‘Not going to happen:’ BLM’s acting director wants to prioritize wildfires and horses, not transferring public lands

During his time as a Colorado-based lawyer fighting for the rights of property owners, William Perry Pendley argued for selling off public lands in support of Utah’s long-standing claim to millions of federal acres within its borders.

“The Founding Fathers intended all lands owned by the federal government to be sold,” Pendley wrote unequivocally in 2016.