Thank you to Representative Hurd for taking time this morning to talk about public lands with folks involved in The Mountain Pact - Gunnison Commissioner Puckett-Daniels, La Plata County Commissioner Matt Salka, City of Durango Mayor Yazzie, and Town of Basalt Mayor Knight.
Check out this month's The Mountain Pact Conservation Update!
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Utah's congressional delegation has introduced a joint resolution to reject the Resource Management Plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Undoing the plan would disregard the two-year public process that included tribal input.
Our statement on the latest efforts to dismantle Grand Staircase-Escalante’s monument management plan - the blueprint that guides all activities on the landscape.
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The people don’t want Steve Pearce in charge of our public lands!
📊 Overwhelming majorities in Idaho (76%), Montana (75%) and New Mexico (71%) are opposed. Block Sell-Off Steve from the BLM!
"Chaffee County Commissioner Gina Lucrezi is one of dozens of Western county and state officials filing formal objections to the confirmation of Stevan Pearce as [BLM Director.]"
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Local leaders in Idaho and across the west are calling out Steve Pearce and his anti-public lands agenda.
"Sell-off" Steve Pearce has no business running the Bureau of Land Management.
"Critics say Pearce has supported legislation that could have led to public land sales and has called for increasing energy production on federal lands."
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Polls show upwards of 70% of Utahns favor protection of the Grand Staircase and Bears Ears national monuments. But some members of Congress just can't seem to get the memo.
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“Wildfire doesn't know Democrat, doesn't know Republican,” said Patrice Horstman, chair of the Coconino County Board of Supervisors and one of the letter’s signees. “It's not a political issue.”
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Job Opportunity!
The Mountain Pact has an opening for a Communications and Project Coordinator contractor. The contractor can be located anywhere in the Western U.S. and the position will average 30-50 hours/month.
Learn more and apply: www.themountainpact.org/contractorsa...
@themountainpact.bsky.social was honored to help facilitate a conversation today with Representative Kevin Kiley and six California local elected officials from Nevada, Placer, Inyo counties & the Town of Truckee & Mammoth Lakes to talk about the importance of our public lands. Thank you!
ICYMI: local leaders are pushing the Trump administration for better wildfire preparedness. Details: bit.ly/TMPWildfire
The January Conservation Update is out! Click the link below to catch up on all things conservation and to get involved in the fight to keep anti-public lands zealot Stevan Pearce from directing the BLM.
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"Pearce co-sponsored 2016 legislation that could have led to public land sales. And in a 2012 letter, then-Rep. Pearce...claimed that "divesting the federal government of its vast land holdings could pay down the deficit and reduce spending."
Thank you to local leaders across the west who are pushing back against Stevan Pearce's nomination to run the BLM!
#KeepItPublic #monumentsforall
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, established nearly 30 years ago, is under threat. As we honor this landscape that is like no other, please urge Congress to protect this important place! #SaveGrandStaircase #MonumentsForAll
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Thank you to Chaffee County, CO Commissioner Gina Lucrezi for speaking out about the threat Stevan Pearce poses to our public lands if confirmed to run the Bureau of Land Management. We urge the Senate to reject his nomination! #KeepItPublic #MountainPact
Local elected officials across the West are warning of dire consequences for our public lands should President Trump’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce, be confirmed to the position, and are urging the U.S. Senate to reject his nomination.
Read more: bit.ly/TMPpearce
Federal land agencies are slashing staffing and failing to hire enough seasonal firefighters. That’s why more than 160 local elected leaders are demanding accountability, calling on state attorneys general to ensure the fed. government fulfills its basic responsibility to protect our communities.
Citing his “absolute disdain for the 245 million acres of public lands he has now been nominated to administer,” more than 80 groups are calling on their US Senators to oppose Stevan Pearce's nomination to run the BLM.
ICYMI: Check out our 2025 recap! We worked hard to monitor ongoing threats to our lands while providing resources for those who want to protect them. We'll keep fighting to keep America's greatest treasures accessible to the public for generations to come.
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Thank you to the local leaders who are stepping up to keep our communities safe from wildfires! #MountainPact
In Western states, federal land agencies are treating barely half the acreage with hazardous fuels reduction as they used to. We stand with more than 160 elected leaders holding the government accountable and keeping our communities safe. bit.ly/TMPWildfire #MountainPact
Thank you to to Las Cruces Councilor Becky Corran and New Mexico Rep. Angelica Rubio for calling out Stevan Pearce's extreme anti-public lands agenda. He is not fit to lead the BLM.
Read more: www.lcsun-news.com/story/opinio...
ICYMI: We are proud to stand with over 160 other western local elected officials from across the West in demanding the federal government fulfills its basic responsibility to protect Western communities. Learn more: bit.ly/TMPWildfire #MountainPact
🔥 Wildfires are a huge threat to Western communities, but fed wildfire preparedness is plummeting. 1000's of positions are unfilled, hazardous fuel reduction is down, & we are paying the price. Over 160 local officials are demanding action: bit.ly/TMPWildfire #MountainPact
From the Durango Herald: "Over 14 years in Congress, “Sell-off Steve” built a record aimed at shrinking or disposing of America’s public lands."
The Senate must reject this anti-public lands ideologue!