Friend — an update on Trump's acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, notorious climate change denier William Perry Pendley:

Outlets are now reporting that Pendley is set to receive an unspecified "lifelong payment" from his former employer, the anti-public lands group Mountain States Legal Foundation. His lifelong commitment to dismantling and selling off public lands already disqualified him from taking charge of the very agency tasked with protecting those lands — and now we know he's even deeper in the pockets of corporate polluters than we thought.

The League of Conservation Voters has successfully beaten back other dangerous Trump nominations before they ever made it to a vote — and with our cherished national parks, monuments, and public lands at stake, we must do it again before it's too late.

It takes major resources to defeat a potential nomination like this — and we're being stretched thin already as we fight back against Trump on many fronts. Your urgent gift right now will be matched to go THREE TIMES as far, and even $5 has the impact of $15. Please don't wait. Pitch in now »

William Perry Pendley's blatant disdain for the very concept of public lands can't be denied: he once claimed that the Founding Fathers "intended all lands owned by the federal government to be sold," and even that the government has a "duty to dispose of its lands."

And Trump wants him running the Bureau of Land Management on a permanent basis, a critical agency that manages over 248 million acres of U.S. public landmass and oversees 221 wilderness areas, 27 national monuments, and some 636 other protected areas as part of the National Conservation Lands, totaling about 36 million acres.

Pendley leading the BLM is a classic fox in the henhouse. He MUST be stopped. And LCV has the plan to do it — by amping up the pressure on swing state western senators like Cory Gardner, Mitt Romney, and Martha McSally. With public support for impeachment growing by the day, there are cracks in the Republican polluter-backed wall. We can block this potential nomination — but not without your support.

We must be ready to jump into action when the Trump administration makes its next move to make Pendley's BLM appointment permanent. Can you help? Remember, every dollar will be triple matched to have THREE TIMES the impact on this and other critical fights for the environment (and even $5 is enough to help) »

Climate and environmental fights are at a fever pitch right now, and LCV is battling on numerous fronts to protect our public lands, the Arctic Refuge, limits on pollution, and more. We really need you to be a part of this nomination fight, too.

Thank you, as always, for sticking with us.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters