Is this a joke post?  Did you even bother to look up anything about Joel Clement?  He has a Masters of Environmental Science and one peer-reviewed science publication.  He worked for seven years as a field tech and then became a program manager.  He has never been employed as a scientist in the Department of Interior, so it's just a wee bit of a stretch to characterize him as one of "the best scientific minds in the department".  At a salary of $166K/yr he earns about double what someone with his background typically makes, which is why you don't see him actually resigning from his position.