New BLM Director has a history of supporting sell-off

In May, former New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce was confirmed to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Over the course of his tenure in Congress, Pearce cosponsored legislation to privatize public lands. In a 2012 letter to Congress, Pearce advocated for selling off BLM lands — the very lands he’ll be responsible for stewarding — to bring down the federal deficit.