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Column: This Trump nominee wants to liquidate public lands

Steve Pearce has sought to privatize federal lands, threatening stewardship of 245 million acres amid a broader push to monetize public assets, critics say.

Do Western senators really care about keeping public lands in public hands? Steve Pearce, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management, is a litmus test of their commitment. Throughout his political career, Pearce has worked to privatize and undermine our public lands. As a New Mexico congressman, he co-sponsored several bills to dispose of national public lands. This alone ought to disqualify him from running the agency…

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Los Angeles Times broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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