1. United States
2. Ind.
3. Letter

I write in strong opposition to the confirmation of Stevan Pearce as Director of the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM manages 245 million acres of public land and 700 million acres of mineral estate under FLPMA’s mandate of multiple-use and sustained yield — a mandate requiring balance across recreation, conservation, and extraction. Mr. Pearce’s record demonstrates he is not suited to that balance. Pearce has consistently supported legislation that prioritizes extractive corporations, voting against cutting oil and gas subsidies and against accountability measures following industry disasters. He co-signed a letter to former Speaker Boehner explicitly advocating the sale of federal lands to reduce the deficit, stating that “over 90% of federal public land is located in the Western states and most of it we do not even need.” He took more than $2 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas lobby — the same industry he would regulate as BLM Director. That is a direct conflict of interest. At his confirmation hearing, Pearce refused to disavow his public land sale positions, deflecting questions to the Interior Secretary rather than offering clear commitments. No more criminal appointments, Noem, Hegseth, Bondi, Patel, RFK, have shown that trumps appointees are dangerous to our institutions and American Society. I urge you to exert your authority and block this nomination instead of bowing to Trump. The American public deserves a BLM Director who treats public lands as a shared inheritance — not a balance sheet entry. I urge you to vote no. Respectfully,