We Need a Public Lands Champion to Lead the BLM, Not Steve Pearce

Letter: We deserve a BLM director who is for working people, not a multimillionaire ready to sell off public lands

Letter: Millionaire Steve Pearce, nominated to become director of the BLM, cannot understand the needs of the public servants he wants to lead.

We need a public lands champion to lead the BLM, not Steve Pearce

When asked by a group of senators this week if he’s changed his well-documented support for selling off America’s public lands, Steve Pearce, the nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management said, “I’m not so sure I’ve changed.”

Trump nominee to lead BLM dodges Colorado senator’s question on whether he supports public land sales

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, this week questioned President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management about his past support of selling off public lands. After the nomination hearing in the Senate, Hickenlooper on Wednesday said he will not vote to confirm Stevan Pearce, citing Pearce’s previous statements supporting the sell-off of public lands — and his inability to disavow them. “No way in hell I’m giving up the…

Bringing the crowds back to Arches National Park, other national parks: And other public lands briefs — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)

Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): February 24, 2026 Public Lands Just when you thought the GOP’s assaults on public lands couldn’t get any worse, the Trump administration launched a new blitzkrieg on environmental protections.That includes eviscerating the National Environmental Policy Act, the federal law requiring agencies to analyze, mitigate, and avoid impacts of major federal projects and p…