The agency's emails, obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request, show that officials were aware Williams did not meet the statute's requirements, but they explored how to circumvent it. The government watchdog Protect the Public's Trust published records Thursday that appear to show how Interior Department officials explored ways to circumvent a statute in the nomination process for Martha Williams as the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service because she did not appear to have the "scientific education" required under the statute. Before she was sworn in to lead the agency in March 2022, Williams served as...