** Grand Junction to Pendley: You're not fit to lead Bureau of Land Management
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Monday, July 13, 2020
William Perry Pendley | @Sagebrush_Rebel ([link removed]) , Pendley's personal Twitter account
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel has extensively covered the Trump administration's push to dismantle the Bureau of Land Management headquarters and move a small subset of senior officials to Grand Junction, Colorado. The paper's editorial board has been a cheerleader for the move, repeatedly publishing columns dismissing criticism ([link removed]) and welcoming ([link removed]) the agency to town.
Now, the Daily Sentinel editorial board has a strong message for the Trump administration about the anti-public lands extremist it has nominated to lead the agency: "Pendley doesn't get it—and can't head up BLM ([link removed]) ." The paper notes Pendley's extreme beliefs, from arguing the U.S. should sell off all public lands to writing that the Black Lives Matter movement is "based on a lie."
"Pendley has been the face of a fringe movement against federal ownership of public lands, only to be nominated as one of the country’s chief custodians of public lands. He’s the last person who should be criticizing other movements given the incredible pass he’s received thus far over what many consider disqualifying positions on public lands policy," concluded ([link removed]) the blistering editorial.
Quick hits
** Fracking firms paying executives millions as they go bankrupt, leave behind massive cleanup costs
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New York Times ([link removed])
** As the Blackfeet Nation fights coronavirus, Glacier National Park faces bottlenecks
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** Trump move to weaken bedrock environmental law could sideline communities of color
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** Utah Rep. Bishop, longtime public lands opponent, works to scuttle massively popular conservation legislation
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KUER ([link removed])
** 25 years after returning to Yellowstone, wolves have stabilized the ecosystem
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National Geographic ([link removed])
** Tour of border wall construction finds destruction, desecration of sensitive landscape
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Daily Yonder ([link removed]) | Arizona Republic ([link removed])
** Japan's plan to close 100 coal plants hurts prospects for Wyoming's Powder River Basin
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Casper Star-Tribune ([link removed])
** Amid oil industry downturn, orphaned wells on public land could become big problem in New Mexico
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New Mexico Political Report ([link removed])
Quote of the day
We fear that the “meeting” [with Secretary Bernhardt] was little more than political cover for further erasure of our indigenous voices — and in our own homeland.”
—Klamath Tribes, Klamath Falls Herald and News ([link removed])
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Avalanche lilies adorn the fields under a marvelous dappled sky @olympicNP ([link removed]) . Pic by Doug Shearer #Washington ([link removed])
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