS, Sheehan never went through the official confirmation process, an issue raised by a number of environmental groups.

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"Sheehan’s departure is welcome news for America’s wildlife. In just one year in office, he inflicted incredible harm on imperiled animals by consistently putting special interests ahead of science and the environment," Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement.

"His actions derailed the recovery of countless endangered species, gutted protections for billions of migratory birds and wreaked havoc on our natural heritage,” Hartl said.

The best people.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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