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Senate Panel Questions Steve Pearce for BLM Director

Environmental groups urge senators to reject him over a record they say undermines conservation.

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Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Steve Pearce answers a reporter's question about the party's planned legal action against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham during a news conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
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Overview

  • The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held Pearce’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday, with a vote expected in the coming weeks.
  • President Trump nominated the former New Mexico congressman in late 2025 to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
  • Cactus to Cloud Institute and other advocates are mobilizing supporters to contact lawmakers, calling Pearce an opponent of public lands.
  • Reporting on Pearce’s record highlights votes against the Land and Water Conservation Fund, opposition to safeguards against transferring or selling federal lands, criticism of monument expansions, and resistance to methane rules and higher drilling royalties.
  • The post carries high stakes for Western public lands, with the BLM overseeing vast acreage, and follows earlier Trump-era BLM nominees who withdrew after controversy.